2022-2023 Catalog

Community and Public Health Minor

The minor in Community and Public Health Studies consists of 18-20 credit hours (6 courses), as follows:

Course Requirements

Foundation

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
HPE 102Human Health and Disease

3

Fall, Spring, Summer.
HPE 202WCommunity/Public Health and Health Promotion

3

Fall, Spring.
HPE 307Introduction to Epidemiology

3

Fall, Spring.

Professional Courses

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
HPE 233Social and Global Perspectives on Health

3

Fall, Spring, Summer.
HPE 300Health Education and Health Promotion Pedagogy

3

Fall, Spring.
HPE 303WResearch in Community and Public Health

3

Fall, Spring.

TWO COURSES from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 237Measuring Inequality, Analyzing Injustice

4

Annually.
ANTH 309Medical Anthropology

4

Alternate years.
COMM 336Health Communication

4

Spring.
GEND 357Gender and Sexuality

4

Fall.
HPE 101Human Sexuality

3

Fall, Spring, Summer.
HPE 221Nutrition

3

Fall, Spring.
HPE 403Environmental Health

3

Annually.
HPE 410Managing Stress and Mental/Emotional Health

3

Fall, Spring.
HPE 416/GEND 416Women’s Health

4

Annually.
HPE 431Drug Education

3

Fall.
PSYC 424Health Psychology

4

Annually.
SOC 314The Sociology of Health and Illness

4

Annually.

Total Credit Hours: 18-20

Note: ANTH 309 uses HPE 233 (among others) as a prerequisite.