Public Health and the Arts 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 well-being encompasses many aspects of daily living. 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.
Requirements
- Minimum credit hours: 15
- No more than six credit hours can overlap between the general education requirements and a minor
- The minor must be in a different subject than the major. Each minor completed must contain a minimum of 12 hours distinct from the major and/or additional minors.
Review the complete minor requirements
Curriculum
The Public Health and the Arts minor includes six credit hours of required courses and nine credits of selective courses from Practice/Performance-Based/Service Learning courses (minimum three credit hours) and Critical Thinking/Reflective courses (minimum three credit hours).
Foundational Public Health course (3 credit hours)
| Course number | Course name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PUBHLTH 2010 | Critical Issues in Global Public Health | 3 |
Foundational arts courses (choose one, 3 credit hours)
| Course number | Course name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ART 2000 | Encountering Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ARTEDUC 2600 | Visual Culture: Investigating Diversity & Social Justice | 3 |
| ARTEDUC 2550 | Introduction to Visual Culture: Seeing and Being Seen | 3 |
| DANCE 3401 | Dance in Popular Culture | 3 |
Practice/Performance-Based/Service-Learning courses
| Course number | Course name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ART 3009 | Film/Video I | 3 |
| DANCE 2121 | Improvisation | 1-3 |
| DANCE 5177 | Alexander Technique | 1-2 |
| DESIGN 3105 | Exploring Design Thinking | 3 |
| DESIGN 3305 | Visualization as Thinking | 3 |
| DESIGN 3505 | Presentation as Thinking | 3 |
| ENGLISH 2267 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENGLISH 2269 | Digital Media Composing | 3 |
| ENGLISH 2276 | Art of Persuasion | 3 |
| ENGLISH 2367.07S | Literacy Narratives of Black Columbus | 4 |
| PUBHLTH/MUSIC 3010 | Public Health and the Opera | 4 |
| SPANISH 2208.02 | Andean Music Ensemble | .5-1 |
| THEATRE 2811 | The Craft of Acting | 3 |
| THEATRE 3921S | Creation of Outreach Theatre | 3 |
| WGSST 2326S | Feminist Perspectives on Addiction, Service Learning |
3 |
Critical Thinking/Reflective courses
| Course number | Course name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARTEDUC 5670 | Public Policy and the Arts | 3 |
| ARTEDUC 5687 | The Social World of the Art | 3 |
| CLASSICS 2204 | Medicine in the Ancient World | 3 |
| DANCE 3402 | Dance in Global Contexts | 3 |
| ENGLISH 2367.06 | Writing about Disability | 3 |
| ENGLISH 3361 | Narrative and Medicine | 3 |
| ENGLISH 4321 | Environmental Literatures, Cultures and Media | 3 |
| ENGLISH 4554 | English Studies and Global Human Rights | 3 |
| ENGLISH 4573.02 | Rhetoric and Social Action | 3 |
| ENGLISH 4597.01 | The Disability Experience in the Contemporary World | 3 |
| FRIT 3053 | The Black Mediterranean | 3 |
| FRIT 3054 | The 21st Century Skill: Intercultural Competence for Global Citizenship | 3 |
| FRIT 3061 | Mediterranean Food Cultures | 3 |
| HISTART 5632 | American Painting, Photography and Sculpture from 1900 to the Present | 3 |
| HTHRHSC 2530 | The Evolving Art & Science of Medicine | 3 |
| ITALIAN 2051 | Italian Journeys | 3 |
| ITALIAN 2053 | Introduction to Italian Cinema | 3 |
| ITALIAN 3051 | Italian Romances | 3 |
| MUSIC 2250 | Music Cultures of the World | 3 |
| SPANISH 2389 | Spanish in the U.S.: Language as Social Action | 3 |
| SPANISH 4515 | Andean Art, Culture and Society | 3 |
| SPANISH 4516 | The Formation of Bolivian National Cultures | 3 |
| SPANISH 4582 | Latinx Cinema: Filmmaking, Production & Consumption | 3 |
| SPANISH 5201 | Spanish in the Health Professions | 3 |
| SPANISH 5202 | Spanish in the Health Professions II | 3 |
| SPANISH 5461 | Latino Urbanism & the Reinvention of the American City | 3 |
| WGSST 2230 | Gender, Sexuality and Race in Popular Culture | 3 |
| WGSST 2317 | Gender at the Movies: Hollywood and Beyond | 3 |
| WGSST 2340 | Si Se Puede: Latinx Gender Studies | 3 |
Declaring the minor
The minor may be approved by the student's college or school advising office to be added to your degree audit report. It is recommended to declare the minor as soon as possible. It must be declared by the time the student applies for graduation.
For assistance with the minor, contact an undergraduate advisor in the College of Public Health or Ryan Heitkamp in College of Arts and Sciences.