Minor in Public Health
The minor in Public Health gives you the opportunity to learn about public health principles from a global perspective. Explore epidemiology, ethics, anthropology, sociology, politics and other topics related to public health.
Six courses are required (20 credits).
Four core courses:
- PBH 110 Introduction to Public Health
- PBH 120 Global Public Health
- PBH 250 Epidemiology: The Science of Public Health
- PBH 320 Policy in Public Health
Two elective courses:
- AN 282 Introduction to Medical Anthropology
- AN 361 Social Change: Globalization and Culture
- IS 225 Conflict and Inequality in Latin America
- IS 320 Global Poverty and Inequality
- PBH 373 Human Sexuality
- PBH 374 Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities
- PBH 281 Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
- PBH 380 International Maternal and Child Health
- PBH 385 Contemporary Topics in Public Health
- PY 203 Health Psychology
- PY 212 Developmental Psychology
- SO 260 Sociology of Health Care
- SO 280 The Sociology of AIDS and HIV
- SO 286 Health and Human Rights
- SO 320 Homes, Housing and Homelessness
- PL 350 Social Justice
- BI 215 Principles of Nutrition
- SO 250 Sex and Society
- ID 330 Inside Out
- PBH 382 Introduction to Social Justice and Health Equity
- PBH 377 Emergency Planning and Response
- HS 226 Plague Times: Epidemics in History, From the Black Death to Covid-19
