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 Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 2001
HBSC 3021 - Fundamentals of Health Promotion Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 3021
HBSC 3031 - Health, Human Biology and Behavior Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 3031
HBSC 3041 - Health, Culture and Society Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 3041

Total: 6 Hours

Methods Courses

Choose at least two:

GEOG 4235 - GIS Applications in the Health Sciences Summer 2010 Registration: GEOG 4235
HBSC 4021 - Community Health Assessment Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 4021

Total: 6 Hours

Community Health Emphasis Courses

Choose at least two:

ANTH 4040 - Anthropology of Food and Nutrition Summer 2010 Registration: ANTH 4040
ANTH 4060 - Evolutionary Medicine Summer 2010 Registration: ANTH 4060
ANTH 4090 - Political Economy of Drugs Summer 2010 Registration: ANTH 4090
ANTH 4260 - Human Reproductive Ecology Summer 2010 Registration: ANTH 4260
ANTH 4560 - Human Ecology Summer 2010 Registration: ANTH 4560
COMM 4500 - Health Communication Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4500
COMM 4620 - Health Risk Communication Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4620
GEOG 4020 - Earth Environments and Human Impacts Summer 2010 Registration: GEOG 4020
GEOG 4230 - Hazard Mitigation and Vulnerability Assessment Summer 2010 Registration: GEOG 4230
HBSC 3010 - Evolution of Human Sexuality Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 3010
HBSC 4010 - Global Health Studies I: The Biocultural Basis of Health Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 4010
HBSC 4020 - Global Health Studies II: Comparative Health Systems Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 4020
HBSC 4080 - Global Health Practice Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 4080
HBSC 4200 - The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic Summer 2010 Registration: HBSC 4200
HIST 4345 - Gender, Science, and Medicine: 1600 to the Present Summer 2010 Registration: HIST 4345
HIST 4346 - Medicine and Society: the Ancients to the Present Summer 2010 Registration: HIST 4346
HIST 4503 - Topics in History of Science Summer 2010 Registration: HIST 4503
PSYC 3235 - Human Sexuality Summer 2010 Registration: PSY 3235
PSYC 3262 - Health Psychology Summer 2010 Registration: PSY 3262

Total: 6 Hours

Total: 18 Hours

Check the department Web site for additional course offerings.

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