Undergraduate Major: Community Health Sciences

Community Health Sciences Major

If you are thinking of a career in any aspect of health, you should be thinking of Community Health Sciences (CHS). Through a curriculum both varied and inter-related subjects such as bioethics, spirituality, kinesiology and health policy, encourage our CHS majors to explore health from multiple perspectives: emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental as well as physical.

The School of Community Health Sciences (public health) currently has a single major, Community Health Sciences. To quickly find out about our undergraduate program and major you may wish to investigate:

• Community Health Sciences major required courses
• Community Health Sciences advising
  

Our undergraduate students are prepared to work in a variety of public and private positions from hospital administration to community health educator to fitness training. In addition, the broad perspective of health that our undergraduate students develop has been recognized as a distinct advantage for graduate programs including medicine, physical therapy, business and public health among many others. A list of possible career opportunities for the CHS major can be accessed here.

For information specific to the Community Health Sciences major please use the links above. For more general university information please refer to the University of Nevada, Reno homepage or refer directly to admissions, core courses required of all University of Nevada, Reno, undergraduate students, transfer from other institutions or enter criteria in the search box.

To learn about how to get started as a new student, please visit the Division of Health Sciences student website for forms and application instructions for the University of Nevada, Reno.