Requirements

Five courses are required to complete the Public Health minor.

Minor

Required Courses

PUBH 203	Introduction to Public Health	4 units
PUBH 238	Epidemiology	4 units

Statistics Requirements

Students must complete one of the following courses:

BIO 268	Biostatistics	4 units
COMP 146	Statistics	4 units
MATH 150	Statistical Data Analysis	4 units
PSYC 201	Statistics in Psychological Science	4 units
SOC 305	Quantitative Research Methods	4 units
UEP 305	Urban Data Analysis	4 units

Electives

Students must complete two additional courses from the list below. Each elective course must be from a different department. 

AMST 130	Dis/ability Theory	4 units
GEO 150	Geographic Information Science I	4 units
HIST 274	Medicine and Disease in Western Society	4 units
HIST 277/BLST 277	Women and Community Health	4 units
KINE 104	Introduction to Kinesiology	4 units
KINE 210	Nutrition and Homeostasis	4 units
KINE 299	Women's Sports and Empowerment	4 units
KINE 304	Human Physiology	4 units
PHIL 233	Bioethics	4 units
PHIL 332	Public Health Ethics	4 units
PSYC 334	Health Psychology	4 units
PUBH 248/DWA 248	Global Public Health	4 units
PUBH 249	Public Health and Human Rights: Global and Local Practices	4 units
PUBH 301	Women's Health	4 units
PUBH 307	Public Health Practicum	2 or 4 units
SOC 320	Health and Illness	4 units
UEP 201	Environmental Health and Policy	4 units
UEP 209/PUBH 209	Health Policy	4 units

*The electives must be from two different departments.

 

As new courses develop, more options may be added to this list. Students will be strongly encouraged to participate in internship, volunteer, or research opportunities within the field of public health (e.g. PUBH 307) before they graduate.