Xavier University of Louisiana

Xavier University of Louisiana completed a feasibility study in 2010 to determine the merits and challenges of establishing an undergraduate program in public health.  The concept for this proposed program emerges from Xavier’s exemplary reputation in the health sciences and the superior faculty in these areas that would also support a public health curriculum.  This project will be advanced through several programmatic areas including administrative coordination, curriculum development, procuring library resources, expert consultation, and outcome assessment and evaluation.  Xavier has an exceptional record of graduating African American students in the physical sciences.  Xavier’s proposed curriculum for this project underscores its dependence on the liberal arts to nurture conscientious and well-rounded public health professionals.  To facilitate this work, the program’s organizational structure includes the creation of a formal academic public health program, continued dialogue with both internal and external experts in public health and related disciplines, and a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum grounded in a solid liberal arts foundation.