State board approves UTA’s undergraduate public health degree
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved the creation of a bachelor’s degree in public health at UTA’s College of Nursing and Health Innovation effective fall 2017. The comprehensive program will include the introduction of a graduate certificate in public health. Last fall UTA’s College of Nursing and Health Innovation began offering undergraduate public health courses within the exercise science degree program as part of an effort to meet a rising nationwide demand for healthcare professionals. More than 200 students have taken public health courses since the