Social and behavioral health brings the community to the forefront of public health through the development and evaluation of community based programs that promote health and prevent disease. Health education, health communication, and study of the social determinants of health and health disparities are essential to social and behavioral health. Social and behavioral health is the aggregate of several purposeful activities including, but not limited to program planning, evaluation, and administration designed to improve personal and public health through a combination of strategies, including the competent implementation of health education, risk factor detection, behavioral change strategies, health enhancement, and health maintenance.

The Environmental and Global Health track examines how the environmental, social, and the built systems interact to shape health and well-being. Students explore how factors such as air and water quality, food systems, land use, built environments, workplaces, and social conditions simultaneously and cumulatively influence both chronic and communicable diseases. The track emphasizes prevention, mitigation, and equity-focused approaches to addressing environmental and global health challenges across diverse populations and settings. Through coursework and applied learning experiences, students develop skills in assessing environmental and occupational hazards, evaluating population-level health impacts, and designing evidence-informed interventions that promote health equity. The Environmental and Global Health track prepares students to work across disciplines and sectors to address complex, real-world health problems and to advance solutions that protect and promote health locally and globally.

Healthcare Administration and Policy supports leadership, management, and administration of public health systems. Finance, marketing, information management and health services management are essential aspects of building a strong public health infrastructure and shaping health policy. Students in the Department of Healthcare Administration and Policy gain a broad view of the healthcare delivery system and develop an understanding of health and disease. They develop analytical skills through the curriculum and internships to prepare them for leadership positions in the organization, financing, and delivery of healthcare services.

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease and injury. As the fundamental science in public health, it provides the tools we need to monitor and study health problems and design effective control measures. Epidemiology relies on the analytical methods of biostatistics to describe, analyze and interpret health data. Biostatistics is the study of the methods and processes for statistical reasoning applied to public health studies including likelihood methods for inference, epidemiologic statistics, clinical trials, and survival analysis. Biostatistics is an indispensable tool in improving health and reducing illness.

The Generalist track is a fully online program and offers students and professionals a flexible opportunity to explore the field of public health. This program is the intersection of the core public health disciplines: Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Healthcare Administration and Policy, and Social and Behavioral Health. The Generalist track applies concepts relevant to public health as a whole and includes foundational courses, general practice courses, an internship, and a culminating project. Students are prepared for careers in public health conducting research, evaluating programs and policies, working in community health, or providing health education.

The Doctor of Medicine (MD) program emphasizes the basics of medicine: communication, physical exam and diagnosis, clinical skills, advanced clinical reasoning and interpretation, professionalism, and ethics using technologically advanced tools and genomic data to foster medical student learning. Overall, the curriculum is community-focused, but places great importance on relationships through faculty to student mentorship, extensive experience with health care professionals in the delivery of primary care and longitudinal patient-centered care, in addition to immersion in community service projects and initiatives. Students will directly apply their learning in the service of others, providing compassionate care in collaboration with many other health professionals including: physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, physical therapists, social workers, occupational therapists, and other community practitioners in the pursuit of providing the best patient outcomes and satisfaction.