As a program, our mission is to prepare skilled and versatile graduates dedicated to improving public health through practice, research, education, and leadership. We hope this Orientation supports your first steps in your public health journey.
The Public Health New Student Orientation course is available for all new students in your Blackboard space (bb.uvm.edu). The orientation introduces you to the program, prepares you to be a successful online student, and enriches your educational experience by setting clear expectations, introduces you to faculty and staff, as well as to the as other resources and opportunities available within the program. As a student in the course, you will find the following:
for your success!
- Course Syllabus
- Getting Started Course Information
- Discussion Guidelines
- Assignment Schedule
- Course Materials
- Introductions Forum
Once you sign in, find the “Getting Started” link on the left under the Course Materials heading, and go from there.
While this course is not graded, you can see how the “My Grades” feature works by clicking on “My Grades” in the left menu. You can see your “grade” and my comments to you.
Course announcements will be emailed and appear on the course home page.