Public Health Concentrations
Learn to design, implement and evaluate programs that address diverse health issues while reducing health disparities. The Health Education, Promotion and Advocacy concentration in Montclair State University’s Bachelor of Public Health program prepares you to become a community health educator dedicated to improving lives through disease prevention, health promotion and advancing health equity. You’ll gain the skills to design, implement, and evaluate health programs addressing issues such as cancer, obesity, substance use, mental health, adolescent health, maternal and child health, and more. This concentration emphasizes creating effective programs and advocating for policies that reduce health disparities, ensuring all communities have equitable opportunities to achieve good health. With a strong foundation in public health education and advocacy, you’ll graduate ready for careers in healthcare settings, nonprofits, government agencies and community-based organizations, or to pursue graduate study in public health and related fields.
Develop skills to improve healthcare systems with a focus on equity and accessibility. The Health Systems Administration and Policy concentration in Montclair State University’s Bachelor of Public Health program prepares you for administrative roles within a health system. You’ll learn essential competencies such as using data to inform healthcare decision-making so that you can play a role in improving healthcare delivery whether you work for a small group practice, a senior living facility, or a local, state or federal health agency. You’ll explore how healthcare is financed and delivered and examine how policies shape healthcare access, cost and quality. Courses emphasize transforming health systems from focusing solely on treating illness to advancing prevention and health equity. Our graduates are prepared for diverse careers as case managers, project managers, policy analysts, patient navigators, hospital coordinators, data analysts and healthcare administrators, as well as for advanced study in public health, policy or healthcare management.
A minor in public health provides students with basic knowledge about the major causes of poor health outcomes domestically and globally as well as how health promotion and disease prevention interventions can protect and enhance the health and well-being of populations.
Because health affects almost every aspect of human life, a minor in public health is useful preparation for careers in many fields, including government and politics, communications and journalism, business, economics, medicine and nursing.
