UChicago Undergraduate major similar to public health?

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I’ve been looking more into UChciago and they have a graduate public health program but they don’t explicitly have an undergraduate public health major. Some of their social science majors look similar to a public health major. Which one would be the most similar to public health?

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It seems to me that since UChicago does not offer an undergrad in public health, and public health is at the intersection of science and policy, a major in science and a minor in social science or vice versa would be the way to go. Employment in the field usually requires a masters degree.

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There may be an option in terms of pre-professional preparation. Check this out and scroll down to the health professions section:

http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/preparationforprofessionalstudy/

https://careeradvancement.uchicago.edu/uchicago-careers-in/health-professions

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I can’t speak to the science side. Among the social sciences, a degree in Public Policy or Geography with a lot of relevant courses and (if PubPol) a concentration in health policy seems like the closest thing.

I don’t know if we have such a concentration (though it seems likely enough) as details in the catalog are sparse. I do know most of the health-focused PubPol courses look at the issue from an economic perspective, not a medical/epidemiological standpoint.