Public Health

Public Health students must be good communicators and like working with people. They need to be able to comfortably speak to individuals and groups and must have excellent writing skills. Furthermore, those majoring in public health are usually committed to their own health and are excited about helping others improve theirs. Creativity is a real plus for public health workers, as it often takes creative thinking to motivate and help individuals or communities to change health behaviors.

Careers in public health can range from improving access to healthcare, controlling infectious disease, reducing environmental hazards, designing healthier cities, to working towards decreasing substance abuse.  Professionals in public health work in a variety of settings such as:

• Healthcare organizations
• Health insurance companies
• Retail organizations
• Educational institutions
• Government roles within the health department or in disaster readiness

Academic advising is an essential part of your educational experience.  An institutional representative will provide insight or direction about an academic, social or personal matter.  The nature of this direction might be to inform, suggest, counsel, discipline, coach, mentor, or even teach a college student how to navigate university systems to be successful. 

We are committed to providing advice and assistance throughout your academic journey. As a result, you will be assigned a Program Advisor as well as a Program Retention Specialist.  These individuals will work with you to create an academic plan based on your own personal and educational goals.

UC students have access to free tutoring and academic support services through a collaboration with UC’s Learning Commons. The Learning Commons provides centralized academic support for all University of Cincinnati students by bringing together faculty, best-practices in teaching and learning, and hundreds of outstanding peer educators to create flexible academic success programming. Free services available to UC students through Learning Commons include academic coaching, success skills workshops, and tutoring in writing, math, science and more. Services are available on-campus Monday-Friday from 9-2 or virtually Monday-Thursday 9-8 and Friday 9-4.

In order to graduate from this program, a student must:

• Complete all required course work and program requirements.
• Obtain at least a 2.0 university grade point average.
• Be in good academic standing; that is, not on academic or disciplinary probation or suspension.
• Meet the college's residency requirement of 20 semester credit hours.
• File formal application for the degree by the posted semester of graduation deadline.

We accept transfer applications all year long, and you may start any semester, provided your transcripts arrive in time to be evaluated before the start of the semester you wish to attend.

If you have not taken college-level English or mathematics, you will need to take a placement test.

Other UC students may transfer into this fully online program by completing the application for change in college and program form. You are urged to see your advisor before transferring into a different major to minimize any impact on your degree progress and to verify that you have met all pre-requisites.

You must demonstrate English proficiency. You must also meet admissions deadlines and visa requirements, and provide documentation of sufficient funds before we can complete your admission. Please call the International Admissions Office (513) 556-2069 for details or email with questions.