Request to revise the Interdisciplinary Health Studies minor

Date: May 20, 2010
To: College of Health and Human Services
From: Clarence Greene, Faculty Governance Administrative Assistant
Approved On: April 21, 2010
Implementation Date: 2010

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MINOR IN INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH STUDIES PUBLIC HEALTH (IDHS)

The Minor in Public Health Interdisciplinary Health Studies (IDHS) minor was created to support supports students interested in health-related careers or those seeking a health dimension within other career choices. Students in the minor come from biological, social, and behavioral sciences, as well as from health-related academic majors. The IDHS minor extends students working knowledge of health applications, better preparing them to be competitive in the job market and to make advanced degree choices.

Students seeking entry-level positions in health services or non-clinical health agencies and organizations after graduation will find this minor helpful in broadening their understanding of contemporary public health issues. Students in the minor are well positioned for graduate work in specific disciplines like psychology, sociology, social work, public health, health communication, or adult development and aging. The program also provides applied health content and added value to academic degrees of students seeking admission to dental, nursing, medical, pharmacy, physical therapy and other professional schools.

The Minor in Public Health fosters an interdisciplinary perspective of individual and population health. National health priorities in the first decade of the 21st century emphasize interdisciplinary training. As students develop specific healthcare competencies, undergraduate interdisciplinary experiences provide students better flexibility in working across disciplines as well as within their own major.

The IDHS public health minor is awarded only to students completing an undergraduate major at UNC Charlotte. The IDHS minor consists of 22 semester hours: 13 hours must come from a set of required courses and nine hours must come from a set of restricted electives. To qualify for the IDHS public health minor, students must have a grade point average of 2.0 in courses applied to the minor. Students are encouraged to take electives outside their major department and college to gain a broader health perspective. Because additions and deletions of courses may be made to correspond to current University offerings, students are encouraged to consult with the Program Coordinator as they plan their schedules.

Required courses (9 hours):

  • HLTH 2101 Healthy Lifestyles (3)HLTH 3101 Foundations of Public Health (3)
  • HLTH 4104 Epidemiology (3)
  • PHIL 3228 Healthcare Ethics (3)HLTH 4280 Global Health Issues (3)

Required Science & Lab course (choose one; 4 hours)

  • ANTH 2141 Principles of Biological Anthropology and Lab (4)
  • BIOL 1259 & 1259L Bacteriology (3) and Lab (1)
  • BIOL 1273 & 1273L Human Anatomy & Physiology (3) and Lab (1)
  • BIOL 3273 & 3273L Animal Physiology (3) and Lab (1)
  • PSYC 1101 & 1101L General Psychology (3) and Lab (1)

Electives (choose three; 9 hours)

  • ANTH 3122/3222 Culture, Health, and Disease (3)
  • ANTH 4131 Culture, Pregnancy and Birth (3)
  • ATRN/EXER 2150 Introduction to Kinesiology (3)
  • COMM 3115 Health Communication (3)
  • ECON 3141 Health Economics (3)
  • ETIN 3243 Occupational Health Technology (3)
  • FINN 3271 Principles of Risk Management & Insurance (3)
  • GRNT 2100 Aging and the Life Course (3)
  • GRNT/PSYC 2124 Psychology of Adult Development and Aging (3)
  • HIST 2140 Disease and Medicine in History (3)
  • HLTH/GRNT 3115 Health and the Aging Process (3)
  • PHIL 3230 Healthcare Ethics (3)
  • POLS 3125 Health Care Policy (3)
  • PSYC 2160 Introduction to Health Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 3151 Abnormal Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 3155 Community Psychology (3)
  • SOCY 4130 Sociology of Health and Illness (3)
  • SOCY 4168 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (3)
  • WGST 4191 Women’s Health Issues (3)
  • Any HLTH 2000-, 3000-, or 4000-level course