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A minor in Public Health Studies requires 20 semester hours (sh). The minor requires two, four-semester-hour core courses (PHS 201 and PHS 302). Additionally, students will select three, four-semester-hour elective courses. Electives must be chosen from at least two different disciplines (prefixes) to complete the minor. The path to the Public Health Studies minor is outlined below:
| Two core courses | 8 sh | |
| PHS 201 | Introduction to Public Health | |
| PHS 301 | Introduction to Epidemiology | |
| Three elective courses from at least two different disciplines. Approved electives* include: | 12 sh | |
| ANT 324 | Culture and Sex | |
| ANT 325 | Culture, Health and Illness | |
| BIO 111/113 | Introduction to Cell Biology with Lab | |
| BIO 112/114 | Introduction to Population Biology with Lab | |
| BIO 161 | Human Anatomy | |
| BIO 162 | Human Physiology with Lab | |
| BIO 245-256 | Principles of Genetics with Lab | |
| BIO 371 | Toxicology | |
| BIO 372 | Biostatistics | |
| BIO 379 | Biochemical Bases of Disease | |
| CHM 305 | Environmental Chemistry with Lab | |
| COM 331 | Environmental Communications | |
| ECO 317 | Gender and Development | |
| ECO 361 | Health Economics | |
| ECO 440 | Urban Economics and Planning | |
| ENS 111/113 | Introduction of Environmental Science with Lab | |
| ENS 220 | Organic Gardening & Sustainable Food Production | |
| GEO/ENS 250 | Introduction to GIS | |
| GEO 360 | Advanced GIS | |
| GEO 346 | Natural Disasters | |
| GST 308 | Health Care Strategies in the 21st Century | |
| GST 325 | Health Care Strategies in the 21st Century | |
| GST 346 | Childbirth | |
| GST 376 | Global Health Disparities | |
| GST 406 | Perspectives on Women's Health | |
| ESS 322 | Epidemiology of Physical Activity | |
| ESS 333 | Exercise Psychology | |
| ESS 422 | Physiology of Exercise | |
| ESS 424 | Applied Exercise Physiology | |
| HSS 213 | Working with Groups and Communities | |
| HSS 311 | Policy and Social Inequality | |
| HSS 350 | Global Violence against Women | |
| HSS 351 | International Human Services | |
| HSS 411 | Designing and Assessing Programs | |
| PEH 324 | Nutrition | |
| PHL | Economic Justice | |
| PHS 302 | Global Health | |
| PHS 381 | Public Health Practicum | |
| PSY 356 | Health Psychology | |
| PUB 231 | Public Administration | |
| PUB 335 | Ethics in the Public Sector | |
| PUB 431 | Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation | |
| Total | 20 sh | |
| * If you have a question concerning a course that is not listed as an elective, but you believe fits the essence of the minor, please contact program coordinator Cindy Fair. |