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Bachelor of Public Health

Enhance Your Impact in Public Health

If you’re passionate about helping others and strive to make a positive impact in your community every day, few fields are more rewarding than public health. 

An on campus Bachelor of Public Health (BPH) from Norwich University can prepare you to excel as a public health professional by helping you grow your expertise in areas such as disease prevention, education, disaster preparedness, and public policy.

About the Program

The Bachelor of Public Health is a 120-credit undergraduate degree program that provides students with a science-based grounding in the foundational knowledge of health and public health. The program provides students the opportunity to expand beyond foundational public health content by taking courses in promotion/disease prevention and disaster planning/crisis management. 

Students can utilize previous experiences in the military, emergency response, health care, social services, and other relevant backgrounds when applying public health concepts, knowledge, and skills. Students learn the fundamentals of health and wellness, epidemiology, program planning and education, research, evaluation methods, and health care systems, economics, policy, management, and leadership. The BPH is suitable for those aspiring to enter the public health workforce.

Graduating baccalaureate students will be prepared for entry-level to mid-level employment in local, state and US government agencies, healthcare providers, military, NGOs, domestic and global communities, education, and insurance settings. The types of employment roles include:

  • Health and wellness specialists
  • Site contract specialists
  • Community outreach managers
  • Community planners
  • Occupational and environmental health and safety technicians
  • Population health planners
  • Crisis response planners and managers
  • Public health inspectors, sanitarians, directors, managers, coordinators, and specialists.

Accreditations - College of Arts and Sciences

The Education Teacher Licensure program--available in secondary and elementary tracks--is accepted for teaching licenses in Vermont and all states except New York, New Mexico, and South Dakota.

The Physical Education Teacher Licensure program--available in secondary and elementary tracks--is accepted for teaching licenses in Vermont and several other New England and Middle Atlantic states where the State of Vermont has interstate licensure agreements.

 

The Athletic Training Program is accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).

Goals, Outcomes & Details

To view additional program details for programs such as course offerings, requirements, and curriculum maps, visit the Norwich University Course Catalog.

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Our Faculty

Program Director

Page C. Spiess

Page Spiess

Position(s):

  • Academic Director of Public Health
Greg Jancaitis

Greg Jancaitis

Position(s):

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Athletic Training Program
Christine Dara Reyes

Christine Dara Reyes

Position(s):

  • Clinical Education Coordinator, Athletic Training Program
  • Assistant Professor
Amy S. Welch

Amy S. Welch

Position(s):

  • Professor
  • Chair, Department of Health & Human Performance
  • Coordinator, Pre-Health Professions Programming
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