Coordinator: Professor Tapler
Public Health is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry offering students the opportunity to acquire knowledge, skills and experiences in public health. Areas of study supporting their chosen major may include national and global aspects of disease prevention and management, sanitation, pandemics, HIV/AIDS, antibiotic resistant infections, natural disasters, biological / nuclear weapons threats, disability, aging and environmental hazards.
The Public Health Studies minor introduces public health as interdisciplinary study, emphasizing a population health framework and systematic thinking. Courses within the minor seek to strengthen liberal education by enabling students to use the lens of public health and population study within and across disciplines. By taking courses in a number of disciplines, all focused on aspects of public health, students construct a foundation that encourages them to take socially responsible steps and gain enduring understandings of the field of public health while enriching their career choices.
A minor in Public Health Studies requires 20 semester hours. The minor is comprised of 2 core courses (8 semester hours) which include: PHS 301: Introduction to Public Health and PHS 302: Introduction to Epidemiology. Additionally, students will select three elective courses (12 semester hours) from at least two different disciplines (prefixes) to complete the minor in Public Health Studies.
Two(2) Core Courses: 8 credit hours
PHS 301 Introduction to Public Health
PHS 302 Introduction to Epidemiology
Three (3) Elective Courses from at least two (2) different disciplines: 12 credit hours
ANT 325 Culture, Health and Illness
ESS 322 Epidemiology of Physical Activity
ESS 333 Exercise Psychology
HUS 213 Groups and Communities
HUS 311 Poverty and Social Welfare Policy
HUS 381 Practicum in Human Services
PSY 356 Health Psychology
PEH 421 Chronic and Acute Diseases
PEH 324 Nutrition
PUB 231 Public Administration
PUB 335 Ethics in the Public Sector
PUB 328 Public Policy
Some upper level GST courses may count towards electives with approval of the program coordinator. These include but are not limited to:
GST 308 Health Care Strategies in the 21st Century
GST 325 Substance Abuse and Human Behavior
GST 376 Global Health Disparities
GST 406 Perspectives on Women’s Health
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