<p>Can someone please differentiate between these two majors and talk about them briefly in terms of academic rigor, competition (for getting grades), overall difficulty, as well as how much reading is required, what kind of courses...</p>
<p>just basically, anyone who is in one these two majors, please feel free to talk about your experience and try to answer any of the questions above..</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>I was never a social welfare major so I don't know much about it. But one thing is for sure. It seems pretty chill and not much science is involved. My friend was a social welfare major and I believe she had to take classes like politics which deals with current world issues and etc..</p>
<p>Public Health is much more rigorous. It is pretty much a science major. You do quite a bit of science classes such as bio and physiology. You can't avoid math either. Once upper division hits get ready for some biostatistics and chemistry.</p>
<p>bump...anyone else out there?</p>
<p>Public health can be as rigorousas windstruck says it is or could not depending on what you want to get out of it. I would not say PH is pretty much a science major but it could be (or not be) depending on your focus.</p>
<p>The only hardcore science class you have to take is Bio 1B. You don't even have to take chemistry. You only have to take one stats class.</p>
<p>But if your area of focus is something like biostatistics, your obviously going to take more stats. If your area of focus is infectious disease, you are going to need more bio and chem.</p>
<p>But if you are doing something like community health & human development or health policy & management, those disciplines are less related to pure science so you won't be taking those classes.</p>
<p>Since PH is just a broad major, you should really check out the website.
UC</a> Berkeley School of Public Health</p>
<p>cnat, are you a PH or SW major? if so, can we communicate via PMs?</p>
<p>wow are there no more SW or PH majors out there who can help? come on CC</p>