Admission

Undergraduate students in all schools except the College of Arts and Sciences may earn this minor in addition to the baccalaureate degree. A student who decides to pursue this minor should visit https://sph.indiana.edu/academics/public/selectMinor.html to declare it.  Alternatively, the student may visit the records office of his or her degree-granting school/unit to have this minor officially added as an academic objective. Students are responsible for checking with their degree-granting schools/units to determine whether or not this minor may be officially recorded on their transcripts.

Students considering this minor may visit Janet Donley for academic advising.

Janet Donley
Academic Advisor
Department of Applied Health Science
School of Public Health - Bloomington
SPH C006
1025 E. 7th St.
Bloomington, IN  47405-7109
(812) 855-2032
jdonely [at] indiana [dot] edu

Requirements

This undergraduate minor program is intended for students in degree programs who wish to add the study of human sexuality. This minor requires:

• successful completion of 15 credit hours prescribed below.
• a minimum grade of C- in each course used in the minor.
• a minimum cumulative minor GPA of 2.0.

Note: No course in this minor may be taken under the Pass/Fail Option.

Human Sexuality Core Courses: (12 cr.)
Complete each of the following courses:

• SPH-F 255 Human Sexuality (3 cr.) +S&H
• SPH-H 305 Women's Health (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 306 Men's Health (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 395 Practicum in College Sex Education (3 cr.)

Human Sexuality Elective Courses (3 cr.)
Complete one of the following elective courses:

• SPH-H 326 AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 330 Teaching Sexuality Education in Diverse Settings (3 cr.)
• SPH-B 491 Readings in Public Health Education (3 cr.)
• SPH-B 492 Research in Public Health Education (3 cr.)
• GNDR-G 225 Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture (3 cr.)
• GNDR-G 250 Race, Sexuality, and Culture (3 cr.)
• GNDR-G 335 Explaining Sex/Gender Differences (3 cr.)
• SOC-S 321 Sexual Diversity (3 cr.)
• SOC-S 422 Constructing Sexuality (3 cr.)
• A 3 credit 300 or 400-level sexually-related course from Criminal Justice, Gender Studies, Sociology, or other College of Arts and Sciences academic department approved by the student's Department of Applied Health Science minor advisor (3 cr.)