Public Health

minor

The Public Health minor enables students to acquire public health knowledge that complements their career paths. The minor is designed for students going into careers other than public health who can benefit from public health knowledge. A few examples of these careers include dentistry, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physician assistant, nutritional sciences, psychology, anthropology, health education, and engineering.

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 Curriculum

Prerequisites

Students must complete these prerequisites with minimum grades of C to be considered for a minor. 

Satisfactory completion of the prerequisite requirements does not guarantee admission to the Public Health minor.

  • Sophomore standing or higher (30+ credits)
  • 3.0 overall GPA
  • 3.0 prerequisite GPA
  • Completion of the following:
    BSC 2005Biological Sciences3
    or BSC 2010 Integrated Principles of Biology 1
    PSY 2012General Psychology3
    STA 2023Introduction to Statistics 1 (C or better)3

Required Courses

HSA 3111US Health Care System3
PHC 4101Public Health Concepts3
PHC 4418Social, Economic, and Environmental Drivers of Health3
Select two:6
HSC 4247
Disinformation and Misinformation in Healthcare
HSC 4643
Access and Rehabilitation in Serving Vulnerable Populations
PHC 3440
Global Public Health
PHC 3603
Critical Issues in Public Health
PHC 3678
Global Health Disparities and Disabilities
PHC 4024
Applied Epidemiology
PHC 4094
Introduction to Biostatistics for Health Science and Public Health
PHC 4309
Climate Change, the Environment, and the Future of Public Health
PHC 4320
Environmental Concepts in Public Health
PHC 4503
Public Health Messaging and Dissemination
Total Credits15

Counting Credits for Undergraduate or Graduate Degrees

Undergraduates who are interested in public health as a career path but do not want to pursue a Bachelor of Public Health should consider the Bachelor/MPH Combination Degree. This would allow courses taken in a student’s junior and senior years to count toward an MPH degree.
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