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Minors - Health Science

Hours: 15 credits, all completed with grades of C or higher

This minor provides students with foundation knowledge and skills in the changing health care delivery system. The minor is open to all juniors and seniors with majors outside PHHP who meet the prerequisites. It is also open to communication sciences and disorders students.

Prerequisites include a 3.0 overall GPA and a 3.0 prerequisite GPA based on general college biology; general psychology; abnormal, developmental or physiological psychology; statistics (STA 2023); and physiology. Students can transfer up to three hours of approved course work.

Interested students should obtain an application and a list of current coursework.

Required Courses

Students must complete HSA 3111, HSC 3502 and OTH 3416 in the fall before taking electives.

HSA 3111 U.S. Health Care System 3
HSC 3502 Survey of Diseases and Disability 3
OTH 3416 Pathophysiology 3

Electives: 6 hours

CLP 4134 Introduction to Child Clinical and Pediatric Psychology 3
CLP 4314 Introduction to Health Psychology 3
CLP 4420 Introduction to Neuropsychology 3
HSC 4558 Disability Management 3
HSC 4600 Psychiatric Disorders 3
OTH 3200C Applied Human Development 1 3
OTH 3201 Applied Human Development 2 2
OTH 4418 Nervous System and Disorders 3
OTH 4418L Nervous System and Disorders Laboratory 2
RCS 4451 Rehabilitation Aspects of Substance Abuse 3