BA Public Health at University of California, Berkeley

The Berkeley Public Health (a graduate school) offers an undergraduate major through the College of Letters & Science. The goal of the major is to provide students with an understanding of epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, health behavior, and health policy. These areas of emphasis range across the spectrum of natural science to social science.

Faculty: College of Letters & Science  |  Department: L&S Administered Undergraduate Programs  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

What you will study

Major requirements are organised as: Prerequisites (Note, Biological Sciences, Mathematics Part 1, Mathematics Part 2, Social Sciences); Lower Division (Courses); Capstone (Courses); Upper Division (Core: Introduction to Probability and Stats in Public Health, Core: Introduction to Epidemiology, Core: Introduction Human Health and the Environment, Core: Introduction to Health Policy and Management, Core: Urban and Community Health); Electives (Upper Division Electives, Electives). All prerequisite courses must be completed before declaring the major with a minimum grade of C- and a 2.0 GPA overall, in the term the student is applying, and in the prerequisite coursework.

Career pathways

Graduates enter career areas including Health & Medicine, Sciences - Biological & Physical.

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