Health Sciences, B.S. - Community Health Education Concentration

The Community Health Education concentration prepares students for a career promoting and protecting the health of our most underserved communities. With a career in community health, BS Health Sciences  students will learn how to provide health and disease prevention education through direct care and community outreach. Graduates from UB’s Community Health Education track go on to have rewarding careers providing patient care and influencing health policy.

Learning outcomes

As a result of completing the B.S. in Health Sciences, graduates will be able to apply principles of health and wellness as a lifelong process of learning grounded in the study of basic and applied health sciences.

1. Students will understand the fundamental biological, chemical, and physical properties underlying life systems.
2. Students will understand the basic principles of community health, exercise & fitness, and nutrition as they relate to the health sciences professions.
3. Students will be aware of professional, clinical, ethical, and privacy issues that are pertinent to careers in the health sciences.
4. Students will be knowledgeable about fundamental concepts and practices related to the study of disease distributions in populations.
5. Students will be able to produce research and/or grant proposals utilizing the proper scientific methodology of evidence-based experimental data.
6. Students will be able to read, critically evaluate, construct, and present peer-reviewed scientific publications in an organized and effective manner.
7. Students will understand principles to help people assume more responsibility for their health and well-being through educational development, implementation, and evaluation of community health programs.

Accelerated master’s degree: BS-MPH option

For students wanting to continue in a career path in public health, the Community Health track offers an accelerated master’s degree: BS-MPH option for eligible UB undergraduate Health Sciences students with a concentration in Community Health. Students will be able to complete both a BS degree in Health Sciences and a Master of Public Health  degree within five (5) years of their initial matriculation as undergraduate Health Sciences students. During the senior year of their undergraduate Health Sciences program, eligible students will be able to take up to 15 credits of graduate MPH core curriculum courses. These 15 credits will double-count as undergraduate electives and MPH graduate credits. To be eligible for this accelerated MPH program, students must maintain a minimum of 3.0 GPA and have completed 75 credits of undergraduate coursework.