Employment prospect for MPH?

fumafoo101
Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:57:32 +0000

Collegeguy562,

I’m very interested in epidemiology as well and I’m not very good at math. I passed college algebra with a C+ but it was a prep course for calc. It was also more difficult than the original college algebra course I took at another college.

Anyway, I’m currently enrolled in a public health 101 course taught by a professor who is on the executive board for my city’s health department. He brought in the head of the epidemiology unit and he said they are plenty of jobs available in this field. In fact he encouraged us all to look into it and we could contact him if we wanted to learn more.

I’m just trying to figure out how I would gain experience in this field. I’m hoping to email my professor tomorrow to see what he says. I plan on taking the intro Bio course at my university since I’m not a bio major. If you would like I could respond here or pm you with he says in terms of finding experience. He did already direct me to my city’s internship program but I couldn’t do it as I’m taking a summer course that is only offered in the fall or summer. Perhaps your son could check in with the local health department if he hasn’t already.