1. You may not have heard…

2. Advisors' Symposium
9/28/2018
What Is Public Health?
Public Health is the organized community effort to create the conditions by which a community can be healthy.
OU College of Public Health

3. Public Health: Who Works It?
Advisors' Symposium
9/28/2018
Public Health: Who Works It?
- Health educators
- Scientists and researches
- Social workers
- Epidemiologists
- Occupational health and safety professionals
- Public policy makers
- Health Administrators
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4. In the Public Health Community: Who does the math? Biostatisticians
Biostatistics
Uses statistics and math to analyze public health problems
Undergraduate major/interest:
Mathematics, statistics

5. In the Public Health Community: Who tracks the problems
In the Public Health Community: Who tracks the problems? Epidemiologists
Epidemiology
Studies patterns of disease and injury in groups of people and uses science to control health problems
Undergraduate major/interest: biology, microbiology, zoology

6. In the Public Health Community: Who allocates the resources
In the Public Health Community: Who allocates the resources? Health Administrators
Health Administration and Policy
Studies use, costs, quality, accessibility, delivery, organization, financing and outcomes of health care services
Undergraduate major/interest: business, finance, economics, political science, marketing

7. In the Public Health Community: Who spreads the word
In the Public Health Community: Who spreads the word? Health Promotion Scientists
Health Promotion Sciences
Studies ways to help people choose healthier lifestyles, make better use of health services, adopt self-care practices, and participate actively in programs that affect health
Undergraduate major/interest: social sciences, journalism, media production

8. Advisors' Symposium
9/28/2018
In the Public Health Community: Who monitors safety? Industrial Hygienists and Environmental Scientists
Occupational and Environmental Health
Studies health and safety hazards and ways to prevent disease and injuries at work in addition to environmental factors which can harm health, including air quality, water quality and food quality
Undergraduate major/interest: chemistry, engineering, agriculture, earth sciences
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9. In the Public Health Community: There’s a place for the generalist, too.
Interdisciplinary MPH
Provides broad-based knowledge and skills in public health practice
Undergraduate major/interest:
All listed previously plus professional health care

10. Advisors' Symposium
9/28/2018
What do Students of the OU Hudson College of Public Health have to say?
OU College of Public Health

11. Degrees and Programs of the OU Hudson College of Public Health
Professional – MPH, MHA
Graduate – MS, PhD
Certificate in Public Health
Certificate in Health Administration for current OU MBA students and for MBA graduates
Dual Degrees with other OU Programs –
BS/MS Biostatistics; MD/MPH; JD/MPH;
MSW/MPH; MHA/JD

12. Admission Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree
• 3.0 GPA - upper division coursework
• Completed applications
SOPHAS and COPH supplemental
• Three recommendations
• Career Goal Statement
• Current résumé
• GRE (required for all programs)
• International applicants: TOEFL and WES evaluation of
international coursework

13. Bachelor of Public Health
Advisors' Symposium
9/28/2018
Joint Bachelor Degree in Public Health: College of Arts and Sciences, OU-Norman and OU Hudson College of Public Health, OUHSC
NEW Spring 19
Bachelor of Public Health
OU College of Public Health

14. Contact us at the
OU Hudson College of Public Health
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