Public Health (BPH)

的 University offers a bachelor of 公共 health (BPH). 的 objectives of this degree 程序 are to prepare health professionals to help maintain 和 improve the health, 幸福, 和 quality of life of people; to prepare students to become health teachers; 和 to prepare students to pursue graduate education in a variety of related fields.

Coursework includes study in epidemiology, 环境卫生, industrial health 和 safety, health promotion planning 和 evaluation, 研究, statistics—plus an internship in community health. 研究生s are eligible to sit for the Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) Examination, the national credential for health education.

除了, all students complete the University's 基金会al Studies, which provides the knowledge needed in critical thinking, 领导, 和 interpersonal 和 communication skills.

的 faculty are dedicated to providing quality learning opportunities through course design, 实习, 和 service learning projects. Courses are centered in the 230,000-square-foot Health 和 Human 服务 Building. Relatively small class sizes make it possible for students to receive individualized attention.

Eta Sigma, a national honorary organization for students in the health sciences, has a chapter at Indiana State. 除了, all 程序s in the department sponsor active student groups that have close ties to professional organizations in the field.