People who work in public health help communities prevent disease and improve health and wellbeing. The two concentrations, Health Sciences and Community Health/Health Promotion, prepare students for ...

Public health doesn't just address infectious diseases. Many societal foundations are connected to public health, including water resources, access to healthy food, and the impact of climate change.

Once word got around that Calvin was creating a major in public health, biology professor Arlene Hoogewerf started seeing the interest. “Students were dropping by my office,” she said. An ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories featuring master’s degree programs at the University of Chicago. For more than a century, the University of Chicago has been a global leader and ...

The academic area of study in Health Services Administration in the Department of Public Health is part of the College of Health and Human Services. Students pursue a Health Services Administration ...

The Department of Public Health is announcing significant revisions to both the Community Health Education and Occupational Health & Safety concentrations within the major, which will be implemented ...

Students can take most courses for the Major before being able to declare it in Fall 2025. The only courses not available before Fall 2025 are the Capstone courses. See Major requirements for a full ...

The Department of Public Health in the College of Arts and Sciences offers the bachelor of science degree in public health. The program also offers a minor degree in public health, and manages the ...