2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Minor in Public Health

The public health minor provides students with a broad overview of the science and art of preventing disease and promoting health in populations, communities and individuals. You will learn the basics of environmental health, epidemiology, health policy and management, and health promotion and community health. Because a public health minor can enhance employment prospects in any field related to human health or wellness, this minor works well with majors such as nursing, pre-medicine/dentistry/vet/PA, biology, dietetics, business, data analytics, exercise science/kinesiology, audiology and speech pathology and more. This minor is not available to students pursuing a major in public health.

18 credits

Required Public Health courses, 15 Credits

HSC 180Principles of Public Health

3

HSC 200Introduction to the Public Health Profession

3

HSC 310Healthcare Systems

3

HSC 382Fundamentals of Biostatistics

3

or

HSC 387Biostatistics and Epidemiology

3

HSC 482Environmental Health

3

Students taking HSC 382 in the required courses section above must take HSC 383 from the directed electives section below.

Directed Electives, 3 credits from:

HSC 261Health, Sexuality, and Family Life

3

HSC 344Disease Prevention and Management in Public Health

3

HSC 365Health and Aging

3

HSC 367Drug Dependency and Abuse

3

HSC 368Consumer Health Issues

3

HSC 371Death and Dying

3

HSC 372Women and Health

3

HSC 381Stress Management

3

HSC 383Introduction to Epidemiology

3

Students are responsible for course prerequisites for all elective courses.

Total Credit Hours: 18