Department of Public Health

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About Public Health 

The Department of Public Health at Purdue University is dedicated to training individuals with a passion to help others through science-based approaches. Our faculty, students and alumni work as educators, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to tackle challenges affecting the health and well-being of populations locally, nationally and globally.   Our focus is on disease prevention and health promotion. 

We offer a bachelor’s of science (BS) degree in public health as well as a Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited master’s degree of public health (MPH). All undergraduate and graduate students select a concentrations that matches their particular interests and complete a practicum to gain real-world work experience in a public health setting.  Graduates of Purdue University’s Department of Public Health are positioned to be successful leaders in the public health arena. We hope you will join us.

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Programs

• Public Health: Behavior Social Sciences Concentration, BS
• Public Health: Biostatistics/Communications & Information/Systems Thinking Concentration, BS
• Public Health: Environmental Health/Epidemiology/Public Health Biology Concentration, BS
• Public Health: Global Health Concentration, BS
• Public Health: Health Policy & Management Concentration, BS
• Public Health: Interdisciplinary Concentration, BS

Courses

• PUBH 10000 - Introduction To Public Health
• PUBH 20500 - Basic Public Health Studies
• PUBH 22000 - Sexuality And Health
• PUBH 22500 - Contemporary Women’s Health
• PUBH 23500 - Stress And Human Health
• PUBH 30500 - Health Education In Elementary Schools
• PUBH 32000 - Health Behavior And Health Promotion
• PUBH 32500 - Methods Of Health Promotion And Education
• PUBH 40000 - Human Diseases And Disorders
• PUBH 40500 - Principles Of Epidemiology
• PUBH 48000 - Internship For Public Health
• PUBH 49000 - Special Topics In Public Health
• PUBH 49200 - Mentored Research In Public Health

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