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)