Minor in Health Professions (15 units)

(Consult an HProf advisor for course selections and sequence)

A minor in Health Professions provides all students with the opportunity to gain a breadth of knowledge and understanding of the challenging health issues facing a multicultural society.

Health Professions Minor form (pdf)

Required:

HPRF 135 Health Issues in a Multicultural Society *

Select the remaining 12 units from Health Professions areas below: Course should be selected from at least 3 different areas.

Note: Majors in HS, GERO, NURS, NUFS, KIN, and HRTM: At least 12 units of course work that make up the minor must be different from courses on your major form.

Health Science

• HS 102 Health Team Building
• HS 104 Health and Society
• HS 159 Health Promotion
• HS 161 Epidemiology
• HS 162 Health Care: Organization & Administration
• HS 165 Community/Occupational Health Education

Gerontology

• GERO 102 Health Team Building
• GERO 108 Health in Later Life
• GERO 111 Medical Ethics
• GERO 117 Social Policy and Services in Aging
• GERO 127 Aging and Mental Health
• GERO 137 Families, Aging, and Diversity

Nursing

• NURS 20 Nursing as a Career
• NURS 180 Individual Studies
• Courses with Director of Health Professions approval

Nutrition & Food Science

• NUFS 8 Nutrition for the Health Professions
• NUFS 9 Intro to Human Nutrition
• NUFS 106A Human Nutrition in the Life Span
• NUFS 116 Aging and Nutrition

Occupational Therapy

• Courses with Director of Health Professions approval

Other Health Related Areas

• HPROF 134 Complementary and Alternative Health Practices
• KIN 69 Stress Management
• KIN 155 Physiology of Human Performance
• KIN 156 Intro to Adapted Physical Activity
• KIN/HS 169 Diversity, Stress & Health
• KIN 188 Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries
• HRTM 110 Leisure and Human Development
• HRTM 112 Intro. to Therapeutic Recreation Service
• HRTM/GERO 185 Leisure, Recreation and Aging
• HRTM 198 Therapeutic Recreation Procedures