Community Health - BS

Community Health

Program Coordinator:

Jessie Daniels. PhD
Professsor, Community Health
2180 Third Avenue, Office #531
(212) 396-7737
E-mail: jdaniels@hunter.cuny.edu
Web site: http://cuny.edu/site/sph/hunter-college/a-programs/undergraduate/community-health.html

COMMUNITY HEALTH BS

Community health majors use organizing, educational, media and technological skills along with a sound knowledge of public health to encourage, maintain and improve the health of people in diverse communities. They develop, implement and coordinate health interventions, communicate with a variety of publics about what constitutes good health, how to prevent disease and illness and how to secure treatment when needed.             

Community health majors are employed in community-based and human rights organizations, family planning clinics, mental health centers, homeless shelters, research centers, media organizations, as well as in city and state health departments. The BS degree in Community Health at Hunter pro­vides the background for positions in the field and the academic background to pursue gradu­ate education in public health, social work and related fields.

Fieldwork placements provide students with an opportunity to develop research skills and gain hands-on practice in community health.

Admission Requirements  

Admission into the COMHE major is competitive and students enter in the Fall semester only (no Spring admission). The prerequisites for admission into the COMHE major are:

1. Completion of 60 credits at the time of admission
2. A combined GPA of 3.0 from all postsecondary institutions attended
3. submission of a 500 word essay
4. Completion of the following courses:
   (a) one semester of introductory level statistics
   (b) one semester of English composition
   (c)  any lab-based course in the natural sciences
   (d) an intro-level course in sociology;
   (e) an additional intro level social science course in either psychology or anthropology
   (f) one upper level course in a social science (e.g. sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, urban studies, women and gender studies, or human rights). Students are also encouraged to take a class in community, public or environmental health. Students may apply during the semester that they are completing prerequisites for the program. All applicants, including current Hunter College students, must apply for admission to the program.

For details on admissions process, see http://cuny.edu/site/sph/hunter-college/a-programs/undergraduate/community-health/admissions-info.html.