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The Bachelor of Science in School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Community Health Option is designed for those who wish to acquire and enhance their knowledge and skills to function as effective frontline or middle level supervisors in community health. 

School of Health’s Bachelor of Science Community Health option program is designed to enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities of community health personnel in the following key areas:

• Attainment of an understanding of the organizational structure of the community health system, including financing of community health services.
• Examination of health policy at the local, state and federal levels and its implication on the delivery of care.
• Examination of theories for effective community health delivery and management.
• Enhancement of interpersonal skills and perspectives to effectively manage in a diverse ethnically, economically and culturally environment.
• Enrichment of intellectual, conceptual, integrative and quantitative abilities.
• Enhancement of communication skills, both orally and written.
• Strengthening of behavioral and social attributes, emphasizing ethical standards of integrity, compassion, and concern for others.