Minor in Public Health
Minor in Public Health
The Public Health minor is an eighteen (18) credit hours program designed to introduce students to key aspects of public and population health and develop skills in health communication, literary and data analytics. The program includes interdisciplinary experiential learning in which the students are applying knowledge and skills in real world public health challenges locally and globally. The program is particularly beneficial for those studying biology or pre-Med to delineate the linkages between medical knowledge, population health and preventive care, psychology, sociology to understand how health is affected by social and behavioral factors, environmental sciences to understand the effect of environmental degradation and change on human health and education to visualize how to promote health education and wellness in school settings. There are no prerequisites to declare a minor in Public Health.
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The Public Health Minor is designed to provide students with an understanding of the connections between public health and every aspect of life as well as the analytic approaches to understanding these connections.
Students will be introduced to key aspects of public and population health and develop skills in health communication, literary and data analytics. The students will be able to address:
- The concepts and applications of basic statistics
- The foundations of biological and life sciences
- The history and philosophy of public health as well as its core values, concepts, and functions across the globe and in society
- The basic concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, use, and analysis and why evidence-based approaches are an essential part of public health practice
- The concepts of population health, and the basic processes, approaches and interventions that identify and address the major health-related needs and concerns of populations
- The underlying science of human health and disease, including opportunities for promoting and protecting health across the life course
- The socioeconomic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities
- The fundamental concepts and features of project implementation, including planning, assessment, and evaluation
- The fundamental characteristics and organizational structures of the U.S. health system as well as the differences between systems in other countries
- The basic concepts of legal, ethical, economic, and regulatory dimensions of health care and public health policy and the roles, influences, and responsibilities of the different agencies and branches of government
- The basic concepts of public health-specific communication, including technical and professional writing and the use of mass media and electronic technology
- Places of employment may include government, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, hospitals and medical/community centers.
- One-on-one academic advisor
- Dedicated faculty mentor with diverse public health expertise
- Practical fieldwork experience to prepare you for your career
- Opportunities for professional development and networking
Credit Hours: 18
The Public Health Minor requires a total of eighteen (18) credit hours as follows:
- PUBH 2181 | Population Health and Society
And two courses from the following options
- PUBH 3120 | Climate and Environmental Health
- PUBH 3130 | Social Determinants and Health Disparities
- PUBH 3150 | Health Data Analytics and Informatics
- PUBH 3170 | Health Crises and Milestones in Global Public Health
And three courses from the following options
- PUBH 3104 | Developing Public Health Messages and Strategies
- PUBH 3105 | Health Behavior Theory and Practice
- PUBH 3180 | Population Health Program Design and Intervention
- PUBH 4011 | Public Health Program Evaluation
- PUBH 4012 | Public Health Management and Policy
- PUBH 4013 | Biological and Behavioral Basis of Disease
- PUBH 4151 | Public Health Research Methods
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How to apply
Requirements:
- General Education required courses and a GPA of 2.0 or above.
- There are no prerequisites to declare a minor in Public Health and most students find that their previous courses transfer without loss of credit.
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Lori Ward, PhD, MS
Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor
Briana McNeil, MBA, MEd
Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator
Rebecca Kronenberg, MPH
Coordinator, Undergraduate Advising and Student Engagement