Breast Cancer Awareness

Students from Administration of Health Programs class led by Dr. Cindy Kratzke organized and held a breast cancer prevention awareness week at the student center. Coach Walker supported enthusiastically the breast cancer event for the campus.

Welcome to the Department of Health Science.

Our department's mission is "to preserve and enhance the health of the public and prevent illness and injury through education, research and service programs." The Department of Health Science was established in 1979.

Today's society demands timely attention to complex public health issues. Now more than ever, public health professionals recognize that solutions to society's problems involve the promotion of optimal health and the prevention of disease and disability. Community health education is a direct route to preventing many public health problems.

The Department of Health Science at NMSU prepares health and human service professionals to plan, implement, and evaluate community health education programs in public or private sectors. 

Academic Programs

Bachelor of Community Health

Master of Public Health in Community Health Education - On Campus

Master of Public Health in Community Health Education - Online (Please see NMSU Albuquerque Center information below)

Joint Master of Public Health in Community Health Education and Master of Social Work degree

Minors

• Community Health - Undergraduate only
• Gerontology - Undergraduate/Graduate
• US-Mexico Border Health - Undergraduate/Graduate

NMSU Albuquerque Center

This 10,000 square foot academic center, in the Compass Bank Building across from Coronado Center Shopping Mall, provides conference rooms, classrooms, meeting rooms, and computer classrooms. The Center supports on-site graduate programs in Social Work and Criminal Justice and the Online Master of Public Health (MPH) program. The Center is located at:

4501 Indian School Road

Albuquerque, NM 87110

(505) 830-2856 / Fax: (505) 883-3235

The MPH office telephone number is (505) 830-2856, extension #6 

New Mexico State University·
College of Health and Social Services
Department of Health Science
Room 102, Health and Social Services Building
1335 International Mall
P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3HLS
Las Cruces, NM 88003