Minor in Public Health
About the Minor
The Dornsife School of Public Health trains new leaders to tackle society's current and future health challenges. The Public Health minor is designed to provide students with a broad overview of the field's diversity. Reflecting the interdisciplinary approach of the School, students are required to take courses originating from various public health core disciplines, which include epidemiology, community health and prevention, environmental and occupational health, and health management and policy.
This minor will be a relevant course of study for students pursuing pre-med, pre-law, biology, and business curricula, as well as students interested in population-based applications of psychology, sociology, and communications theory. Completion of the minor will provide students with an exposure to the breadth and depth of topics within public health and population-level challenges and solutions, as well as possible career options.
Admission Requirements
- Undergraduate students with at least 30.0 credits
- Students cannot pursue a major and a minor in the same field of study
- PBHL 101 is a prerequisite for this minor
Program Requirements
| Required Courses * | ||
| PBHL 301 | Epidemiology in Public Health | 3.0 |
| PBHL 302 | Introduction to the History of Public Health | 3.0 |
| PBHL 303 | Overview of Issues in Global Health | 3.0 |
| PBHL 304 | Introduction to Health & Human Rights | 3.0 |
| Elective Choices ** | ||
| Complete 12.0 credits from the following courses: | 12.0 | |
| Biology of Cancer | ||
| Economics of Health Care Systems | ||
| Health-Care Ethics I | ||
| Biostatistics I | ||
| Biostatistics II | ||
| Introduction to Clinical Research | ||
| Women and Children: Health & Society | ||
| Introduction to Community Health | ||
| Injury Prevention and Control | ||
| The U.S. Public Health System | ||
| Public Health Ethics | ||
| Burden of Disease | ||
| Public Health Biology | ||
| The Social Determinants of Health and Well-Being | ||
| Environmental and Occupational Health | ||
| Public Health Leadership | ||
| Drugs, Society, and Public Health | ||
| The World's Water | ||
| Violence and Trauma in Public Health | ||
| Nature Prescription: Trees, Green Space, and Your Health | ||
| Disease Outbreak Investigations | ||
| Health Inequality | ||
| Applied Quantitative Research Methods | ||
| Advanced Biostatistical Analysis | ||
| Introduction to Urban Health | ||
| Global Air Pollution and Health | ||
| Introduction to Statistical Inference | ||
| Health and Human Rights Research Methods | ||
| Longitudinal Data Analysis | ||
| Introduction to Statistical Computing | ||
| Adapting to a Hotter Climate: Protecting Health of Vulnerable Populations | ||
| Crisis and Risk Communication in Public Health | ||
| Survival Data Analysis | ||
| Biomedical Ethics | ||
| International Human Rights | ||
| Health Psychology | ||
| Psychology - Inequity & Injustice | ||
| Race, Ethnicity and Social Inequality | ||
| Wealth and Power | ||
| Sociology of Health and Illness | ||
| Women's Health and Human Rights | ||
| Total Credits | 24.0 | |
- *
PBHL 101 is a prerequisite for this minor.
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Some electives are 4-credits. Students who take 4-credit courses may complete the minor with more than 24 credits.
Additional Information
For more information about this 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.