Public Health

Public Health at Alma

The Public Health minor provides students with a fundamental understanding of public health activities by combining information from many different departments on campus, including:

  • Exercise and Health Science
  • Math
  • Communication
  • Environmental Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Sociology and Anthropology

Classes cover a range of health care issues, including health care communication, epidemiology, ethics and statistics. Students have a wide variety of hands-on opportunities inside and outside of the classroom, including internships at an area hospital and nursing facility.

Career opportunities

Alma’s Public Health minors have continued on to a variety of careers. Some have attended graduate school for public health and some go directly into the job market. Either way, public health is a great minor for a variety of careers, including those in:

  • Medicine
  • Health Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Education
  • Communication

 

Students at Alma College are involved in any of nearly 75 campus organizations, including fraternities and sororities, student government, academic honorary societies, campus media, intramural sports, the performing arts and worship groups.

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Graduate Profile

Kari Tapley
Graduation: 1999
Major: Communication
Minor: Public Health

Kari St. Bernard Tapley wanted a way to combine her interest in communication with her interest in health. The minor in public health showed her the need for public health programs.

Now a perinatal Hepatitis B surveillance specialist for the Michigan Department of Community Health, she works on reporting and preventing disease in pregnant women.

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