Public Health Minor

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Total number of hours required in the minor:
22-24 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in the minor:
9-17 semester hours

Public health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. Public health uses perspectives from sociology, biology, anthropology, politics, history and others.

Take the following required courses:

SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hour(s)
SOCI 1319 - Introduction to Public Health 3 hour(s)
SOCI 3311 - Sociological Statistics 3 hour(s)
SOCI 3313 - Sociology of Health 3 hour(s)
ANTH 2453 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 4 hour(s)
or
BIOL 3462 - Genetics 4 hour(s)

Take 6-8 hours from the list:

ANTH 3346 - Medical Anthropology 3 hour(s)
BIOL 1410 - Environmental Science and Sustainability 4 hour(s)
BIOL 3310 - Drugs and the Body: What You Should Know about Drugs 3 hour(s)
BIOL 5493 - Introduction to Pharmacology 4 hour(s)
ECON 4306 - Health Care Economics 3 hour(s)
SOCI 3319 - Mapping the Social World 3 hour(s)
SOCI 4330 - Violence in Communities and Families 3 hour(s)
SOCI 5389 - Practicum 3 hour(s)