Public Health, Minor
A multidisciplinary minor that extends student’s understanding of public health and the social determinants of health and prepares students to engage in actions to improve the health of all populations across the world.
Minor in Public Health
The minor requires 18 credit hours. Six credit hours are required and the additional 12 credits must include at least one course from each of the three content areas below.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required courses: | ||
| HEAL 1931 | Topics in Health Care (Topic: Introduction to Public Health) | 3 |
| or MLSC 2060 | Public Health | |
| HEAL 4931 | Topics in Health (Topic: Introduction to Epidemiology) | 3 |
| or BISC 4153 | Epidemiology | |
| Elective courses - At least one course from each of the three content areas: | 12 | |
| Health and Health Care Content Area: | ||
| Topics in Biomedical Engineering (Topic: Global Mobility) | ||
| Nutritional Aspects of Health | ||
| Outbreaks, Epidemics and Pandemics | ||
| Global Health | ||
| Biology, Moral Behavior and Policy | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Health Behavior | ||
| Exercise is Medicine | ||
| Women's Health | ||
| Veteran Health and Culture | ||
| Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition | ||
| Introduction to Global Health | ||
| Bioethics for Healthcare: Foundations, Dilemmas and Decision-Making | ||
| Biomedical Ethics | ||
| Politics of U.S. Health Care | ||
or BISC 4381 | Politics of U.S. Health Care | |
| Comparative Health Politics and Policy | ||
or BISC 4461 | Comparative Health Politics and Policy | |
| Health Psychology | ||
| Psychology of Gender and Health | ||
| Community and Population Health Nursing (Nursing students only) | ||
| Social and Community Context Content Area: | ||
| Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice | ||
| Domestic Violence in the United States | ||
| Sex Offenses and Offenders | ||
| Family Violence and Public Intervention | ||
| Culture and Health | ||
or HEAL 1025H | Honors Culture and Health | |
| Narrating Freedom: Gender, Race and Mass Incarceration | ||
| Race and Racism | ||
| Culture, Health and Illness | ||
| Race, Gender and Medicine | ||
| Social Movements, Protest and Change | ||
| Social Inequality | ||
| Immigrants and their Communities | ||
| Human Behavior in the Social Environment | ||
| Community Organizing | ||
| Advocacy and Social Change: Theory and Practice | ||
| Theology and Global Health | ||
| Neighborhood and Built Environment, Education and Economic Stability Content Area: | ||
| Media and Violence | ||
| Neighborhoods and Crime | ||
| Introduction to Infrastructure | ||
| Environmental Engineering | ||
| Transportation Engineering | ||
| Economics of Healthcare and Health Policy | ||
| Philosophy of Education | ||
| Latinx Education: Challenges and Possibilities | ||
| Milwaukee Urban Business Learning | ||
| Topics in Health-International (Topic: Global Health Concepts in South Africa) | ||
| Diverse Contexts of Health in Peru | ||
| Social Welfare Policy and Services | ||
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 | |
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