2024-2025 Catalog

Requirements

Five courses are required to complete the Public Health minor.

Minor

Required Courses

PUBH 203Introduction to Public Health

4 units

PUBH 238Epidemiology

4 units

Statistics Requirements

Students must complete one of the following courses:

BIO 268Biostatistics

4 units

COMP 146Statistics

4 units

MATH 150Statistical Data Analysis

4 units

PSYC 201Statistics in Psychological Science

4 units

SOC 305Quantitative Research Methods

4 units

UEP 305Urban 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 130Dis/ability Theory

4 units

HIST 274Medicine and Disease in Western Society

4 units

HIST 277Reproductive Justice Histories

4 units

KINE 104Introduction to Kinesiology

4 units

KINE 210Nutrition and Homeostasis

4 units

KINE 299Women's Sports and Empowerment

4 units

KINE 304Human Physiology

4 units

PHIL 233Bioethics

4 units

PHIL 332Public Health Ethics

4 units

PSYC 334Health Psychology

4 units

PUBH 220Public Health Nutrition

4

PUBH 248/DWA 248Global Public Health

4 units

PUBH 249Public Health and Human Rights: Global and Local Practices

4 units

PUBH 301Women's Health

4 units

PUBH 307Public Health Practicum

2 or 4 units

SOC 320Health and Illness

4 units

UEP 201Environmental Health and Policy

4 units

UEP 209/PUBH 209Health 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.