Samantha Garbers
PhD, MPA
Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Program Director Public Health and Health Sciences
YOU ARE BOUVÉ
Our Health Science program is driven by collaborative and applied learning practices that focus on healthcare through a public health lens, preparing students for graduate and professional school training.
The Health Science major is for students seeking a strong foundation for a career in medicine, clinical health professions, health administration, or community-based health promotion and public health.
We prepare students for careers including:
Our Boston campus is at the center of today’s latest technology and cutting-edge research by neighboring some of the country’s finest teaching hospitals, where students have the opportunity to participate in experiential learning through research, co-op or volunteering.
Students benefit from creating their own relationships with Mass General Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Medical Center, Mass Eye and Ear and many more.
In Oakland, our newest campus neighbors the high-tech Bay Area corridor, where innovation in health science is bolstered by the developing future of technology.
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I think Bouvé’s really unique in that there’s so much flexibility in the program. You have students that want to go the business route, the policy route, the clinical route. And students have the opportunity to do that.
student spotlight
The Health Science degree gives students the opportunity to master the basic sciences, fulfill graduate entry prerequisites, and gain a deep understanding of the intersection of healthcare and public health and the impact of health and illness on society. This major is also flexible enough to allow room for minors, combined majors and global opportunities.
Natural sciences and quantitative reasoning
Social and behavioral sciences
Students will take courses that introduce them to the United States healthcare system and beyond so they can develop a deep understanding of evidence-based healthcare, health policy and administration, and quality-of-care improvement.
Students will take courses that provide them with a strong foundation in research methods and pre-health and pre-med preparation. Students interested in graduate school in medicine, dentistry, podiatry, veterinary medicine, and physician assistant studies may opt to follow a pre-health focus, which includes courses required for medical school and other clinical training programs. Please visit the PreHealth Advising website for course requirements.
Based on their interests, students will take 3 classes in 2 of the following categories:
The major also includes elective and selective courses that enable students to pursue their interests or a minor.
During their senior year, students participate in a Capstone experience to broaden and integrate the knowledge, skills, and experience gained from the health science major. Capstones can take the form of service projects, research projects, seminars, or honors projects.
*Curriculum subject to change. See the course catalog for most up-to-date information.
Professor Beletsky’s expertise is in the public health impact of laws and their enforcement, with a specific focus on drug overdose, infectious disease transmissions, and criminal justice reform through a public health lens.
faculty spotlight
Students in our Health Science major learn the value of working as members of a healthcare team in the class setting as well as on co-op. Our co-op positions allow students to learn and recognize the importance of professional behaviors both in the classroom and in the workplace. Students have the option to complete the program with or without a Co-op experience, however an experiential learning component is required for all Northeastern students. Students also have opportunities study away or abroad, including at Northeastern’s global campuses, as are our Dialogue of Civilizations programs.
Health Science students are actively involved on campus and in the community. Our student groups provide the opportunity to build upon your education, enhance your experience, and get to know other students both within and outside the Health Science major.
PhD, MPA
Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Program Director Public Health and Health Sciences
PhD
Affiliate Faculty Public Health and Health Sciences
MS
Associate Director, Health Sciences Program; Senior Lecturer Public Health and Health Sciences
MPH
Assistant Academic Program Director, Health Science BS Program Public Health and Health Sciences
