The Minor in Environmental Health addresses all human-health-related aspects of the natural environment and the built environment. Environmental health deals with zoonotic and vector-borne disease, environmental contamination, toxic metal and chemical contamination of air, water, and soil, rural and urban issues, post-disaster contamination issues that affect human, animal, and the environment, and health disparities/inequities and environmental justice issues resulting from past and ongoing environmental contamination and disruption. This minor will appeal not only to students in the health sciences, but also applied biological sciences, environmental studies, geography, geology, sociology, public administration/urban planning, and civil/environmental engineering.
Course work for this minor includes some online courses and some in-person courses.
To declare a Minor in Environmental Health a student must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative KU GPA and be degree seeking.
Minor Requirements
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| HSCI 340 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HSCI 445 | Introduction to Environmental Health | 3 |
| HSCI 545 | Advanced Environmental Health | 3 |
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| BSCI 400 | Microbiology | 3 |
| or BIOL 200 | Basic Microbiology |
| or BIOL 400 | Fundamentals of Microbiology |
| or BIOL 506 | Bacterial Infectious Diseases |
| or BSCI 506 | Bacterial Infectious Diseases |
| or HSCI 440 | Introduction to Epidemiology |
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| EVRN 510 | Advanced Environmental Applications in Geospatial Techniques | 3 |
| or BIOL 370 | Introduction to Biostatistics |
| or GEOG 358 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
| or MATH 365 | Elementary Statistics |
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| EVRN 320 | Environmental Policy Analysis | 3 |
| or EVRN 384 | Environment, Power, and Justice |
| or EVRN 628 | The Politics of Public Health |
| or GEOG 201 | Culture and Health |
| or HSCI 441 | Population Health |
| Total Hours | 18 |
Minor Hours & Minor GPA
While completing all required courses, minors must also meet each of the following hour and GPA minimum standards:
Minor Hours
Satisfied by a minimum of 15 hours of minor courses.
Minor Hours in Residence
Satisfied by a minimum of 9 hours of KU resident credit in the minor.
Minor Junior/Senior (300+) Hours
Satisfied by a minimum of 9 hours from junior/senior courses (300+) in the minor.
Minor Graduation GPA
Satisfied by a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA in all courses in the minor. GPA calculations include all courses in the field of study including F’s and repeated courses. All minor courses must be taken for a grade, credit/no credit is not permitted.
