Biology Department Welcomes Public Health Program

health literacy, and increases awareness of interconnection of public health and their career.”

Spring Hill College Biology Department welcomed the new Public Health Program.

The course was approved the summer of 2022, and was available to all students at the beginning of 2022-2023 school year. Students have the option of adding a public health minor, earn a certificate in public health or enter the masters in public health graduate program.

According to Dr. Fox, the Director of Health Sciences and Public Health undergraduate programs, “the Public Health Program enhances understanding of public health, improves public

The certificate requires 15 credit hours and a minor in public health twenty-six credit hours . While the master’s in public health is an online program, consisting of 39 hours, with an additional 3 hours of public health internship.

Students will also need a 3.0 undergraduate GPA to get into the masters program. If your GPA is lower than requested, graduate record examination scores may be used for conditional admission.

Dr. Deborah Fox, Ph.D works with students in the new public health program which is open to all majors. “The public health program complements the mission of Spring Hill

College to educate and develop students to become responsible leaders in the care and service to others by preparing students to contribute to the critically lacking knowledge of public health in our society.”

Addie D’Aquin, a nursing student with a minor in public health explains why the public health program is beneficial to her, “Being able to add a public health minor to my nursing degree allows me the opportunity to further promote holistic patient-centered health care and allows me to further my knowledge by working with a variety of different settings and working across multiple sectors of health care.”

According to Dr. Fox, this program is especially important for preparing students for future careers and future pandemics like COVID-19.

“The program can slowly help change the world, one person at a time,” said Trajan John, a nursing student. John adds, “the more knowledge being put into people, the more it’ll spread, helping us help the world. There shouldn’t be another pandemic, as long as people are serious about it, because COVID showed us why it matters.”

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