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Undergraduate Minor
Minor in Environment and Health
Program:
Minor in Environment and Health
Plan Code:
ENVHL_MNUN
Program Level:
Undergraduate
Award Type:
Minor Undergraduate
College:
College of Social Science
Department:
Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
Excerpt from the official Academic Programs Catalog:
Listed below are the approved requirements for the program from the official Academic Programs Catalog.
Students must consult their advisors to learn which specific requirements apply to their degree programs.
College of Social Science
Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
Undergraduate Programs
Minor in Environment and Health
View this text within the context of the catalog.
The Minor in Environment and Health, administered by the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, enhances the education and training of students who are interested in issues relating to the environment and health, including students who wish to prepare themselves for advanced degree programs in environmental studies, health studies or careers in related fields.
The minor is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs at Michigan State University. With the approval of the department and college that administer the student’s degree program, the courses that are used to satisfy the minor may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the bachelor’s degree.
Students who plan to complete the requirements of the minor should consult an undergraduate advisor in the College of Social Science.
Requirements for the Minor in Environment and Health
Complete a minimum of 15 credits from the following:
1.
One of the following courses (3 credits):
GEO
151
Introduction to Human Geography
3
GEO
235
Geography of Environment and Health
3
2.
One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
ANP
204
Introduction to Medical Anthropology
3
EC
498
Economics of Health Care (W)
3
HDFS
225
Lifespan Human Development in the Family
3
HST
425
American and European Health Care since 1800
4
PSY
320
Health Psychology
3
SOC
252
Introduction to Environmental Sociology
3
SOC
451
Dynamics of Population
3
3.
Complete two of the following courses (6 to 8 credits):
AFRE
100
Decision-making in the Agri-Food System
3
AFRE
206
World Food, Population and Poverty
3
ANS
427
Environmental Toxicology and Society
3
CSS
120
Issues in Food and Agriculture
3
CSS
210
Fundamentals of Soil Science
3
CSUS
200
Introduction to Sustainability
3
CSUS
354
Water Resources Management
3
ENT
205
Pests, Society, and Environment
3
EPI
390
Disease in Society: Introduction to Epidemiology and Public Health
4
FOR
372
Ecological Monitoring and Data Analysis
3
FOR
411
Fire and Environmental Quality
3
HNF
150
Introduction to Human Nutrition
3
HNF
385
Public Health Nutrition
3
MC
337
Global Public Health
4
OST
402
Introduction to Global Health
3
PH
101
Introduction to Public Health
3
PHL
453
Ethical Issues in Global Public Health
3
REL
210
Religion and the Environment
3
STT
224
Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Ecologists
3
STT
464
Statistics for Biologists
3
4.
Complete one of the following courses (3 credits):
ANP
370
Culture, Health, and Illness
3
GEO
435
Geography of Health and Disease
3
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