Eckerd College offers public health minor for students interested in policy, science and health solutions – News

Not only does she value these experiences in an academic and professional way, but she says, “This makes you a better citizen of the world.”

For students interested in learning more about the psychological, biological and social factors in public health issues, this minor is tailored to them.

Some prospective program participants are intrigued by the environmental aspect of health, like sophomore Hailey Hill, an environmental studies and animal studies student from Worcester, Massachusetts. Hailey would like to pursue environmental conservation in the future and has an interest in animal health and policy.

“I came to the event because I think that public health is interesting in the form of my environmental major,” she says.

She plans to look further into the minor because of the Environmental Health and Science Communication courses. She doesn’t have much experience in those fields, she says, and would like to learn about them.

“You don’t have to be an aspiring physician or nurse to want to work with population-level health issues,” Miller says, adding that there’s room for students with broad interests and that medicine and health is a fast-growing labor market.

From a wide range of courses, to connecting students with local internships, Eckerd is working to foster a healthier world through education, communication, policy and prevention.

“My guess is that you are hoping those tuition dollars pay off,” Miller adds, “so this is a professional career path that you can pursue with the hopes of not only lifelong joy but also, hopefully, some economic prosperity and job stability.”