The Public Health Undergraduate Program, which admitted its first student in fall 2003, represents a major national innovation in the field: it is one of only two fully developed undergraduate public health majors in the country, and the only one that is part of a professional school of public health. The major, with over 220 students, consists of six rigorous core courses (Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Health Policy and Management, Community Health and Human Behavior, and Public Health Microbiology). In addition to the core courses, the major includes an honors program, two student groups, a peer mentor program, an internship program, and a summer training program. Student response has been overwhelming; there are 300 students on the waiting list for the major. Says one of the first graduates, “The Public Health Undergraduate Program was the highlight of my college career, and it has also made a profound change in my life.”