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。
Public Health 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 educationpromotion programs in a variety of settings. The Department of Health Sciences and Social Work offers a specialized program of study leading to the Master of Public Health. Candidates choose an option in Public Health or School Health. Graduates of the program typically are hired as practitioners in and directors of health education and health promotion programs in community health agencies, hospitals, business and industry, health related governmental departments, and private organizations; as health education teachers in local school districts; as supervisors of health education at the local and state levels; and as college and university health educators.