On-Campus

Public Health

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On-Campus

Public Health

Working Together to Create a Healthier World

You will gain the skills and experience to facilitate long-term change through education, health promotion, and policy development.

Improve the Health of Others and Work for Social Justice.

A public health degree at 亚色影库 is designed to prepare you to make a difference in the world by helping you to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to improve health through education, health promotion, and policy development.

Our public health degree is the first of its kind in Minnesota, prepares students for employment in public health, strengthens the background of health professionals who are interested in public health practice areas, and provides an excellent foundation for students who are interested in pursuing graduate study in public health or related areas.

We emphasize social justice and work with academic and community partners near and far to make a difference. Students will complete seven core public health courses and a minimum of six additional courses in a specific concentration. St. Kate's offers four concentrations for the public health major: health sciences, public policy, health promotion and education, and community health worker.

Public Health Dual Degree Program

St. Kate's offers the opportunity to apply a student's liberal arts education to our unique 3+ dual degree programs in five options: Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies, Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy, Doctor of Occupational Therapy-Entry Level, Master of Public Health or Doctor of Physical Therapy. The dual degree program allows students to complete their bachelor's degree while pursuing a graduate degree.

Public health majors who select the public policy/master of arts in holistic health studies sequence of courses and supporting work for the MAHS program.

Public health majors who select the public policy concentration will complete the public health: public policy pre-occupational therapy sequence of courses and supporting work for the MAOT program.

Public health majors who select the public policy concentration will complete the public health: public policy pre-occupational therapy sequence of courses and supporting work for the OTD EL program.

Public health majors (with any of the four concentrations: health sciences, public policy, health promotion, and education, or community health worker) will complete the public health sequence of courses and supporting work for the MPH program.

Public health majors who select the health sciences concentration will complete the exercise science pre-physical therapy sequence of courses and supporting work for the DPT program.

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