Public Health and Spanish, B.S.

Minimum number of credits required to graduate: 124

Minimum Cumulative GPA required to graduate: 2.0

Minimum number of credits to complete the major: 40

School: School of Arts and Sciences and School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Department: Humanities and Public Health

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Public Health and Spanish is a major that combines the study of language, culture, and health issues affecting the Spanish-speaking population in the United States and abroad. This major prepares students to work in various settings where they can apply their linguistic and cultural competencies to improve the health outcomes of Spanish-speaking communities.

Major Requirements

The major requires a minimum of 5 courses in Spanish and 5 courses in Health Sciences.

Spanish Courses

Must take five courses from the following:

SPA 1010 - Beginner’s Spanish I Credits: 4
SPA 1020 - Introductory Spanish II Credits: 4
SPA 1030 - Intermediate Spanish I Credits: 4
SPA 1040 - Intermediate Spanish II Credits: 4
SPA 2520 - Lawrence City of Immigrants Credits: 4
SPA 2900 - Race, Literature and Culture Credits: 4
SPA 3020 - Latin American and Spanish Contemporary Film Credits: 4

Health Sciences courses

The Public Health component (20 credit) 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 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 3600 - Sociology of Health Credits: 4
SOC 3850 - Sociology of Aging Credits: 4
WGS 3830 - Gender and Global Health Credits: 4