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Nov 03, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Public Health
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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.
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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: Required Electives
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