Public Health (Minor)
This minor is premised on the understanding that public health is an interdisciplinary field, including natural and social sciences, that aims to promote health and well-being, prevent disease, and build healthy societies.
Admission Requirement: This minor is open to students in good academic standing.
Minimum Grade Requirements: Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in HPR 215, HPR 240, and HPR 330 in order to register for HPR 430.
Minor Requirements
This minor requires a total of 27 credits.
| HPR 215 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HPR 240 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |
| HPR 308 | Global Health and Culture | 3 |
| HPR 330 | Designing Public Health Programs | 3 |
| HPR 430 | Public Health Capstone | 3 |
One (1) course from the following:
| MA 132 | Statistical Analysis * | 3 |
| DATA 300 | Advanced Business Statistics | 3 |
| PSY 201 | Statistics for the Social Sciences | 3 |
One (1) course from the following:
Required Electives
One (1) Natural Science (NS) core course. See
Liberal Arts Core for approved courses.
One (1) interdisciplinary health-related course, suggestions below (or approval from advisor):
| HPR 225 | Health Psychology | 3 |
| HPR 230 | Community Health | 3 |
| HPR 301 | Health/Fitness Program Management | 3 |
| HPR 335 | Current Topics in Public Health | |
| HPR 340 | Nutrition for Optimal Health | 3 |
| HPR 345 | Clinical Nutrition | 3 |
| HPR 406 | Stress Management | 3 |
| NU 234 | Promoting Health Across the Life-Span | 3 |
| COMM 220 | Intercultural Communication * * | 3 |
| IT 110 | Information Technology in the Global Age | 3 |
| GEND 200 | Approaches to Gender and Society | 3 |
| ECO 210 | Principles of Microeconomics * | 3 |
| MGT 123 | The Business Experience | 3 |
| MGT 291 | Business Communication | 3 |
| PH 311 | Biomedical Ethics * | 3 |
| POL 300 | State and Urban Politics * | 3 |
| PSY 101 | General Psychology * | 3 |
| PSY 110 | Human Growth and Development * | 3 |
| PSY 220 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 311 | Early Childhood Development * | 3 |
| PSY 312 | Adolescent Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 313 | Adulthood and Aging * | 3 |
| PSY 321 | Psychology of Gender * | 3 |
| PSY 325 | Cultural Psychology * | 3 |
| PSY 332 | Psychology of Addictions | 3 |
| SOC 121 | Principles of Sociology * | 3 |
| SOC 131 | Principles of Sociology in Global Perspective * | 3 |
| SOC 141 | The Global Village * | 3 |
| SOC 151 | Cultural Diversity * | 3 |
| SOC 200 | Law and Society in Global Perspective * | 3 |
| SOC 222 | Race and Ethnic Diversity * | 3 |
| SOC 251 | Working for Justice, Working for Change * | 3 |