The Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree in Public Health broadly prepares students to enter the workforce as a public health professional or to enter an advanced program of study. Students explore the five disciplines of public health: biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health policy and management and the social and behavioral sciences through general coursework. Students pursuing their undergraduate degree in Public Health gain knowledge and skills in the five disciplines of public health: biostatistics, epidemiology, health policy and management, social and behavioral sciences and environmental health. Students enrolled in Kent State University's College of Public Health learn about the public health care system in the U.S. and abroad as well as emerging public health concerns such as pandemic infectious disease and new threats to the environment. Upon completing the undergraduate degree in Public Health, graduates typically work in areas such as public health departments, voluntary health agencies, human services agencies, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, insurance companies, corporate work sites, wellness centers, community health organizations, family planning clinics and managed care facilities.<br><br>The Bachelor of Science with a Community-Based Public Health concentration prepares students to engage effectively in professional practice to eliminate health disparities through community- and system-level strategies that promote health and healthy behaviors using a variety of population based initiatives. The BSPH in ''Community-Based Public Health'' concentration focuses on: Identifying and exploring ways to influence the multi-level determinants of population health and health behaviors, Eliminating health disparities and using a perspective that prioritizes health equity and social justice and Community- and system-level strategies to promote health and healthy behaviors among populations through media, policy, and education initiatives.