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The UW School of Public Health is grounded in teaching, research, and service. Our graduates have gone on to transform communities, lead health organizations, and find solutions to emerging public health challenges. The school is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

The School has five departments: Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Global Health, and Health Systems and Population Health - plus interdisciplinary programs in Health Management and Informatics, Nutritional Sciences, Public Health Genetics, and Public Health-Global Health.

Our students benefit from more than 50 centers and institutes as well as our partnerships with many health organizations and local and regional health departments across a five-state region.

Undergraduate Programs

The School of Public Health offers bachelor's degrees across four programs (Environmental Health; Health Informatics & Health Information Management; Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health; and Public Health-Global Health), as well minors in environmental health, global health, and nutrition. For more information about these programs, refer to the UW degree program catalog.

General Education Requirements

The following School of Public Health general education requirements apply to all undergraduate degree programs.

  1. Basic Skills
    1. English Composition (C) - 5 credits (minimum 2.0 grade)
    2. Additional Writing (W) - 10 credits
    3. Reasoning (RSN) - One course (minimum 4 credits)
    4. Diversity (DIV) - 5 credits. Of Special Note: For students admitted to the University prior to autumn quarter 2023, the DIV requirement is 3 credits.
  2. Areas of Inquiry
    1. Arts and Humanities (A&H) - 10 credits*
    2. Social Sciences (SSc) - 10 credits
    3. Natural Sciences (NSc) - 20 credits
    4. Additional Areas of Inquiry - 25 credits

*Although School of Public Health students are not required to study a foreign language, they are encouraged to do so by substituting first-year language courses for the A&H requirement. Completion through the third quarter is required for A&H credit.

Graduate Programs

The School of Public Health offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science, Master of Public Health, Master of Health Administration, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Global Health, as well as multiple Graduate Certificates. For more information about these programs, refer to the UW degree program catalog.