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Agnes Scott's public health program includes our fastest-growing majors and one of our newest minors. Our public health students are taking their learning into the field through exciting internships and study-abroad opportunities; taking classes at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University through our concurrent enrollment program; graduating with public health skills that rival MPHs; going to graduate school; and sometimes getting permanent jobs as a result of their internships!
What is public health?
Public health is an interdisciplinary field concerned with recognizing, evaluating, understanding and responding to factors that may affect the health of individuals, communities and populations. Agnes Scott’s public health program, which offers a minor and a major with two tracks (an anthropology track and a laboratory science track) includes courses from the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and mathematics. Srebrenka Robic, Assistant Professor of Biology, is the Director of the Public Health Program.
All public health majors take a common core of 28 credit hours plus selected track requirements (12 credit hours) and track electives (12 credit hours). This core provide students a foundation in scientific inquiry and analysis while cultivating an understanding of the behavioral, economic, political, social and humanistic dimensions of public health. The core is comprised of the following courses:
The anthropology track includes the following required and elective courses:
Required:
Elective-- at least 12 hours, including one course at the 300 level or above selected from among the following:
The laboratory science track includes the following required and elective courses:
Required:
Elective--at least 12 hours, including one biology or chemistry or public health courses, with one course at the 300 level or above selected from among the following:
Why Agnes Scott? Why Atlanta?
Many in the public health and medical communities refer to Atlanta as the public health capital of the world. We encourage you to utilize the globally-recognized experiential learning opportunities connected to our courses—internships at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CARE, the American Cancer Society, the Carter Center—and through community service not connected to courses.
How will this program help me when I graduate?
We encourage humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics majors to use the public health major as a way to explore their interest in a career in public health. Public health careers can be found in local, state and federal government; nonprofit organizations with a local, regional or global focus; corporations; hospitals and health departments; or universities.
For more information, contact Associate Professor Srebrenka Robic or Associate Professor Doug Falen.
