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Nov 05, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Public Health Minor
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Admission Criteria
- Complete at least one semester at UB
- Minimum overall GPA 2.000
Current UB students wishing to add or change their minor to Public Health, submit the Minor Application Form.
Public Health Core (10 credits)
One lower-division course (3 credits)
Any 200-level Public Health (PUB) course.
Two 300/400 level PUB courses (6 credits)
Any 300-level or 400-level public health (PUB) course numbered PUB 350-PUB 480, or one of the following options:
Total Credits Required for Minor: 19
Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This chart should not be used for financial aid purposes.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the minor will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Explain the focus areas, core philosophy, and goals/mission of public health as both an area of study and as an area of health practice.
- Describe the core functions of public health and explain how those core functions are utilized to address public health problems.
- Explain the importance of evidence-based approaches to addressing public health issues and describe epidemiological, research methodological, and statistical tools used to provide and evaluate evidence.
- Describe the roles of public health agencies, health care systems, governments, and community organizations in addressing public health problems.
- Analyze the determinants of public health problems from both an individual and a population-level perspective.
- Describe both person-focused and environment-focused strategies for intervening to address public health problems.
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