Public Health Minor
Offered by Health Science Programs
The purpose of the interdisciplinary Public Health Minor is to allow students from any major to gain insight, knowledge, and experience in the diverse field of public health. The objectives of this minor are to: (a) provide opportunities for students to use the public health approach to critically think about how to solve the health problems facing the U.S. and the world, and (b) to provide students with knowledge and skills necessary for success in post-baccalaureate public health graduate programs and careers in public health.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Take all of the following: | ||
| HSCI 140 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HSCI 320 | Global Health | 3 |
| BIOL 110 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3 |
| MGT 450 | Population Health Management: Systems and Policies | 3 |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
| Business Statistics | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
| BioStatistics | ||
| Behavioral Statistics | ||
| Electives | 9 | |
The elective courses selected should be based on the need to provide a broader education for each student. Students interested in this minor MUST consult with a public health minor advisor to identify specific courses required to focus specific public health interests.Courses below are grouped by public health discipline/concentration area, but students can take courses from different groups. | ||
| Biostatistics: | ||
| Calculus I with Analytic Geometry | ||
| Calculus II with Analytic Geometry | ||
| Calculus III | ||
| Differential Equations | ||
| Environmental and Occupational Health: | ||
| Environmental Biology | ||
| Introductory Chemistry for the Health Sciences | ||
| Environmental Conservation | ||
| Epidemiology | ||
| Human Microbiology | ||
| Infectious Diseases | ||
| Working with GIScience and Spatial Analysis | ||
| Health Promotion: | ||
| Introduction to Nutrition | ||
| Healthy Wealthy and Wise | ||
| Introduction to Health Promotion | ||
| Health Psychology | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Sociology of Health and Illness | ||
| Introduction to Social Welfare | ||
| Introduction to Health Communication | ||
| Maternal and Child Health: | ||
| Lifespan Development and the Family | ||
| Marriage and Family Relationships | ||
| Cross-Cultural Family Patterns | ||
| Public Health Administraton & Policy: | ||
| Health Care Economics | ||
| Organizational Behavior | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| Leadership: Skills, Applications, Research | ||
| Services Marketing | ||
| Additional Electives: | ||
| History of Science & Medicine | ||
| History of Global Public Health | ||
| General Physics for Allied Health | ||
| Spanish for Special Purposes (Medical Professionals) | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 24 | |