Entry to the Minor
Admission
To be admitted to the minor, students must be in good academic standing (overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better) and have completed all lower-division minor courses with a GPA of 2.0 or better in those courses.
After satisfying these requirements, students may declare the minor in consultation with the academic counselor.
Minor Requirements
The Minor
Required Lower-Division Courses (10 units)
Select two courses from:
C&EE 58XP - Climate Change, Water Quality, and Ecosystem FunctioningCLUSTER 80A - Frontiers in Human AgingCLUSTER 80BX - Frontiers in Human AgingCLUSTER 80CW - Frontiers in Human Aging—Special TopicsGLBL ST 1 - Introduction to GlobalizationHIST 3D - History of Modern MedicineHNRS 1 - Plague CultureHNRS 14 - Interaction of Science and SocietyHNRS 26 - Representing Medicine: Art, Literature, and FilmI A STD 1 - Introduction to International and Area StudiesMCD BIO 60 - Biomedical EthicsNURSING 50 - Fundamentals of EpidemiologySTATS 13 - Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Health SciencesWL ARTS 2 - Lower-Division SeminarWL ARTS 33 - Colonialisms and Resistance
Required Upper-Division Courses (20 to 25 units)
Complete Global Health 100 and four courses from the following theme areas, with a maximum of two courses from any single area:
Art
Community Health
COM HLT 100 - Introduction to Community Health SciencesCOM HLT CM170 - Improving Worker Health: Social Movements, Policy Debates, and Public HealthCOM HLT 187A - Introduction to Interventions for At-Risk PopulationsCOM HLT 187B - Introduction to Interventions for At-Risk PopulationsHLT POL 140 - Foundations of Maternal and Child HealthPSYCTRY 175 - Mindfulness Practice and TheoryPSYCH 150 - Introduction to Health Psychology
Environmental Health
ENVIRON 166 - Leadership in Water ManagementENVIRON M167 - Environmental Justice through Multiple LensesENV HLT 100 - Introduction to Environmental HealthENV HLT C185A - Foundations of Environmental Health SciencesENV HLT C185B - Foundations of Environmental Health Sciences for Public Health Professionals
Genetics
Globalization and Development
Health Humanities and Communication
Policy
CESC M175SL - Addressing Social Determinants in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities to Reduce and Prevent Health DisparitiesECON 130 - Public EconomicsECON 131 - Economics of Health and HealthcareGRNTLGY M108 - Biomedical, Social, and Policy Frontiers in Human AgingHLT POL 100 - Health Care Systems and Health PolicyHNRS 105 - Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HealthcareSOCIOL M164 - Politics of Reproduction and Everyday Life
Society and Cultural Health
AM IND C121 - Working in Tribal Communities: Preparing for FieldworkAM IND CM168 - Healthcare for American IndiansASL M115 - Enforcing Normalcy: Deaf and Disability StudiesASIA AM M129 - Health Issues for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Myth or Model?ASIA AM 140XP - Power to People: Asian American and Pacific Islander Community-Based LearningCCAS CM106 - Health in Chicano/Latino PopulationDIS STD 101W - Perspectives on Disability StudiesDIS STD M121 - Topics in Gender and DisabilitiesGENDER 104 - BodiesGENDER 105 - Topics in Women and MedicineGENDER 125 - Perspectives on Women's HealthGENDER CM143XP - Healing, Ritual, and TransformationHNRS 124 - Midwives, Mothers, and Medicine: Perspectives on History of ChildbirthPSYCH 129C - Culture and Mental HealthSOCIOL 138 - Death, Dying, and AfterlifeSOCIOL 143 - Human Health and SocietySOCIOL 170 - Medical Sociology
Policies
The Minor Policies
A minimum of 20 units applied toward the minor requirements must be in addition to units applied toward major requirements or another minor.
Each minor course must be taken for a letter grade, and students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better in the minor. Successful completion of the minor is indicated on the transcript and diploma.