Admission

Undergraduate students may earn this minor in addition to the baccalaureate degree. A student who decides to pursue this minor should visit https://sph.indiana.edu/forms/student/undergrad-minor-declaration/select-minor.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.

Requirements

This undergraduate minor program is intended for students in degree programs who wish to add public health to their studies. 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.

Foundational Courses: (9 cr.)
Complete one course from each of the following three choices. Complete total of three courses:

• SPH-I 119 Personal Fitness and Wellness (3 cr.) or SPH-R 142 Living Well (3 cr.) (+S&H) or SPH-H351 Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Health (3 cr.)
• SPH-N 220 Nutrition for Health (3 cr.) or SPH-N 231 Human Nutrition (3 cr.) (+N&M) or SPH-N331 Life Cycle Nutrition (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 263 Personal Health (3 cr.) (+S&H) or SPH-H 305 Women’s Health (3 cr.) or SPH-H 306 Men’s Health (3 cr.)

Advanced Coursework (min 3 cr. and up to 6 cr. if not taking Applied Coursework)
Complete atleast one of the following electives:

• SPH-F 255 Human Sexuality (3 cr.) +S&H
• SPH-F 258 Marriage and Family Interaction (3 cr.) +S&H
• SPH-F 341 Effects of Divorce on Children (3 cr.)
• SPH-F 345 Parent-Child Relations (3 cr.)
• SPH-F150 Introduction to Life Span and Development (3 cr.) +S&H
• SPH-H 150 Children’s Health (3 cr.)
• SPH H-160 First Aid and Emergency Care (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 170 Health and Surviving the College Years (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 180 Stress Prevention and Management (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 220 Death and Dying (3 cr.) +S&H
• SPH-H 235 Obesity and Health (3 cr.) +S&H
• SPH-H 315 Consumer Health (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 318 Drug Use in American Society (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 320 The Nature of Cancer (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 334 Heart Health and Diabetes (3 cr.)
• SPH-H 418 The Nature of Addiction (3 cr.)
• SPH-S 217 Safety: A Personal Focus (3 cr.)

Applied Coursework (max 3 cr.)
Complete one of the following electives:

• SPH-I 100 or 200 level or SPH-W 100 level course: _____
• SPH-I 100 or 200 level or SPH-W 100 level course: _____
• SPH-I 100 or 200 level or SPH-W 100 level course: _____
• SPH-L 102 Participant Leadership Development (1 cr.)
• SPH-R 145 Multidisciplinary Approach to Wellness (2 cr.)
• SPH-K 199 Careers in Helping Professions (2 cr.)