Contact Information
- Assistant Dean: Jen Miller | jnoble@kent.edu | 330-672-6500
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Fully Offered
- Delivery:
- In person
- Location:
- Kent Campus
Description
The Environmental Health Sciences minor is intended for students who have a strong interest or curricular focus in a natural science major. The minor provides students with foundational concepts in environmental health as it relates to the broad field of public health. This includes students in a variety of majors, including, but not limited, to biology, chemistry, geology, geography, physics, botany and zoology.
Students who complete the required coursework and have 30 credit hours of coursework in specific public health areas, biology, chemistry, physics, geology, math or statistics can pursue a Sanitarian in Training (SIT) career path in State of Ohio agencies to become a Registered Sanitarian (RS) and are well equipped to enter the workforce in a variety of career paths.
Admission Requirements
Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to address the basic concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, use, and analysis and why evidence-based approaches are an essential part of public health practice
- Students will be able to address the socio-economic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities
- Students will be able to address the basic concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, use, and analysis and why evidence-based approaches are an essential part of public health practice
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Requirements | ||
| PH 20001 | ESSENTIALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 3 |
| PH 30002 | INTRODUCTORY BIOSTATISTICS | 3 |
| PH 30006 | INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY | 3 |
| PH 30007 | PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASES | 3 |
| Biological Sciences (BSCI) Electives, choose from the following: | 4 | |
| HUMAN BIOLOGY (KBS) | ||
| LABORATORY EXPERIENCE IN BIOLOGY (KBS) (KLAB) | ||
| BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (ELR) (KBS) (KLAB) | ||
| FOUNDATIONAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I (KBS) (KLAB) | ||
| ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I (KBS) (KLAB) | ||
| Chemistry (CHEM) Electives, choose from the following: | 3-5 | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY (KBS) | ||
| MOLECULES OF LIFE (KBS) | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I (KBS) | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY (KBS) (KLAB) | ||
| Mathematics (MATH) Electives, choose from the following: | 3-5 | |
| MODELING ALGEBRA PLUS (KMCR) | ||
| ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS PLUS (KMCR) | ||
| MODELING ALGEBRA (KMCR) | ||
| ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS (KMCR) | ||
| INTUITIVE CALCULUS (KMCR) | ||
| TRIGONOMETRY (KMCR) | ||
| ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS I (KMCR) | ||
| CALCULUS WITH PRECALCULUS I (KMCR) | ||
| CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES | ||
| Minor Electives, choose from the following: | 8-9 | |
| BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS (ELR) (KBS) (KLAB) | ||
| CELL BIOLOGY | ||
| GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY | ||
| BASIC MICROBIOLOGY | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II (KBS) | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LABORATORY (KBS) (KLAB) | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE (KBS) | ||
| COMMUNICABLE DISEASES | ||
| GENERAL COLLEGE PHYSICS I (KBS) | ||
| GENERAL COLLEGE PHYSICS LABORATORY I (KBS) (KLAB) | ||
| GENERAL UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I (KBS) (KLAB) | ||
| Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 30 | |
Graduation Requirements
| Minimum Minor GPA | Minimum Overall GPA |
|---|---|
| 2.000 | 2.000 |
- Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
- Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
- Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).