Minor - Public Health

Required Foundation Courses (5 Units)       

• One of the following

  • HLTH/SOC 214: Introduction to Public Health (If not taken as Required Foundation Course, then may be taken as Lower-division Elective)

  • SOC 321: Medical Sociology

• UNIV 208: Pre-Health Seminar 

Electives (16 Total Units: 12 of the 16 Units must come from Upper-Division Electives)               

• BIOL 121: Introduction to Cells and Organisms

• BIOL 122: Intro to Metabolism, Genes & Development

• EES 152: Introduction to Environmental Science (Must be taken with 1-unit EES 152L)

• MATH 131: Essential Statistics

• SOC 200: Sexuality and Society

Upper-Division Electives (Maximum of One per Department)       

• BIOL 331/331L: Genetics and Genetics Lab               

• BIOL 482: Selected Topics (Selected Topic requires pre-approval by Program Director of Public Health)

• COMM 301: Persuasive Communication    

• CRIM/SOC 370: Deviance in U.S. Society

• CRIM 410: Substance Abuse

• HLTH 314: Global Health

• EXSC 303: Nutrition

• EXSC 461: Exercise Psychology

• PHIL 345: Bioethics

• POLS 414: Environmental Law and Policy

• PSYC 338: Sport Psychology

• PSYC 345: Health Psychology

• PSYC 482: Selected Topic (Selected Topic requires pre-approval by Program Director of Public Health)

• SOC 300: Sexuality and Society

• SOC 321: Medical Sociology (If not taken as Required Foundation Course, then may be taken as Upper-division Elective)

• SOC 421: Applied Sociology (If select health-related site)

• HLTH/SOC 492: Internship (If select health-related site)1-2 Credits