Undergraduate Advising
Our Advising Office is your academic resource center. SPHIS advisors meet with all students, including prospective students who want to explore public health as a major.
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About Advising
Advisors serve as liaisons for students and the university. As a partner in your success journey, advisors work with you to explore your personal, academic and career goals. Advisors support students in discussing degree options, graduation timelines, and providing guidance and/or referral services.
Advisors provide support to all students, including those experiencing life challenges that can impact your academics. Any questions or concerns? Please reach out to your advisor.
Public health students are expected to know the requirements for graduation through the information available in the Undergraduate Catalog and through published addenda to the catalog.
Schedule an Appointment
New or current students who are looking to schedule an advising appointment may contact the SPHIS Advising Office or contact Sarah Duncan at 502-852-5559 or ugsphis@louisville.edu .
Location: Public health advisors are located on the Belknap Campus in the HSC Advising Center. This building is also referred to as the HP (Studio Arts) Building. Across from the Natatorium, our advising offices are accessible using the doors on University Boulevard. Mailing Address: HSC Advising Center, Studio Arts, 2314 S. Floyd St., Louisville, KY 40292.
All public health undergraduate students are required to be advised each semester prior to registering for courses.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Undergraduate students must maintain an overall GPA of 2.0. Students admitted to the Pre-Health Track must maintain an overall GPA of 2.8.
Public health is an interdisciplinary degree that addresses many pressing health concerns. With a prevention focus, public health majors have a great impact on the health of individuals and the population. Students are taught to think critically and identify skills and resources to solve challenges and advance the field. Public health majors positively change the world.
Graduates of the program are prepared for positions in specific sectors of public health, health services, or public policy for which baccalaureate-level education is appropriate. Degrees assist in preparing students for professional careers in fields including health education, health services administration and health research. The undergraduate degree in public health can be a gateway into graduate and professional programs such as such as public health, law, medicine, nursing and dentistry.
For more insights on opportunities in public health, students can review resources such as the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health.
In addition to working with your academic advisor, we encourage you to utilize the University Career Center and consider spending time researching professions on the UofL Pre-Health Advising website.
SPHIS has very active and engaged student organizations such as the Student Government Association (SGA) and the Kentucky Public Health Association (KPHA). Students can reach out to SPHIS Advisors for more information.
UofL students can change their major to public health officially by going to the Ulink portal for UofL students (login required). Click on the Academic Progress Tab and view the video, “Change a major”, for more insights.
SPHIS undergraduate courses are not currently offered online.
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The School of Public Health and Information Sciences, currently offers minors in Epidemiology, Healthcare Management, and Public Health. The Public Health Minor is an option for students who are not majoring is not public health.
The Global Public Health Studies minor is a collaboration between the Department of Anthropology, the School of Public Health and Information Sciences, and the Program in Liberal Studies. Interested students can review the website for additional details or contact Christopher Tillquist, PhD:
Office: Room 242 Lutz Hall, Department of Anthropology
Phone: 502-852-2422
Email: Dr. Tillquist
Public Health is not your average major. The program using learning techniques based on recent findings from the new science of learning. With a focus on learning, thinking and teamwork, students gain knowledge in the enterprise of public health; human biology, health and disease, and culture relevant to public health; the built and natural world relevant to public health; intellectual and practical skills; and the integration of culture, society and public health.