Bachelor of One Health, BOH and Co-op
The Bachelor of One Health offers students the opportunity to explore animal, environmental, and human health from both the scientific and socio-cultural perspective. One Health is an approach to research and problem-solving that brings together different knowledge systems and perspectives to find solutions that ensure people, animals, and our environment stay healthy. One Health is both an approach and an outcome. It embodies an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to understanding, managing, and mitigating health challenges at a local and global scale. While founded on three pillars – human health, animals and plant health, and environmental health – the premise of the program is that health in any one pillar cannot be viewed in isolation. Students explore the product of synergistic and antagonistic interactions of a socio-cultural and biological nature among the pillars. Students in the Bachelor or One Health are required to complete one of four Areas of Emphasis. Students may select a co-op option or regular program and experiential learning is embedded throughout as an integral part of the program.