Community Health Science Minor

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To earn a minor in community health science, a minimum of 18 semester hours are required, of which 12 must be upper-division. Students must achieve no less than a C (2.0) in each course applied toward minor requirements. At least 12 semester hours must be taken from the Downtown Campus faculty. Note that additional HBSC courses are currently being developed to provide additional choices. As they are approved, these courses will appear on the HBS Web site, the online course descriptions and term schedule planner. (Note: HBS courses, in general, are 3 semester hours under the prefix HBSC.)

Program Requirements

Community Health Science Courses

Choose two:

HBSC 2001 - Introduction to Community and Population Health Science: SS3. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 3021 - Fundamentals of Health Promotion. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 3031 - Health, Human Biology and Behavior. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 3041 - Health, Culture and Society. Semester Hours: 3

Total: 6 Hours

Methods Courses

Choose at least two:

GEOG 4235 - GIS Applications in the Health Sciences. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 4001 - Introduction to Epidemiology. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 4021 - Community Health Assessment. Semester Hours: 3

Total: 6 Hours

Community Health Emphasis Courses

Choose at least two:

ANTH 4040 - Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 4060 - Evolutionary Medicine. Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 4090 - Political Economy of Drug Culture. Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 4260 - Human Reproductive Ecology. Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 4560 - Human Ecology. Semester Hours: 3
CMMU 4500 - Health Communication. Semester Hours: 3
CMMU 4620 - Health Risk Communication. Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 4020 - Earth Environments and Human Impacts. Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 4230 - Hazard Mitigation and Vulnerability Assessment. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 3010 - Evolution of Human Sexuality. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 4010 - Global Health Studies I: The Biocultural Basis of Health. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 4020 - Global Health Studies II: Comparative Health Systems. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 4080 - Global Health Practice. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 4200 - The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 4345 - Gender, Science, and Medicine: 1600 to the Present. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 4346 - Medicine and Society: the Ancients to the Present. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 4503 - Topics in History of Science. Semester Hours: 3
PSY 3235 - Human Sexuality. Semester Hours: 3
PSY 3262 - Health Psychology. Semester Hours: 3

Total: 6 Hours

Total: 18 Hours

Check the department Web site for additional course offerings.

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