Program and Course Offerings

The social and human services minor is a pre-professional, interdisciplinary concentration designed for students who seek exposure to issues, challenges, and careers in social and human services or who plan to pursue graduate study in applied social sciences.

Required Courses (9 credits):

  • PH-190 Intro to Public Health (3 credits)
  • SOC-230 Social Problems in the Modern World (3 credits)
  • SW-120 Introduction to Social Work (3 credits)

Elective Courses (12 credits- courses must be from at least 2 disciplines):

  • CJ-205 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 credits)
  • CJ-360 The Correctional System (3 credits)
  • CJ-370 The Police (3 credits)
  • CJ-380 Courts and Justice (3 credits)
  • CJ-410 Juvenile Delinquency (3 credits)
  • PH-340 Public Health Nutrition (3 credits)
  • PH-401 Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • PH-415 Health Behavior (3 credits)
  • PH-480 Programs, Probs, & Policies in Ph (3 credits)
  • PSYC-225 Lifespan Development (3 credits)
  • PSYC-226 Child & Adolescent Psychology (3 credits)
  • PSYC-259 Abnormal Psychology (3 credits)
  • SOC-330 Community Organization (3 credits)
  • SOC-335 Marriage and Family (3 credits)
  • SOC-337 Social Aspects of Health and Health Care (3 credits)
  • SOC-386 Death and Dying (3 credits)
  • SOC-438 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 credits)
  • SOC-460 Aging and Society (3 credits)