Goals of the Major

The educational, research, and service activities of the Undergraduate Program are organized to address goals in the following areas:

Fundamental academic skills that ensure competency as readers, writers, data analysts, and critical thinkers.
Foundations for understanding the physiological, social, cultural, economic, and behavioral factors influencing health, disease, and disability throughout the lifespan.
Technical skills needed to gather, analyze, describe, and report information about health, disease, and health-care delivery.
Administration and organizational skills for planning and implementing health and health care service delivery, incorporating economic, financing, and marking principles.
Behavioral science skills for understanding and applying theories that influence individual and group health.

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