Admission

Undergraduate students may earn this minor in addition to the baccalaureate degree. A student who decides to pursue this minor should visit https://publichealth.indiana.edu/undergraduate/minors-cert.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 schedule an appointment with an SPH-B academic advisor.

Ordinarily minors may be discussed and approved during drop-in advising hours. For drop-in advising hours and instructions for making an appointment, if desired, see the SPH Academic Advising website:publichealth.indiana.edu/student-portal/advising/index.html.

The faculty director for this minor is Dr. Lisa Kamendulis, lkamendu@indiana.edu.

Requirements

This undergraduate minor program is intended for students in programs other than the BSPH in Environmental Health degree program, who wish to add an environmental health specialty to their studies. This minor requires:

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

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

Required Foundational Environmental Health Courses- (6 cr.):

Complete the following courses (no substitutions allowed):

• SPH-V 241 Foundations of Environmental Health (3 cr.) +N&M
• SPH-V 235 Introduction to Health Biology (3 cr.) +N&M

Environmental Health Elective Courses (9 cr.):

Complete three courses from the following:

• SPH-V 201 Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health (3 cr.)
• SPH-V 215 Food Pathogens, Toxins and Surveillance (3 cr.
• SPH-V 230 One Health:  The Intersection of Human, Animal, and Environment (3 cr.)
• SPH-V 250 Current Topics in Environmental & Occupational Health (3 cr.)
• SPH-V 342 Introduction to Toxicology (P: BIOL-L 112; L 113; CHEM-C 117 & C 127; ANAT-A 215 & PHSL-P 215, or MSCI-M 115; SPH-V 235 or BIOL-L 211; SPH-V 241) (spring only) (3 cr.)
• SPH-V 343 Environmental Sampling & Analysis (P: BIOL- L 112; L 113; CHEM-C 117 & C 127; PHYS- P101 or P 201; SPH-V 235 or BIOL - L 211) (fall only) (3 cr.)
• SPH-V360 Environmental Justice (3 cr.)
• SPH-V 422 Issues in Global Environmental Health: Investigations & Interventions (3 cr.)
• SPH-V 350 Current Topics in Environmental and Occupational Health (3 cr.)
• SPH-V 492 Research in Environmental Health (3 cr.)
• ____  Any other 300 or 400 level Environmental Health course approved by the Director of Undergrad Studies or SPH advisor (3-6 cr.)

+ Courses followed by the N&M notation may apply to both the minor requirements and to the general education, natural and mathematical sciences requirement for bachelor's degree students.

Note:  Students are responsible for checking with their degree-granting school/unit to determine whether this minor may be officially recorded on the transcript.  The various schools on the Bloomington campus may limit the number of credit hours outside their school that will count toward a degree.  Students should check with an advisor in their school for information about minor rules.