Public health Undergraduate Minor

Public health is a rapidly growing and essential field that addresses complex health challenges at the individual, community, and societal levels. The public health minor provides students across disciplines with the knowledge and skills needed to understand, analyze, and respond to pressing health concerns locally, nationally, and globally.

An undergraduate minor in Public Health pairs well with majors such as biology, psychology, nursing, social work, political science, kinesiology, business, human health sciences, human development and family studies, nutrition, sport management and recreational therapy, and more.

A minor in public health will advance interdisciplinary learning, contributes to workforce readiness, and supports UNCG’s mission and strategic goals. To review Public Health minor requirements, visit the UNCG Catalog website.

Important Information for Minors

Public Health minors are not required to meet with an advisor within the Department of Public Health Education but are welcome to do so as needed. All questions regarding the Public Health minor can be directed to PHE@uncg.edu.

When planning coursework for a Public Health minor, please consider the following:

• HEA 308 is the pre-requisite to all other core public health courses for the minor. Take this course early!
• MAT 115 or STA 108 (or equivalent or higher math course) is the pre-requisite for HEA 315 and HEA 325. You will need to complete the math requirement prior to registering for either of these courses.
• If you receive a “campus restriction” message when you try to register for a course, it is because you are trying to register for a section that is not available to you because of the type of program in which you are enrolled. In UNCGenie, click on the course and then click on “restrictions” to check campus restrictions for the section of the course for which you are receiving this message.
  • Online Program students may not register for main campus sections of courses unless granted permission to do so by the Registrar’s Office
  • Main Campus students may not register for online sections of courses that are restricted to Online Program students.
  • Main Campus students may register for online sections of courses that are not restricted to Online Program students.

Main Campus Students

• All courses required for the minor are offered for Main Campus students.

Online Program Students

• All courses required for the minor are offered for Main Campus students.

NOTE: Requirements and scheduling of courses are always subject to change in any academic program. The Department of Public Health Education will make every effort to notify students of changes when they occur.

Declaring a Minor And Advising

Students interested in a minor in Public Health can declare their minor with the University Registrar’s Office using the Undergraduate Major/Minor Changes Form.