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Public Health (Minor)
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Why Study Public Health?
The growing and dynamic field of Public Health focuses on maintaining and improving the health and welfare of communities. With a minor in Public Health, you can have a positive impact on the lives of countless people.
Why Study Public Health at Iona?
We focus on strengthening the foundations of public health, effective communication, and global health awareness. Our Public Health minor is designed to help students understand how health is shaped by social, environmental, and structural factors in our communities.
The curriculum integrates coursework in public health, health communication, global health systems, policy, epidemiology, and population health. Students explore core issues such as disease prevention, health equity, risk communication, environmental health, and the global forces that influence well-being. As part of the program, students also take an epidemiology course that builds essential skills in studying patterns of disease and interpreting health data.
With small class sizes and committed faculty, students benefit from close mentorship and meaningful opportunities to engage deeply with real-world public and global health challenges.
What You'll Learn
In the Public Health minor, you’ll explore how a wide range of social, environmental, political, and economic factors shape the health of communities both locally and around the world. You’ll gain a strong foundation in the core principles of public health—learning how we prevent disease, promote wellness, and improve health at the population level.
As you move through the program, you’ll develop the ability to communicate health information clearly and effectively, an essential skill for anyone interested in health-related fields. You’ll also build a solid grounding in epidemiology, where you’ll learn to interpret data, recognize patterns of disease, and understand risk in real-world contexts.
Along the way, you’ll examine how public policy, health systems, and global forces influence health outcomes and contribute to disparities. Together, these experiences prepare you to think critically about today’s most pressing health challenges and inspire you to make a meaningful impact in your future career. You will gain an understanding of the rapidly evolving health care field and how practices and policies impact society.
Program Highlights
Complement Your Major
The Public Health minor pairs seamlessly with a wide range of majors. It is an excellent fit for students in health science majors such as Health & Wellness, Nursing, Speech Language Pathology & Audiology, and Social Work by offering students in these areas a broader understanding of population health, health equity, and the systems that shape community well-being. It can also complement other majors such as Biology/Biochemistry, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
Foundational Preparation
The Public Health minor provides a solid foundation in the essential areas of the field. Students gain grounding in population health, epidemiology, public policy, global health, statistics and healthcare communication. Together, these areas offer a well-rounded entry point that prepares students to understand and address health challenges in diverse communities.
Career Preparedness
Our Public Health minor can help prepare you for a career in a wide variety of areas.
- Healthcare & Social Services – care coordinator, social work, counseling and mental health professions
- Medical fields – medical doctors, nurses, physician assistants, dentists, and pharmacists
- Community & Population Health – health educator, community health worker
- Health Communication & Advocacy – patient education coordinator, health communications specialist
- Public policy & Research
A Public Health minor also strengthens preparation for graduate study in public health, health administration, social work, speech-language pathology, global health, and other health professions.
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