Academic Requirements

Academic Requirements

The minor in Public Health consists of six (6) courses.  Students are required to take Introduction to Public Health and Global Health Disparities courses.  The remaining four courses are split between electives in Natural Science & Public Health (List A below) and electives in Social, Cultural and Behavioral Aspect of Public Health (List B below). Students may request that special topics courses or pre-approved study abroad courses count toward fulfillment of either List A or List B courses, as appropriate.  Credit for such courses may be granted only with the approval of the Director of the Public Health minor.  Students who are sociology majors may not double count the Intro to Public Health course or the Global Health Disparities course toward their sociology major.

Required Courses

SOC 171	Introduction to Public Health (No Prerequisite)
SOC 271	Global Health Disparities (Prerequisite: Introduction to Public Health)

Elective Courses

Students must take a combination of four (4) additional courses from List A and B, below. The courses must be from at least three (3) different departments, and two courses must be from each list. 

Note: Courses from Lists A and B may have prerequisite courses that must be taken prior to enrollment.  See course descriptions below for further information.

List A.  Natural Sciences and Public Health 

 

BIO 100	Microbes and Your World
BIO 100	Embryos in the Public Eye
BIO 203	Microbiology w/ Lab
BIO 209	Genetics w/ Lab
BIO 301	Integrative Human Anatomy w/ Lab
BIO 302	Developmental Biology w/ Lab
BIO 317	Pathophysiology w/ Lab
BIO 350	Introduction to Toxicology w/ Lab
BIO 404	Immunology w/ Lab
BIO 409	Biochemistry w/ Lab (See also CHE 309)
BIO 424	Integrative Human Physiology w/ Lab
CHE 110	Chemistry of the Environment
CHE 210	Environmental Chemistry
CHE 309	Biochemistry or CHE 303: Chemistry of Biological Compounds
CHE 310	Greener and Sustainable Chemistry
CHE 320	Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry

List B.  Social, Behavioral, and Cultural Aspects of Public Health

 

ANT 247	Medical Anthropology
ECN 394	Health Economics
ENV 101/102	Introduction to Environmental Studies
PHL 225	Ethical Theory
PHL 226	Global Ethics
PHL 325	Biomedical Ethics
PHS 194	Nutrition
POL 373	Human Rights and Social Justice
PSY 112	General Psychology
PSY 202	Life-Span Development
PSY 205	Drugs and Behavior
PSY 220	Human Sexuality
PSY 233	Tradtional Psychiatric Disorders
PSY 234	Medical and Developmental Disorders
PSY 320	Health Psychology w/ Lab
SOC 221	Social Inequalities
SOC 370	Environmental Sociology
SOC 373	Human Rights and Social Justice
SOC 382	Introduction to Social Welfare
SOC 394	Sociology of Mental Health
SOC 494	Sociology of Aging