PBH 798 - Public Health Field Experience

Credit Hours: 1-6

The required field experience provides experience in program development, community relations, public education, and research. Possible sites include: official health agencies, voluntary health agencies, or community social agencies. Selection is dependent on the students’ backgrounds and career expectations. Students may choose to spend their entire time in one agency, or, for shorter periods, in 2 or more agencies. The field experience can be done during the fall, spring, or summer and can be no less than 200 hours. All field experiences must be approved by the field experience faculty supervisor and the Program Director to ensure the site acceptability. May be repeated.

Prerequisite: students must have successfully completed 33 hours including all public health core and other required courses and passed the core course exam.
Typically Offered: Demand