Bachelor of Science - Public Health

Public health professionals work to understand and improve a range of health issues, including chronic and infectious disease prevention, environmental health, behavioral health, nutrition, injury prevention and mental health. Public health professionals track health conditions, study causal factors, address health disparities and design and evaluate programs and policies to improve health. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to the need for a strong public health infrastructure, which includes public health workers such as health education specialists, community health workers, epidemiologists, researchers and policy experts. 

The Public Health Program at Towson University prepares students to work in a variety of public health jobs by developing knowledge and skills across key public health domains. The domains include foundations of health and disease, health communication, public health program planning and implementation, evaluation, health policy and evidence-based advocacy. The Public Health Program also provides real-world work experience through a culminating internship experience.

The Public Health Program is an excellent option for students planning to launch a career as a public health professional after graduation, pursue graduate education, or to use knowledge of public health to pursue a clinical career (e.g., medicine, dentistry, nursing).