BS Community Health (Public Health) at Indiana University Bloomington

Programme overview

The B.S.P.H. in Community Health is a four-year undergraduate programme in the Department of Applied Health Science at IU Bloomington. It aligns with Council on Education for Public Health competencies and prepares students for work in government agencies, nonprofits, hospitals, schools and universities, and corporations.

Faculty: School of Public Health | Department: Department of Applied Health Science | Duration: 4 years; minimum 120 credit hours | Location: Bloomington, IN, United States

What you will study

Core public health disciplines: epidemiology, public health administration, environmental health, biostatistics, and social and behavioural health, plus health promotion, health disparities, research methods, programme planning and an internship (SPH-B 496, up to 9 credit hours).

Career pathways

Government agencies, nonprofit organisations, hospitals, schools and universities, and corporations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA entrance requirement; 2.0 GPA also required in public health core, community health and related content courses.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Freshmen can start in the fall or spring semester; freshmen applying for the spring semester should apply by November 1 (priority deadline).

Transfer students can start in fall, spring (January start) or summer.

Freshman early action (non-binding) deadline is November 1 (response January 15); regular decision deadline is February 1 (response March 15); after February 1 applications are considered on a space-available basis. The enrollment deposit of $100 is due May 1. IU Bloomington is test-optional (SAT, ACT and CLT scores are optional). Apply with either the Apply IU application or the Common Application.

Transfer priority deadlines: fall start June 1, spring (January start) November 1, summer start March 1; School of Nursing applicants for fall must apply by April 1 and Kelley School of Business applicants by June 1. Apply with either the Apply IU application or the Common Application.

The undergraduate application fee is $65 (US citizen and international); the Jacobs School of Music application fee is $95.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.indiana.edu/apply/index.html

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