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Minor in Public Health
The minor in Public Health introduces students to substantive issues and methodological approaches in public health. Students are given an overview of the field in HPCH 205 and an introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics in EPHD 203. For the remaining courses towards the minor, students can choose from the list of approved electives from across the disciplines of public health according to their interests. A minor in public health allows students to become more aware of the factors influencing health and hence more capable of making choices that influence their own health and that of their communities. In addition, a minor in public health expands students’ career options by exposing them to an increasingly important and expanding profession.
Students will be required to take:
- HPCH 205 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
- EPHD 203 Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3 credits)
The remaining 9 credits may be fulfilled through any combination of the following FHS courses (all courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted):
| Department\Course | GE Social Science/Societies and Individuals | GE Natural Science/Understanding our World | GE Quantitative Thought/Quantitative Reasoning |
| Environmental Health | |||
| ENHL 220: Fundamentals of Environmental Health Sciences | X | ||
| ENHL 221: Management of Domestic and Hazardous Waste | |||
| ENHL 234: Occupational Health | |||
| Epidemiology and Population Health | |||
| EPHD 213 (2 crs): Survey Methods | X | ||
| Health Management and Policy | |||
| HMPD 204: Introduction to Health Services Administration | X | ||
| Health Promotion and Community Health | |||
| HPCH 200: Global Public Health | X | ||
| HPCH 201: Health Awareness | X | ||
| HPCH 202 (2 crs): Sexuality & Public Health | X | ||
| HPCH 210: Health Communication Theory | |||
| HPCH 211: Research Methods | |||
| HPCH 237: Theories & Practice of Health Promotion | X | ||
| Public Health | |||
| PBHL 210: COVID-19, Inequality and Well-Being | X | ||
| PBHL 220/HEHI201: Design of Engineering Solutions for Health Challenges in Crisis | X |
The list of eligible electives was selected to include courses that cover broad public health content and/or introductory content to a subfield of public health. The student will be expected to develop her/his plan for the minor according to the student’s interests and in discussion with the academic advisor.
To graduate with a minor, a student must attain a cumulative average of 2.3 or more in courses taken to satisfy the requirements of that minor.
* The minor in Public Health is not open to students majoring in Health Communication.
