Health Care Services Minor

Advisor: Margaret Fontanesi-Seime, Department of Social Work

The minor in Health Care Services is interdisciplinary in nature with aging studies, health, psychology, social work, and sociology courses. Consisting of both traditional and pre-health science coursework, the program is designed to meet the needs of students wishing to work in a variety of health care settings.

Fifteen semester hours are required to complete the minor in Health Care Services.

Interdisciplinary Minors

Interdisciplinary minors require the student to complete a minimum of 15 to 21 hours from a list of specific courses. Unless otherwise noted, a student may take no more than 6 hours of courses from a single department until he or she surpasses the required minimum number of hours necessary for completing the minor. Exceptions to this rule may be found within the discussions of several of the minors. In most cases, a student is also limited to just 3 hours of credit toward the minor in the same department or discipline in which he or she is taking a major. Except for the Paralegal Studies minor, no course may be counted both for major and minor credit. Students must fulfill all departmental prerequisites for any course within an interdisciplinary minor. In some cases, advisors may approve course substitutions within these program requirements.

Required Courses (15 hours)

Select 15 hours from the following:

HLTH 2600 - Introduction to Health Professions 3 credit hours
HLTH 3320 - Community and Public Health 3 credit hours
HLTH 4270 - Bioethical Issues in Health Education 3 credit hours
PSY 4050 - Applied Psychopharmacology 3 credit hours
PSY 4650 - Health Psychology 3 credit hours
PSY 4655 - Foundations of Mental Health Counseling 3 credit hours
SOC 4030 - Topics in Gerontology 3 credit hours
SOC 4360 - Medical Sociology 3 credit hours
SW 4150 - Topics in Social Work 3 credit hours
SW 4430 - Social Work with the Terminally Ill 3 credit hours