Public Health

Print Degree Planner (opens a new window) |

Minimum number of credits to complete the minor: 20

Minimum cumulative GPA required to graduate: 2.0

School: School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Department: Nutrition and Public Health

Learn more about the program

Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of health lifestyles and research for injury and disease prevention. Public health work involves analyzing the effect on health of genetics, personal choice and the environment in order to develop programs that protect the health of families and communities. The Department of Nutrition and Public Health offers a minor in Public Health, which can complement majors in many diverse fields.

Minor Requirements

The five course (20 credit) minor requires completing three core courses and two required elective courses chosen from a list of approved related courses in Communication and Media, Political Science and Public Policy, Psychology, Sociology, or Gender, Diversity, and Social Justice. Students in this minor will be assigned an advisor from the School of Nursing and Health Sciences faculty.

Core Courses

Complete the following three required courses:

HSC 1500 - Introduction to Public Health Credits: 4
HSC 3103 - Global Public Health Credits: 4
HSC 3312 - Introduction to Epidemiology Credits: 4

Required Electives

Choose two courses from the following:

BIO 2009 - Environmental Biology Credits: 4
BIO 2010 - Ecology Credits: 4
COM 1020 - Public Communication Credits: 4
COM 3742 - Communication and Nonprofit Organizing Credits: 4
COM 4625 - Health Communication Credits: 4
HSC 2500 - Health Behavior and Promotion Credits: 4
HSC 3150 - Public Health Issues Abroad: Scotland Credits: 4
HSC 3200 - Cultural Competence in Healthcare Administration Credits: 4
HSC 3250 - Social Determinants of Health through Community Engagement Credits: 4
HSC 3322 - Environmental Health Credits: 4
HSC 3352 - Injustice in Public Health Credits: 4
HSC 3353 - Health Coaching: Foundations and Application Credits: 4
HSC 4350 - Health Coaching: Application and Practice Credits: 4
MTH 1111 - Basic Statistics Credits: 4
PHL 2060 - Biomedical Ethics Credits: 4
POL 1300 - Public Administration Credits: 4
PSY 2200 - Social Psychology Credits: 4
PSY 2310 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology Credits: 4
PSY 2460 - Abnormal Psychology Credits: 4
SOC 2050 - Social Work Credits: 4
SOC 3400 - Population Problems Credits: 4
SOC 3600 - Sociology of Health Credits: 4
SOC 3850 - Sociology of Aging Credits: 4
WGS 3830 - Gender and Global Health Credits: 4
WRT 2010 - Writing Across Cultures Credits: 4
WRT 2020 - Writing for Social Change Credits: 4