Do you have a desire to learn more about complex health issues, the ability to think critically and creatively, and a desire for career passion? With a minor in Public and Global Health, you’ll learn to apply your academic and professional interests to help solve issues relating to public and global health. You’ll get to choose electives from a variety of disciplines, including biostatistics and epidemiology; health policy, systems, and administration; environmental health; biosocial determinants of health and disease; or disease prevention and health promotion. You’ll have opportunities to attend the annual Global Health Conference, gain practicum experience, and conduct research with the Northeast Nebraska Public Health Department and WSC faculty, including a Fulbright Global Scholar. If you want to help address biological and social problems affecting public and global health matters, a minor in Public and Global Health might be for you!
Credit hours: 21
School: Science, Health, and Criminal Justice
Department: Health, Human Performance, and Sport
Courses for the Public and Global Health minor
A minor must include a minimum of 12 hours unduplicated by your major(s) and minor(s).
- MAT 180 Probability and Statistics or SSC 319 Social Statistics (3)
- PGH 200 Introduction to Personal, Public, and Global Health (3)
- SSC 300 Social Science Research Methods (3)
- Electives (12)
Students will select elective courses from at least two different prefixes and at least two of the public health domains from the list below by advisement. Advisor-approved electives must be on file with the registrar at least one semester prior to anticipated graduation. At least 12 credits in the minor must be unduplicated in the student’s major, and 50% of the minor must be from 300-400 level courses.
Biostatistics and Epidemiology Domain
- CIS 132 Principles of Computer Information Systems (3)
- GEO 320 Urban Geography (3)
- GEO 425 Urban GIS (3)
- GEO 430 Geographic Information Systems (3)
- MAT 180 Applied Probability and Statistics (3)
- MAT 140 Calculus I (5)
- MAT 240 Calculus II (5)
- SSC 319 Social Statistics (3)
Health Policy, Systems and Administration Domain
- CJA 460 Emergency Management (3)
- ECO 430 International Economics (3)
- POS 110 World Politics (3)
- POS 430 Public Policy (3)
- POS 445 Public Administration (3)
Environmental Health Domain
- BIO 145 Environmental Studies Seminar (1-2)
- BIO 200 Zoology (4)
- BIO 325 Ecology (4)
- BIO 345 Conservation Biology (3)
- CHE 400 Environmental Chemistry (3)
- GEO 410 Hazards and Disasters (3)
Prevention and Promotions Domain
- CNA 262 Writing for Mass Media (3)
- CNA 418 Health Communication (3)
- CNA 467 Intercultural Communication (3)
- FCS 115 Human Development and the Family (3)
- FCS 317 Nutrition through the Life Cycle (3)
- FCS 322 International Foods and Cultures (3)
- FCS 340 Community Nutrition (3)
- PED 400 Exercise for Clinical Populations (3)
- HSC 345 CPR for Health Care Providers (1)
- HSC 443 Rural Health Issues (1-2)
- HUS 202 Introduction to Human Services (3)
- PSY 230 Life Span Development (3)
- PSY 345 Health Psychology (3)
- PSY 406 Death and Dying (3)
- SPA 306 Spanish for Health Professionals (3)
Biosocial Determinants of Health and Disease Domain
- BIO 385 Microbiology (4)
- GEO 315 World Economic Geography (3)
- SOC 110 Introduction to Anthropology (3)
- SOC 345 Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
- SOC 408 Sociology of Mental Health (3)
- SOC 420 Environmental Sociology (3)
- SOC 460 Social Inequalities (3)
Popular pairings
Recent students paired the Public and Global Health minor with the following programs:
- Applied Human and Sport Physiology
- Biology
- Exercise Science
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- Foods and Nutrition
- Health Sciences
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Sociology
- Spanish
