Public Health Minor

Complement your major with knowledge and skills that will help you contribute to improving people's health and well-being. The 21-credit Public Health minor includes courses on epidemiology, health systems and communicating health information effectively. In addition, students will select 1-3 electives(s), depending on their catalog year, to gain knowledge in a specialized area of interest.

The minor is open to students from all majors, except students majoring in Public Health. Students adding the Public Health minor should have a minimum GPA of 2.00.

Requirements

Students must earn a C or better in all minor courses.

2023-2024 and earlier catalogs
  • HLTH 207 Health Care in the U.S.
  • HLTH 310 Introduction to Public Health
  • HLTH 311 Chronic and Communicable Disease
  • HLTH 402 Health Communication
  • HLTH 435 Introduction to Epidemiology
  • HLTH 451 Introduction to Environmental Health
  • One elective
2024-2025 and later catalogs

Beginning with the 2024-25 Catalog, the Public Health minor requirements are:

  • HLTH 207 Health Care in the U.S.
  • HLTH 310 Introduction to Public Health
  • HLTH 402 Health Communication
  • HLTH 435 Introduction to Epidemiology
  • Three electives

You can view specific course  (including a list of approved electives) for the Public Health minor in the Undergraduate Catalog.