
Community Health
Advance your career with a degree in Community Health- implement outreach strategies and make community assessments to bridge the communication gap between healthcare and your community.
This accelerated program in Community Health has a variety of options. If you're just beginning your career, you can enroll in this program to provide you with a strong foundation of knowledge in human health and disease.
Your courses will teach you how to identify culturally appropriate health education, information, and outreach in community-based settings, such as homes, schools, clinics, shelters, local businesses, and community centers. And you will learn how to help people in a community enhance their health and fitness. In addition to courses that are specifically related to health, other classes taken in this degree will enhance your critical-thinking and communication skills.
The Community Health major provides skills to facilitate access to the healthcare service, collect data and/or provide direct services. You will develop the strategies and skills necessary to advocate and educate individuals and community members about behaviors that promote wellness.