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• If you want general advising about the Health Services Administration program, please contact Ms. Christine Calero at Christine.calero@lehman.cuny.edu and she can provide general advising information on all of our Health Services Administration program.
• If you want advising regarding the Health Services Administration Internship, please contact Professor Tammy Christensen or Dr. Tailisha Gonzalez.
• If you want advising regarding our B.S. in Health Services Administration, please contact Dr. Tailisha Gonzalez.
• If you want advising on our Minor in Public Health, please contact Dr. Tailisha Gonzalez.
• If you want advising on our Minor in Health Services Administration or more information on your Nursing Home Certification, please contact Justin Simmonds justin.simmons@lehman.cuny.edu, and/or Christine Calero christine.calero@lehman.cuny.edu for the Summer 2023.

This degree is great to provide entry-level positions as practice managers in the health care administration. Positions such as Health Care Project Manager, Hospice Care Administrator, Associate Health Director, and Clinical Data Managers are positions that many graduates with this degree are eligible for.

While many graduates who earn this degree work in non-clinical hospital setting, there are other positions outside the hospital setting such as work in non-profit organizations that provide case management, departments of health, in the pharmaceutical industry in sales and marketing, and in the Biotechnology industry as sales associates.

Click on the contact list and find the correct advisor. 

• If you want general advising regarding the BS in Public Health program, please contact Ms. Milagros Tejada at Milagros.Tejada@lehman.cuny.edu and she can provide general advising information on our BS in Public Health program. 

• If you want advising regarding the BS in Public Health Internship, please contact Dr. Tailisha Gonzalez at Tailisha.Gonzalez@lehman.cuny.edu. 

• If you want advising regarding our major and minor in Public Health, please contact Dr. Tailisha Gonzalez at Tailisha.Gonzalez@lehman.cuny.edu. 

The Bachelor of Science in Public Health is a rigorous major that challenges students to think critically and to contribute to health and wellness across communities using health equity and anti-racism frameworks. Our program in public health takes a population health approach, centering analysis and intervention at the population level, rather than at the individual level. Rather than focusing on disease treatment, we focus on creating and sustaining health and social systems that enable populations to maintain good health. Public health students will understand and be able to describe and show how the determinants of health—like access to safe housing, nutritious foods, quality education and living wage jobs—are necessary to enable population health. Students may choose either (1) the public health science or (2) environmental and global health concentration based on their career goals.  

Admissions Requirements: GPA standard at “B-” (minimum 2.7 including all prior courses) for admission into the major. 

The Lehman College – CUNY Graduate School of Public Health 4+1 Program is a partnership that allows current undergraduate public health majors and minors to apply to an MPH or MS program at SPH once they have completed 60 credits and, if accepted, pursue 3-18 credits of graduate-level courses that will dually apply to undergraduate requirements. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required. Current majors and minors should schedule an appointment with their faculty advisor to discuss interest. Students are also encouraged to attend open houses at the CUNY SPH: https://sph.cuny.edu/academics/degrees-and-programs/4plus1-programs/. 

Yes, you can do a minor in public health if you are not majoring in Public Health. You cannot do both a minor and major in Public Health. 

The BS in Public Health focuses on population health whereas the BS in Health Services Administration works educate future health services managers who work with clinicians to manage healthcare delivery systems, hospitals, organized physician groups, community health facilities, nursing homes, extended care facilities, financing and insurance agencies, managed care organizations.   

To find out more about the differences, please consult with your advisor and they will be happy to provide you with more details.