Public Health Minor

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Public Health is the science of protecting the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work, and play. The Public Health Minor is designed to provide students with an understanding of the connections between public health and every aspect of life as well as the analytic approaches to understanding these connections. The minor can be an asset to students in determining their interest in graduate studies or pursuing public health or other health-related careers. The Public Health Minor requires a total of 18 hours.

Lower Division Core (3 Hours)

Choose one of two options:

PUBH 1180 - Population Health and Society Credit Hours: (3)
HLSC 2200 - Introduction to Public Health & Health Sciences Credit Hours: (3)

Upper Division Core (9 Hours)

Select any three courses:

PUBH 3120 - Environmental Health 1: Basics & Method Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 3130 - Introduction to Social Determinants of Health Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 3180 - Public Health Principles & Practices I Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 3150 - Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health I Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 3710 - Public Health Systems & Policy I Credit Hours: (3)

Electives (6 Hours)

Select two courses from the following:

ANTH 4511 - Medical Anthropology Credit Hours: (3)
ANTH 4571 - Race and Health Disparities Credit Hours: (3)
BIOL 4241 - Biogeog/GIS Analyses/Ecology Credit Hours: (3)
COMM 3012 - Health Communication ** Credit Hours: (3)
COMM 4015 - Health Literacy Credit Hours: (3)
HLSC 4200 - Cultural Competence in Health Credit Hours: (3)
PHIL 3514 - Biomedical Ethics ** Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 3102 - Epidemics: The Plague to Ebola Credit Hours: (3)
SOCI 4442 - Sociology of Poverty Credit Hours: (3)
SOCI 4541 - Sociology of Aging Credit Hours: (3)