Graduate Minor in Public Health Ethics and History
NOTE: This minor is no longer enrolling students and will be inactivated for the 2023-2024 academic year.
About the Graduate Minor
The graduate minor in Public Health Ethics and History strengthens students’ critical thinking skills and their knowledge of public health history and ethics, enabling them to more effectively and thoughtfully perform their primary jobs as professionals in public health practice. For students intending to pursue an academic career in public health, the minor will be of additional value because academics in public health, regardless of their specialty, are thought-leaders who should understand and be conversant in the field’s history, current points of ethical controversy, and the many ways in which these are influenced by conceptual assumptions, value judgments, and historical events. For students with a primary interest in the history and ethics of health professions, this minor will be of value because it will provide a foundation for careers in health care ethics (e.g., positions relating to human or animal research protections and legal or professional ethics) or for entrance into doctoral programs in the humanities or other interdisciplinary programs with an emphasis on ethics and policy.
Admission Requirements
Graduate minors are designed to complement students' training by providing basic knowledge in topics outside their primary discipline. All matriculated graduate students in quarter programs are eligible to enroll.
Students must receive approval from their home program and the Dornsife School of Public Health and complete the necessary paperwork with the DSPH Academic Advising Team.
Program Requirements
| Requirements (Option 1) | ||
| CHP 516 | History of Public Health | 3.0 |
| CHP 607 | Public Health Ethics | 3.0 |
| Please select two courses from the options below: * | 6.0 | |
| Animals and Public Health | ||
| Research with Rare, Stigmatized and Hidden Populations | ||
| LGBT Health Disparities | ||
| Health Disparities: Systemic, Structural, Environmental & Economic | ||
| Historical and Contemporary Developments in Social Justice | ||
| Perspectives on Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class | ||
| Total Credits | 12.0 | |
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Courses that are not listed (including special topics courses) may be taken upon approval from the program director.
| Requirements (Option 2) | ||
| CHP 516 | History of Public Health | 3.0 |
| CHP 607 | Public Health Ethics | 3.0 |
| Integrative Learning Experience * | 3.0 | |
| CHP 750 | Integrative Learning Experience in Community Health & Prevention I | 3.0 |
| or CHP 751 | Integrative Learning Experience in Community Health & Prevention II | |
| Please select one course from the options below: ** | 3.0 | |
| Animals and Public Health | ||
| Research with Rare, Stigmatized and Hidden Populations | ||
| LGBT Health Disparities | ||
| Health Disparities: Systemic, Structural, Environmental & Economic | ||
| Historical and Contemporary Developments in Social Justice | ||
| Perspectives on Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class | ||
| Total Credits | 15.0 | |
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The Integrative Learning Experience must be related to Public Health Ethics and History and must be approved by the program director.
- **
Courses that are not listed (including special topics courses) may be taken upon approval from the program director.
Additional Information
For more information about this graduate minor, please contact:
DSPH Academic Advising Team
Office of Education
dsphadvising@drexel.edu
Additional information can be found on the Dornsife School of Public Health website.
