Health and Society Minor
Requirements
Health and Society minors are encouraged to discuss their minor with both an HSOC advisor and their major advisor to develop a plan of study that fits their strengths and interests and conforms with relevant college and university policies.
18 credits in minor courses, including:
CORE COURSES. 12 credits. | ||
HSCI 1100 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
Choose 1 of the following: | 3 | |
Health Care in America | ||
Global Health Devel & Diversit | ||
METHODS. Choose 1 of the following: | 3 | |
Elements of Statistics | ||
Basic Statistical Methods 1 | ||
Choose 1 of the following: | 3 | |
Culture, Health and Healing | ||
Aging in Cross-Cultural Persp | ||
Foundations of Global Health | ||
Gender Sex Race & the Body | ||
Crim Justice & Public Health | ||
Population Health Research | ||
Sociology of Death & Dying | ||
Gender, Sexualities & Medicine | ||
ELECTIVES. 6 credits. | ||
Course offerings for Health and Society vary frequently and often include Special Topics, Topics In, and Honors College courses. Before registration each semester, a list of eligible courses is posted as a See Also list in the Schedule of Courses (Classic Version). Many of those courses will not show up immediately in students’ degree audits. The courses listed in this table are always eligible and should automatically be applied in degree audits. | ||
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OR ABOVE CAS ELECTIVE. 1-2 additional courses/3-6 credits in CAS courses at the 2000-level or above chosen from eligible courses, which regularly include: | 3-6 | |
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OR ABOVE NON-CAS ELECTIVE. Up to 1 additional course/3 credits at the 2000-level or above chosen from eligible courses, which regularly include: | 0-3 | |
OPEN LEVEL. Up to 3 additional credits chosen from eligible courses or experiences, which regularly include: | 0-3 | |
Honors (CAS): HSOC 4996 | ||
DISCIPLINARY REQUIREMENT | ||
For interdisciplinary exposure, no more than 12 credits of courses come from a single course prefix. |
Restrictions
Ineligible Major: Health and Society
Pre/Co-Requisites
Introductory and intermediate courses for various subject areas may be necessary to reach some of the courses that can be applied to the major.
Reminders
In the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), only one course may overlap between a major and a minor or between two minors.
For a Bachelor of Arts degree, no more than 45 credits in courses with the same departmental prefix may be used toward completion of the 120 credits required for graduation. For a Bachelor of Science degree, the maximum is 50 credits.
At least half of the credits used to complete minor requirements must be taken at the University of Vermont.