The pre-professional BSPH in Epidemiology is a four-year undergraduate degree that combines the STEM coursework required for many professional schools, including medicine, and is founded on the public health and epidemiological methods of the BSPH in Epidemiology.
As the Association of American Medical Colleges states, “It’s never too early to start incorporating public health into your career.” Together, public health and the professional health sciences, such as medicine, dentistry, and veterinary sciences, work to improve population health around the world.
In this program, you learn how to study and address the determinants of health and illness from the cellular-level all the way up to entire populations, including how to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases.
Additionally, the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health is ideally located at the core of the state of Indiana near five major health systems, the state department of health, the largest local health department in the state of Indiana, and several research institutes, providing you with ample opportunities for community involvement, internships, and research.