Public Health

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The Public Health department seeks to educate students with a social determinants of health perspective; identify the economic and social context within which individuals make health choices; examine social forces (e.g. social class, gender, racism) that shape individuals’ destinies; and plan, implement, evaluate and advocate health programs and policies throughout the world.

The Public Health department has offered a B.S. degree in Public Health since 1975, with a focus on social determinants of health.

This 120-credit program prepares students for entry into a broad range of professions in public health at the local, state, and national levels.

Students from this program go on to graduate school in public health and other health-related disciplines, enter professions such as those in hospitals and local non-profit health agencies, and many go on to obtain training in health professions such as nursing, physical and occupational therapy and physician assistant.

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Public Health Professor Martha Livington lectures
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Stony Brook University Graduate Admissions Agreement

Eligible SUNY Old Westbury public health graduates can earn guaranteed admission to the Master of Public Health program at Stony Brook University. 

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