Public Health Minor

Program Description

Students from a wide variety of majors will find a Public Health minor attractive as it provides them with a basic understanding of each of the core areas of public health, introduces students to career opportunities and prepares students for admission to graduate programs in public health and other health-related programs. Students are able to select from a diverse offering of public health foundation courses, offered both online and in the classroom.

Admissions Requirements

Declared major and a GPA of 2.0 or higher

Program Objectives

Students will:

Communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms, and through a variety of media, to diverse audiences.
Locate, use, evaluate and synthesize public health information.
Analyze the range of biological, behavioral, environmental, and social factors that influence patterns in population health outcomes.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates can:

Communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms, and through a variety of media, to diverse audiences.
Locate, use, evaluate and synthesize public health information.
Analyze the range of biological, behavioral, environmental and social factors that influence patterns in population health outcomes.

For More Information

I. Departmental Requirements (18 Credits)

Students will select 18 credit hours from the Public Health course list.

COM 3250 - Health Communication Credit Hour(s): 3
PPH 1080 - Introduction to Public Health Credit Hour(s): 3
PPH 2000 - Global Health Credit Hour(s): 3
PPH 2100 - Climate Change and Health Credit Hour(s): 3
or
EES 3250 - Climate Change Credit Hour(s): 3
PPH 2200 - Disease Detectives Credit Hour(s): 3
PPH 3300 - Community Health Improvement Credit Hour(s): 3
PPH 4100 - Behavior Change Interventions Credit Hour(s): 3
PPH 4310 - Environmental Health Credit Hour(s): 3
PPH 4770 - Epidemiology and Community Health Credit Hour(s): 3
PPH 4980 - Public Health Capstone Credit Hour(s): 3