Public Health Minor
The Public Health Minor consists of a minimum of six course units
- Required Courses
- HLTH 101 Introduction to Public Health (LSI, U)
- HLTH 280 Perspectives in Global Health (G)
- SOC 305 Medical Sociology (IT)
Choose at least 1 from each of the following categories:
- Population Health and Disease
- ENST 242 Toxic Threats to Reproduction & Child Development (LSI)
- ENST 270/370 Special Topics
- HLTH 350 Drug Abuse (AV)
- HLTH 351 Abuse in America (AV)
- HLTH 310 Special Topics
- PSYC 353 Mental Health and Aging
- SOC 270/370 Special Topics
Examples of HLTH 310 Special Topics:
Palliative Care (AV) and Transcultural Healthcare in Hawaii (CHC, U)
- Public Health Environmental Issues
- CHEM 234/ENST 234 Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (PSL)
- ENST 240 Health and the Environment (LSI, U)
- ENST 241 War on Cancer: Does Environment Matter? (LSI)
- PSYC 355/ ENST 355 Psychology and the Environment
- SOC 367/ENST 367 Environmental Sociology
- Public Health Engagement and Policy Informed Action
- ENST/PSCI 260 American Environmental Politics and Policy
- HLTH 397 Internship (approval of the director)
- HLTH 452 Independent Study (approval of the director)
- PSCI 282 American Health Policy
- SOC 340 Social Movements and Politics in the US (CHC, U)
Highly recommended courses include (not an exhaustive list):
- ENST 200 Intro to Geographic Information Systems (FR)
- PHIL 225 Medical Ethics
- PSYC 227 Statistics
- SOC 225 Methods of Social Research
- SOC 345 Intersectionality (IT, U)
- PSCI 395/SOC 395 Action Research Seminar
- PSCI/SOC 398 Grant Writing (W)
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