卫生科学是一个跨学科领域，旨在通过针对个人，团体和社区开展的教育驱动的行为改变活动，促进健康并预防疾病，残疾和过早死亡。通常在各种环境中都聘请研究生级健康教育者担任健康教育/促进计划的主任。
Health Sciences is an interdisciplinary field aimed at promoting health and preventing disease, disability, and premature death through education-driven behavior change activities designed for individuals, groups, and communities. Graduate-level health educators are generally hired as directors of health education/promotion programs in a variety of settings. Departmental faculty members have served in leadership positions in such organizations as the American Public Health Association, the American School Health Association, Society for Public Health Education, American Association for Health Education, National Safety Council, and the Illinois Sex Education Task Force. This wide variety of professional preparation and strong commitment to serving students enables the department to provide a rich breadth of courses and research opportunities leading to the comprehensive and thorough training of its graduates.