Type of Degree

Undergraduate Minor

School or College

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Area of Study

Health and medicine

Program Format

On-campus, Full-time

Credit hours to graduate

The minor consists of 18 credit hours.

Program Overview

This minor, rooted in public health frameworks, aims to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge for advocacy, driving efforts to forge more equitable communities and societies. It involves scrutinizing how various inequities intersect to undermine health outcomes and empowers students to champion meaningful change.

Curriculum

 

Core Requirements (12 credit hours)

Credit Hours

HSCI 1100Introduction to Public Health 

3

HSCI 1900*Foundations of Health Equity

3

HSCI 2600Racism and Health Disparities

3

HSCI 3450Leadership and Advocacy for Health Equity

3

 

Electives (6 additional credit hours – 3 at or above 100 level)

Credit Hours

HSCI 1200Anti-Racism and Health

3

SOC 2260Criminal Justice and Public Health  

3

SOC 3300Intersection of Health: Race, Class and Gender

3

SOC 2335Gender, Sexualities and Medicine

3

CDAE 1040US Food, Social Equity & Dev. 

3

POLS 2200Economic Justice

3

BIOL 1200Intro to Forensic Biology 

3

SWSS 1600Racism & Contemporary Issue

3

ANTH 1400Biological Anthropology

3

ANTH 2191/HSCI 2100Fndns of Global Health 

3

ANTH 2170Culture, Health and Healing 

3

CSD 3200/ EDSP 3250Culture of Disability 

3

EDEC 1010Intro to Early Care & Education

3

EDSP 1050Issues Affecting Persons W/Disabilities 

3

GSWS 1500Gender Sexuality Women’s Study 

3

HST 2120Topics in Gender & Sexuality History

3

HLTH 2400Issues in Women’s Health

3

HLTH 2050Cultural Health Care 

3

HSOC 1600Health Care in America 

3

HSOC 1700/ ANTH 1190Global Health Delv & Div.

3

 

Admissions

To enroll, log in to myUVM or email cnhs@uvm.edu.