Minor in Public Health
The Minor in Public Health will equip students from a variety of academic backgrounds and disciplines with foundational knowledge about public health, including demonstrating knowledge of public health science and concepts, particularly health equity, determinants of health and epidemiology.
The course electives will allow students to gain more in-depth and specialized knowledge in specific and focused areas of public health, such as law, pollution, health education and promotion, infection control, public health emergency management, risk assessment, and infectious disease prevention and control.
Administered by: School of Occupational and Public Health
Exclusions: This minor is not available to students in the following programs:
Required courses (2):
Plus four (4) of the following:
- ENH 121 Environmental Health Law
- ENH 325 Housing and Built Environments
- ENH 333 Food Hygiene
- ENH 505 Infection Control
- ENH 524 Pollution and Waste Management
- ENH 721 Public Health Law
- ENH 825 Risk Assessment
- POH 400 Global Health
- POH 407 Environment and Emergencies
- POH 410 Climate Change and Health
- POH 420 Addictions and Mental Health
- POH 430 Rural, Remote, and Equity Health
- POH 440 Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
- POH 705 Health Promotion and Education
- PUB 301 Agents of Communicable Disease
- PUB 409 Water Quality I
- PUB 501 Communicable Disease Control
- PUB 508 Food Safety
- PUB 607 Air Quality