Baylor University's Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) is a nationally accredited degree program that prepares students to promote healthy lifestyles and enhance quality of life for individuals and communities.
Public health educators work in a variety of exciting work settings that include nonprofit community health organizations, public health agencies, worksite and health promotion programs, schools, and voluntary health agencies (American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, etc.). An undergraduate degree in public health is also an excellent preparatory pathway for medical or other health professional graduate programs.
Baylor University offers three undergraduate public health concentrations as well as a BSPH/MPH accelerated program:
This program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). Learn more at ceph.org.
Pursuing a BSPH at Baylor University
With health and human science at the center of Baylor University’s nationally accredited Public Health undergraduate program, BSPH students will have multiple coursework and hands-on opportunities to explore the various social determinants of community health in a modern healthcare workplace. Students will engage with course material that addresses the many inequities within current healthcare systems and will learn to become passionate and equitable public health professionals.
With small class sizes and a cohort model as the structure for BSPH students’ core classes, students will have many opportunities to form strong and lasting relationships with their peers, professors, and faculty. This relational community-building extends beyond the classroom and into the local Waco community through projects like Church Under the Bridge, a health fair put on by first-semester Baylor Public Health students for the benefit of the underserved communities of Waco.
For more information, please contact Margo Shanks, Undergraduate Program Director, at Margo_Shanks@baylor.edu.