Minor Requirements
The public health minor consists of six units: Intro to Public Health, an advanced Public Health Core class, a Global or Health Humanities course, and three electives.
1. PH 216 - Introduction to Public Health (1 unit)
2. A Global Cross-Cultural or Health Humanities CORE class (1 unit)
- PH 225: Health Humanities: An Introduction
- PH 226: Health Humanities: Francophone Care
- PH 3002: Health Behavior and Promotion
- PH 3017: The Global HIV Epidemic
- PH 3086: Health Humanities: Narratives of the Body
- ANTH 243: Medicines and Meanings
- GS 264: Global Public Health: Critical Perspectives
- GS 268: Global Health & Justice
3. Advanced Public Health Core class (1 unit)
- PH 230: Basic Principles of Epidemiology (pre-req: PH 216 & STAT 113) or
- PH 310: Social Determinants of Health (pre-req: PH 216)
4. Any three electives from at least two different pools. Core courses that are not chosen as required classes can be taken as electives.
- Global/Cross-Cultural perspectives
- Critical Humanistic perspectives
- Scientific perspectives
5. Final Minor Reflection Statement: Students are required to submit a 1-2 page final reflection statement evaluating their work in the public health minor including how the courses taken and the experiential learning component (if applicable) fit together to create an integrated study of public health. Students should also describe which two of the Learning Goals listed on the PH website were most relevant to their experience. The statement must be done after all courses for the minor have been completed (or are in progress for completion) and prior to graduation.
TOTAL: 6 units of credit
Restrictions
- No more than two approved courses from other institutions or University-approved study abroad/off-campus programs may transfer into your minor. Permission from a Public Health Program Coordinator is required for transfer.
- All courses taken from other institutions or off-campus programs can only count as electives for the minor.