Public Health and the Arts Interdisciplinary Minor

A minor in Public Health and the Arts exposes students to both public health and the arts with the goal of promoting an understanding that community wellbeing encompasses many aspects of daily living and not just individual behavior. By combining foundational courses in public health and arts with discipline-specific courses in arts and humanities, students will gain an understanding and appreciation for how arts and culture are essential components of individual wellness and healthy communities.

Public Health and the Arts Curriculum Guide 

Public Health and the Arts Curriculum

Required foundational courses

Required foundational courses

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Required foundational courses

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Required foundational courses

Foundational Public Health

Required foundational courses

PUBHLTH 2010

Required foundational courses

Critical Issues in Global Public Health

Required foundational courses

3 credits

Required foundational courses

Then select one Foundational Arts course:

Required foundational courses

 

Required foundational courses

 

Required foundational courses

ART 2000

Required foundational courses

Encountering Contemporary Art

Required foundational courses

3 credits

Required foundational courses

ARTEDUC 2367.01/2600

Required foundational courses

Visual Culture: Investigating Diversity & Social Justice

Required foundational courses

3 credits

Required foundational courses

ARTEDUC 2550

Required foundational courses

Introduction to Visual Culture: Seeing and Being Seen

Required foundational courses

3 credits

Required foundational courses

DANCE 3401

Required foundational courses

Dance in Popular Culture

Required foundational courses

3 credits

Select one Practice/Performance-Based/Service-Learning course   
Select one Critical Thinking/Reflective course   
and then select one additional course (from either Practice/Performance or Critical Thinking to total 9 credits:

Course Course Title Credits
Course

ART 3009

Course Title

Film/Video I

Credits

3 credits

Course

DANCE 2121

Course Title

Improvisation

Credits

1-3 credits

Course

DESIGN 3105

Course Title

Exploring Design Thinking

Credits

3 credits

Course

DANCE 5177

Course Title

Alexander Technique

Credits

1-3 credits

Course

DESIGN 3305

Course Title

Visualization as Thinking

Credits

3 credits

Course

DESIGN 3505

Course Title

Presentation as Thinking

Credits

3 credits

Course

ENGLISH 2367.07S

Course Title

Literacy Narratives of Black Columbus

Credits

4 credits

Course

ENGLISH 2269

Course Title

Digital Media Composing

Credits

3 credits

Course

ENGLISH 2267

Course Title

Introduction to Creative Writing

Credits

3 credits

Course

ENGLISH 2276

Course Title

Art of Persuasion

Credits

3 credits

Course

PUBHLTH/MUSIC 3010

Course Title

Public Health and the Opera

Credits

4 credits

Course

SPANISH 2208.22

Course Title

Andean Music Ensemble

Credits

1 credit can be taken up to 10 credits

Course

THEATRE 2811

Course Title

The Craft of Acting

Credits

3 credits

Course

THEATRE 3921S

Course Title

Creation of Outreach Theater

Credits

3 credits

Course

THEATRE 5922S

Course Title

Shakespeare & Autism

Credits

3 credits

Course

WGSST 2326S

Course Title

Feminist Perspectives on Addiction

Credits

3 credits

Course Course Title Credits
Course

ARTEDUC 5670

Course Title

Public Policy and the Arts

Credits

3 credits

Course

ARTEDUC 5687

Course Title

The Social World of the Arts

Credits

3 credits

Course

CLASSICS 2204

Course Title

Medicine in the Ancient World

Credits

3 credits

Course

DANCE 3402

Course Title

Dance in Global Contexts

Credits

3 credits

Course

ENGLISH 2367.06   
 

Course Title

Composing Disability in the U.S

Credits

3 credits

Course

ENGLISH 3361

Course Title

Narrative and Medicine

Credits

3 credits

Course

ENGLISH 4321

Course Title

Environmental Literatures, Cultures, and Media

Credits

3 credits

Course

ENGLISH 4554

Course Title

English Studies and Global Human Rights

Credits

3 credits

Course

ENGLISH 4573.02

Course Title

Rhetoric and Social Action

Credits

3 credits

Course

ENGLISH 4597.01

Course Title

The Disability Experience in the Contemporary World

Credits

3 credits

Course

FRIT 3052

Course Title

Mediterranean Migrations

Credits

3 credits

Course

FRIT 3053

Course Title

The Black Mediterranean

Credits

3 credits

Course

FRIT 3054

Course Title

The 21st Century Skill: Intercultural Competence for Global Citizenship

Credits

3 credits

Course

HISTART 5632

Course Title

American Painting, Photography and Sculpture from 1900 to the Present

Credits

3 credits

Course

HTHRHSC 2530

Course Title

The Evolving Art & Science of Medicine

Credits

3 credits

Course

ITALIAN 2051

Course Title

Italian Journeys

Credits

3 credits

Course

ITALIAN 2053

Course Title

Introduction to Italian Cinema

Credits

3 credits

Course

FRIT 3061

Course Title

Mediterranean Food Cultures

Credits

3 credits

Course

ITALIAN 3051

Course Title

Italian Romances

Credits

3 credits

Course

MUSIC 2250

Course Title

Music Cultures of the World

Credits

3 credits

Course

SPANISH 2389  

Course Title

Spanish in the US: Language as Social Action

Credits

3 credits 

Course

SPANISH 4582

Course Title

Latinx Cinema: Filmmaking, Production & Consumption

Credits

3 credits

Course

SPANISH 4515

Course Title

Andean Art, Culture, and Society

Credits

3 credits

Course

SPANISH 4516

Course Title

The Formation of Bolivian National Cultures

Credits

3 credits

Course

SPANISH 5461

Course Title

Latino Urbanism & the Reinvention of the American City

Credits

3 credits

Course

SPANISH 5201

Course Title

Spanish in the Health Professions 

Credits

3 credits

Course

SPANISH 5202

Course Title

Spanish in the Health Professions II

Credits

3 credits

Course

THEATRE 2367.02

Course Title

African American Theatre History

Credits

3 credits

Course

WGSST 2340

Course Title

Si Se Puede: Latinx Gender Studies

Credits

3 credits

Course

WGSST 2230

Course Title

Gender, Sexuality and Race in Popular Culture

Credits

3 credits

Course

WGSST 2317

Course Title

Gender at the Movies: Hollywood and Beyond

Credits

3 credits

Participating Colleges

College of Arts and Sciences, Curriculum and Assessment Services   
154 Denney Hall   
64 Annie & John Glenn Ave   
https://artsandsciences.osu.edu

College of Public Health, Office of Academic Programs and Student Services   
100 Cunz Hall   
1841 Neil Avenue   
https://cph.osu.edu

Contact Advisors:   
Undergraduate Advising, College of Public Health   
Ryan Heitkamp, College of Arts & Sciences

Faculty Advisors:   
Amy Ferketich, College of Public Health   
Julia Hawkins, College of Arts & Sciences

The minor may be approved by the student's College/School Advising Office in the Student Information System which will then appear on the student's Degree Audit Report. Appointments with a Public Health advisor are not needed to declare the minor.

Required for graduation

No

Credit hours required

A minimum of 15 hrs (some minors require more). 1000 level courses shall not be counted in the minor. At least 6 credit hours must be upper-level courses.

Transfer and EM credit hours allowed

A student is permitted to count up to 6 total hours of transfer credit and/or credit by examination.

Overlap with the GE

A student is permitted to overlap up to 6 credit hours between the GE and the minor.

Overlap with the major and additional minor(s)

  • The minor must be in a different subject than the major.
  • The minor must contain a minimum of 12 hours distinct from the major and/or additional minor(s).

Grades required

  • Minimum C- for a course to be counted on the minor.
  • Minimum 2.00 cumulative point-hour ratio required for the minor.
  • Course work graded Pass/Non-Pass cannot count on the minor.
  • No more than 3 credit hours of course work graded S/U may count toward the minor.

X193 credits:

No more than 3 credit hours.

Approval required:

No approval is required for the minor course work.

Changing the minor:

Once the minor program is filed in the college office, any changes must be approved by both participating colleges.