My interview went very well. It worked out perfectly because I had already contacted an adviser from the public health field, to just get a better understanding of the major as a whole. Then it just so worked out that she let me go ahead and interview her as well. The interview did not take very long because when I asked the very first question, she answered about 4 in one. So rather than me asking all my questions, I really only asked about 3-4 question. But that was helpful because she was really able to answer very thoroughly and was able to explain it in good detail. basically the main question that I asked was just "what kind of writing do you usually do in your field?" She gave me plenty of examples of writing that is done in all kinds of public health fields. But she said that her writing specifically in her area of work were somewhat persuasive, or trying to either convince or turn people away from becoming a public health major. She said that she likes being able to persuade people into the major, or at least helping people figure out that the major is not for them. So her typical audience would be students, but occasionally other faculty, because public health is very interconnected to really any science fields, so like nursing, dental hygiene, anthropology, and other social science fields. But coming from her I would assume that most public health careers, the type of writing that is involved would mostly be some kinds of informational reports. Because they are trying to spread the word not only to students but to people all around the world about public health, most of it is informational.
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