Public Health Minor Program
Minor Requirements
1. Introduction and Overview of Public Health:
PBH-200: Issues in Public Health
2. Knowledge of Statistics:
MTH 104 Statistical Methods OR
MTH 119 Statistical Analysis OR
MTH 332 Mathematical Statistics II OR
PSY 103 Psychological Statistics
3. Knowledge of human living systems and how they connect to society:
Students who major in Biology, Biochemistry, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, and Natural Science must have one course from List A (below).
Students who major in fields other than those listed above must take two courses from List A, at least one of which must be in Biology (BIO)
LIST A:
BIO 101 Human Biology, Science, and Society
BIO 109 Bubonic Plague to AIDS
BIO 111 Crisis Earth
BIO 114 Concepts of Biology: Humanity and the Biological World
BIO 118 Concepts of Biology: Genes, Genomes, and Society
BIO 150 Principles of Biology I: Organisms and Populations
BIO 151 Principles of Biology II: Cells & Organisms
CHM 101 Chemistry of the Environment
ESC 111 Topics in Environmental Science
ESC 113 Environmental Science I
4. Knowledge of the social, behavioral, cultural, and economic context of public health:
Students who major in Biology, Biochemistry, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, and Natural Science must choose 4 electives from a combination of List B and List C. All other majors must choose 3 electives from a combination of List B and List C. In all cases, the electives must be from at least 2 different disciplines and at least one must be from List B.
Students are encouraged to meet with the program director to choose electives appropriate to their interests in Public Health and appropriate to complement their respective majors.
LIST B (Courses Concerning Health, Medicine or Disease)
COM 334,335 Health Communication
ECN 243,244 Health Care Economics
HST 143: Epidemic America
HST 345,346 Disease and Medicine in American History
HST 347,348 History of Public Health in America
PHL 241 Biomedical Ethics
PSC 213,214 Public Health Policy
PSY 213 Abnormal Psychology
PSY 421 Perspectives in Psychology: Health Psychology
SOC 317 Sociology of Medicine, Health and Illness
SUS 350: Environmental & Cultural Conservation in Latin America
LIST C (Related Electives)
BUS 260,261 Marketing in Not for Profit Organizations
COM 336 Environmental Communication
ECN 245,246 Environmental Economics
HST 341,342 Environmental History of the US
PHL 246 Environmental Philosophy
PSC 216,217 Environmental Politics and Policy Making
PSC 219,220 Public Administration
SOC 320 Environmental Sociology
PBH 960 or PBH 970 Practicum or Independent Study or Independent Research or Internship OR a Practicum, Independent Study, Independent Research or Internship in another related discipline approved by the program director.