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Public Health Minor

Public Health is an interdisciplinary minor in which students develop a greater understanding of the various factors affecting community health in local, regional, and global perspectives. The three foundational core courses provide a common language, methodology, and the core public health concepts. The electives provide exposure to a variety of issues that affect public health including; the investigation of epidemics, ethical and social justice issues of public health (e.g., disparities in health care among populations), the political environment, the medical environment, and a variety of human behaviors that affect the public health of society.

A major goal of the minor is to provide hands-on service learning experience in community health through service learning projects. This experiential learning allows the student to actually work on a public health issue with a community partner. This will allow a practical way to solidify the knowledge gained in coursework and provide a service to the community. This will take place in the Introduction to Public Health course and other courses within the program.

Though open to all majors, the Public Health minor may be particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology, Sociology, Social Work, or History/Political Science.

Program Overview:

Public Health is an interdisciplinary minor in which students develop a greater understanding of the various factors affecting community health in local, regional, and global perspectives. The three foundational core courses provide a common language, methodology, and the core public health concepts. The electives provide exposure to a variety of issues that affect public health including; the investigation of epidemics, ethical and social justice issues of public health (e.g., disparities in health care among populations), the political environment, the medical environment, and a variety of human behaviors that affect the public health of society.

Though open to all majors, the Public Health minor may be particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology, Psychology, Social Work, or History/Political Science.

Program Contacts:

Dr. Stephanie Bennett-Knapp

Public Health Program Director

Email: bennetts@strose.edu

Program Webpage: Public Health, BS

Minor Requirements (23-24 credits):

Required Courses:

Public Health Core (13 Credits)

PBH 111Intro to Public Health

3

MAT 184Elementary Statistics

4

or

SOC 288Social Statistics

3

PBH 312Epidemiology

4

PBH 212How Pub Hlth Takes on Inf Dis

3

or

PBH 370Global Health

3

or

PBH 496Senior Sem in Public Health

4

Science Elective (4 Credits)

BIO 105Human Heredity

3

BIO 105LHuman Heredity Lab

1

BIO 112Environmental Science 1

4

BIO 118Biology of Aids

4

BIO 320Pathogenic Microbiology w/Lab

3

BIO 320LPathogenic Microbiology Lab

1

Public Health Electives chosen from the courses below (6 Credits):

PBH 212How Pub Hlth Takes on Inf Dis

3

PBH 260Urban & Community Health

3

PBH 350Evaluation Research Methods

4

PBH 370Global Health

3

PBH 380Spec Top: Public Health

1-3

PED 173International Wellness

3

PED 175Wellness

3

PED 176Career Wellness

3

PED 177Wellness for Women

3

PHI 303Environmental Ethics

3

PHI 381Medical Ethics

3

POS 364The Politics of AIDS

4

PSY 352Health Psychology

3

SOC 223Creating Social Justice

3

SWK 254Child Abuse & Maltreatmnt

3

SWK 255Interpersonal Violence

3

SWK 364Substance Abuse

3

SWK 489Understand Policy

3

Note: Only one PED class can count toward the minor.

*PBH 212 and PBH 370 are only elective options if not taken as a core requirement.