Public Health Minor

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To earn a minor in public health, a minimum of 24 semester hours are required, of which 12 must be upper-division and taken from CU Denver faculty. Students must achieve no less than a C (2.0) in each course applied toward minor requirements. Up to 6 credit hours completed toward a major or minor in another department may be counted toward the minor in public health.

Program Requirements

Tier 1: General Public Health

All students pursuing the public health minor are required to take the following two courses:

PBHL 2000 - Introduction to Public Health
PBHL 3010 - Human Sexuality and Public Health gtPATHWAYS:

Total: 8 Hours

Tier 2: Public Health Foci

Choose at least two of the following four courses:

PBHL 2020 - Introduction to Environmental Health gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3030 - Health Policy
PBHL 3070 - Global Public Health
PBHL 4040 - Social Determinants of Health gtPATHWAYS:
Note: Students may elect to take all four of these courses in lieu of taking two of the elective courses listed in Tier 4 below.

Total: 6 Hours

Tier 3: Biological Background

Choose one of the following three courses:

ANTH 1303 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology gtPATHWAYS: GT-SC1
BIOL 1550 - Basic Biology: Ecology and the Diversity of Life gtPATHWAYS: GT-SC1
BIOL 1560 - Basic Biology: From Cells to Organisms gtPATHWAYS: GT-SC1

Total: 4 Hours

Tier 4: Electives

Choose two of the following courses:

PBHL 2051 - Introduction To Population Studies gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3010 - Human Sexuality and Public Health gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3021 - Fundamentals of Health Promotion gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3031 - Health, Human Biology and Behavior gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3041 - Health, Culture and Society gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3071 - Global Topics In Sexual and Reproductive Health gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 4021 - Community Health Assessment
PBHL 4080 - Global Health Practice gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 4200 - The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic gtPATHWAYS:
ANTH 4090 - Political Economy of Drugs gtPATHWAYS:
ANTH 4260 - Human Reproductive Ecology gtPATHWAYS:
COMM 4500 - Health Communication gtPATHWAYS:
COMM 4620 - Health Risk Communication gtPATHWAYS:
GEOG 4235 - GIS Applications in the Health Sciences gtPATHWAYS:
PSYC 3235 - Human Sexuality gtPATHWAYS:
PSYC 3262 - Health Psychology gtPATHWAYS:
SOCY 3520 - Topics in Sociology gtPATHWAYS:
(when Medical Sociology is the topic)

Total: 6 Hours

Total: 24 Hours

Check the department website for additional course offerings.

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