Public Health degree holders focus on health issues such as wellness promotion, disease prevention, health care access, and community safety. They have careers in health departments, nursing homes and healthcare accrediting agencies. They hold titles including epidemiologist, health administrator, health educator, and geriatric care manager. Our program helps you acquire the health care planning and information handling skills necessary for this diverse and changing field. Provides a broad foundation in public health, while you also pursue a minor outside the program. he public health program prepares students for professional positions in general public health, health administration, environment and health, and health promotion. Depending on their particular interests, graduates will be involved in developing and communicating health information to the public, planning and managing health service programs and facilities, and investigating and evaluating specific environmental and community health problems. Students aspiring to major in public health should contact a program adviser as early as possible, preferably during their freshman year, for an academic advising.