Public Health
Associate of Science
School: Nursing, Health and Wellness
Dean: Kathleen Hopkins, khopkins@sunyrockland.edu
Support Staff: Lori Jelen, ljelenst@sunyrockland.edu
Location: Technology Center, Room 8210, Phone: 845-574-4222
Degrees Offered:
Program Goals:
The degree will provide students with a solid foundation in the core Public Health curriculum enabling students to successfully transfer to a four-year degree program in Public Health.
Program Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Define public health and related roles and responsibilities of government, non-government agencies, and private organizations
- Describe risk factors and modes of transmission for infectious and chronic diseases and how these diseases affect both personal and population health
- List the leading causes of mortality, morbidity, and health disparities among local, regional, and global populations
- Discuss the role of gender, race, ethnicity, and other evolving demographics in affecting population health
- Discuss major local, national, and global health challenges
- Describe how the methods of epidemiology and surveillance are used to safeguard the population's health
- Communicate health information to a wide range of audiences through an array of media
- Conduct a literature search on a health issue using a variety of academic and public resources
- Recognize the impact of policies, laws, and legislation on both individual and population health
- Analyze ethical concerns and conflicts of interest that arise in the field of public health