Public Health Minor

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The minor in public health is an excellent supporting option for individuals interested in the health and human services fields. Students will gain insight into public health settings, approaches, and processes. Students from a wide variety of majors may find a public health minor useful. A public health minor may be particularly well suited for students studying communication, economics, law and justice, nutrition, pre-medicine, psychology, or sociology.

Required Courses Credits: 16

PUBH 230 - Foundations of Public and Community Health Credits: (4)
PUBH 250 - Introduction to Health Policy and Systems Credits: (4)
PUBH 311 - Cross Cultural Practices for Health and Medicine Credits: (4)
PUBH 324 - Infectious and Non-infectious Disease Credits: (4)

Department-Approved Electives Credits: 12

Students may choose any 12 credits of advisor approved PUBH credits.

HED 101 - Essentials for Healthy Living Credits: (4)
HED 310 - Drugs and Health Credits: (3)
HED 387 - Principles of Fitness and Stress Management Credits: (3)
PUBH 209 - Consumer Health Credits: (4)
PUBH 240 - Writing in the Health Sciences Credits: (4)
PUBH 298 - Special Topics Credits: (1-6)
PUBH 299 - Seminar Credits: (1-5)
PUBH 310 - Community Health Credits: (3)
PUBH 317 - Global Health Issues and Solutions Credits: (4)
PUBH 318 - The Politics of Food and Health Credits: (3)
PUBH 320 - Environmental Health Credits: (4)
PUBH 351 - Community Building Strategies for Public Health Credits: (4)
PUBH 370 - Contemporary Issues in Public Health Credits: (4)
PUBH 375 - Theories of Health Behavior Credits: (4)
PUBH 376 - Community Food Strategies: Campus Garden Credits: (2)
PUBH 380 - Epidemiology Credits: (4)
PUBH 396 - Individual Study Credits: (1-6)
PUBH 397 - Honors Credits: (1-12)
PUBH 398 - Special Topics Credits: (1-6)
PUBH 399 - Seminar Credits: (1-5)
PUBH 411 - Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Management Credits: (4)
PUBH 413 - Health Disparities in Rural and Frontier Communities Credits: (3)
PUBH 420 - Women’s Health Issues Credits: (4)
PUBH 421 - Maternal and Child Health Credits: (4)
PUBH 422 - Community Health Communication and Promotion Credits: (4)
PUBH 445 - Professionalism in Public Health Credits: (2)
PUBH 448 - Sexual Health Credits: (4)
PUBH 460 - Public Health Ethics Credits: (3)
PUBH 465 - Research Experience in Public Health Credits: (5)
PUBH 470 - Public Health Programming Credits: (4)
PUBH 471 - Program Planning Credits: (4)
PUBH 472 - Program Implementation and Evaluation Credits: (4)
PUBH 475 - Community Health Administration Credits: (3)
PUBH 479 - Senior Seminar in Public Health (Put on reserve 9/16/22, will go inactive 8/24/25) Credits: (1)
PUBH 480 - Grant Seeking and Administration in Public Health Credits: (3)
PUBH 490 - Cooperative Education Credits: (1-12)
PUBH 496 - Individual Study Credits: (1-6)
PUBH 497 - Honors Credits: (1-12)
PUBH 498 - Special Topics Credits: (1-6)
PUBH 499 - Seminar Credits: (1-5)

Total Credits: 28

College and Department Information

Health Sciences Department
College of Education and Professional Studies

Online Availability
The program will have a designated online only option as well as an in-person or hybrid option.