HEP Minors
Minor in Public Health
The public health minor provides students with an introduction to the principles and foundations of public health. The minor will broaden your understanding of contemporary public health issues, preparing you to be more successful applicant to graduate and professional schools and ultimately a more effective practitioner in your chosen field. It will also help you gain skills and knowledge required to understand and participate successfully within the health care and health promotion economy in a variety of employment opportunities
Minimum requirement for the minor is 20 s.h. as follows:
Core – 11 s.h.
- HLTH 1000 – Health in Modern Society
- HLTH 2000 – Principles of Public Health
- HLTH 3010 – Health Problems
- Choose one Health Equity Class
HLTH 3020 – Understanding and Achieving Health Equity or
HLTH 3025 – LGBT Population Health and Disparities or
HLTH 3100 – Issues in Latino Health
HLTH electives – 9 s.h.
Choose from the following:
- HLTH 2005 – Research Skills in Health Information
- HLTH 2050 – Sexual Health
- HLTH 2125 – Safety Education and First Aid and HLTH 2126 – Safety Education and First Aid Laboratory
- HLTH 2220 – Injury Prevention and Care Related to Physical Activity
- HLTH 2700 – Medical Terminology for Public Health Professionals
- HLTH 3000 – Theory and Practice in Community Health Education
- HLTH 3002 – Women’s Health Across the Lifespan
- HLTH 3355 – Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Education and Prevention
- HLTH 4050 – Special Topics in Public Health
- HLTH 4800 – Field Study in International Health
Coordinator: Tina Marie Devlin (2214 Carol Belk Building; 252-737-5594; devlint22@ecu.edu)
Minor in Environmental Health
The Environmental Health minor is designed to help students understand the influences and impact of environmental factors on human health and the environment in a wide variety of ecosystems (Water, Air, Food, Wastewater, Vectors, Solid Waste). This insight will provide students with a broad overview of the workings of the natural world and develop an increased awareness of major environmental issues effecting modern society.
Students can declare the Environmental Health Minor upon completion of EHST 2110.
To be eligible to declare the environmental health minor, a student must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0. In addition, to receive the minor, a student must have an overall GPA of 2.0 in the environmental health minor courses. The minor in environmental health requires 24 s.h. of credit.
Courses:
- BIOL 2110 – Fundamentals of Microbiology
- EHST 3003 – Environmental Epidemiology
- EHST 3200 – Food Sanitation Principles
- EHST 3200 – Food Sanitation Principles
- EHST 3201 – Food Sanitation Principles Laboratory
- EHST 3350 – Safe Water
- EHST 3351 – Safe Water Laboratory
- EHST 3370 – Waste Water Management
- EHST 3371 – Waste Water Management Laboratory
- EHST 3600 – Air Pollution
- EHST 3700 – Industrial Hygiene
- EHST 3701 – Industrial Hygiene Laboratory
- EHST 3900 – Introduction to Occupational Health
- EHST 4010 – Toxicological Foundations of Risk Assessment
- EHST 4300 – Institutional and Recreational Sanitation and Laboratory
- EHST 4301 – Institutional and Recreational Sanitation and Laboratory
- EHST 4350 – Vector Borne Disease Ecology and Laboratory
- EHST 4351 – Vector Borne Disease Ecology and Laboratory
- EHST 5800 – Solid and Hazardous Waste Management and Laboratory
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Program Coordinator: William Hill (3404 Carol Belk Building; 252-737-1475; hillw@ecu.edu)