Public Health

[chriscap]

<p>I'm really set on pursuing this major at JHU, and it's exciting to have the opportunity to take courses at the world's best school of public health. But I have a few questions. Hopefully there's a current JHU Public Health major somewhere on here who can tell me a bit about the program.</p>

<p>If you could just elaborate on your experience, I'd appreciate it.</p>

<p>Also, more specifically, what is the career outlook like for a public health major? The JHU site claims that a natural science concentration will prepare one well for medical school. However, are there further possibilities? Is this the appropriate degree for a path into government health policy? A job at the World Health Organization? Perhaps a career formulating health policy for the UN? These are areas I would surely be interested in if my medical path didn't work out.</p>

<p>I'm just interested in the back-up plan for this major, as well as a little info. on what it's like to go Public Health at JHU. </p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

[chriscap]

<p>well a bit of additional research yielded some answers. the following site is a great source of information, if anyone is interested:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.jhu.edu/phsf/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.jhu.edu/phsf/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>However, I'm still interested to hear from those in the program!!</p>

[tanman]

<p>I'm not a public health major and I don't know if there are any who post on CC, but you could try asking on the Hopkins admissions forums (<a href="http://apply.jhu.edu/forums/)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://apply.jhu.edu/forums/)&lt;/a>. There are two public health majors who could probably answer your questions.</p>