Health Science Minor

Contact Person:
Maureen McCarthy, Chair
Dunn 100C, (315) 267-2919 (mccartma@potsdam.edu)

20 credit hours required.

Requirements:
A minimum of 20 hours of credit to be taken in the Department of Community Health is required of all students seeking a minor.  Students must earn a 2.0 in each course to receive credit for the minor.

Core Courses:
Credits
HLTH 165 Health: A Lifestyle Approach
3
HLTH 250 Drug Studies    3
HLTH 333 Human Nutrition    3
HLTH 361 Introduction to Community Health3
HTLH 475 Senior Seminar    2

Electives: Credits
  
two of the following
HLTH 300 Critical Issues in Human Ecology
3
HLTH 325 Alcohol Studies   3
HLTH 331 Death and Dying: Implications for Growth 3
HLTH 341 Sexual Health   3
HLTH 342 Women’s Health   3
HLTH 344 Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Health 
3
HLTH 371 Nutrition for Special Populations 
3
HTLH 373 Current Topics in Community Health Nutrition3
HLTH 375 Navigating the American Diet
3
HTLH 395 Selected Topics   3
HTLH 495 Selected Topics   3
HLTH 430 Human Disease: Patterns, Prevention and Intervention    3
HTLH 498 Independent tutorial   3

Declaring the Minor
To declare the minor, contact the chair of the Department of Community Health.