2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
Public Health Sciences Program
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Public Health Sciences at Hamline is an interdisciplinary field of study that permits students to focus on health issues in local, national, and international arenas from a variety of perspectives. The field of public health focuses on improving the health and wellness of populations, whereas the field of medicine aims to prevent, diagnose, and treat illness, one individual at a time. Thus, the field of public health is broad, with many sub-disciplines, discussed below. The Public Health Sciences major builds on connections between the liberal arts and the core concerns of public health, with the recognition that issues of human health are complex, influenced not only by human biology and statistics, but also by social structures, psychology, culture, and public policy.
Interdisciplinary Concentration
Public Health sciences majors may also choose to complete an interdisciplinary concentration in public policy. The public policy concentration educates students about public policy and helps them to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to create innovative, socially responsible solutions to the most critical issues facing society. The program forms an arc, beginning with an introduction to ethical public policy, building skills with methodology coursework, and culminating with a capstone experience in which students engage directly with a public policy issue in a semester-long applied project or internship. Students will acquire an extensive set of skills in policy evaluation and analysis, equipping them to become agents of change to improve the quality of life for people and their communities, at home and abroad. The public policy concentration is open to students majoring in criminology and criminal justice, economics, environmental studies, legal studies, political science, or public health sciences.
Faculty
Susi Keefe, associate professor, public health sciences program director. BA 1998, Mount Holyoke College; MA 2001, Brown University; PhD 2010, Brown University.
Affiliate Faculty
Kathryn Burleson, senior lecturer of Biology.
Kathryn Geurts, professor of Global Studies.
Paula Mullineaux, associate professor of Psychology.
Sharon Preves, professor of Sociology.
Programs
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