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Health Minor

The Health minor facilitates development of personal knowledge, skills, and routines for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and prepares students of any major to apply and promote knowledge, skills, and best practices about physical and mental health and wellbeing in personal, community, and professional settings.

Drawing from health and healthcare perspectives in biology, communication, economics, education, family and consumer sciences, kinesiology and health science, nursing, psychology, sociology, this multidisciplinary, 19-20-semester hour minor requires a health skills core (4 s.h.) that includes a personal health- or healthcare-focused core course and a self-directed 40 clock hour health/nutrition/fitness practicum; one course each in the topic areas of fitness and nutrition, disease and pathology, and mental health and wellbeing (9-10 s.h.); and 6 s.h. of elective courses within one of two areas of emphasis: Personal Health or Community and Professional Health. The elective courses must be taken in addition to the required courses. Following University requirements, a majority of the courses taken must be at the 200 (sophomore) level or above with no fewer than 6 semester hours at the 300 (junior) level or above.

The Health minor credential is useful for students of all majors committed to maintaining lifelong personal health; those planning to seek employment in human services, non-profit organizations, recreation and fitness, insurance and risk management, or healthcare; students interested in accumulating additional academic credit in preparation for graduate-level healthcare programs; and/or those interested in serving on health-related community boards or wellness committees, now or in the future.

Health Minor Learning Objectives:

  1. Students will explore current issues in fitness and nutrition, disease and pathology, and mental health and wellbeing.
  2. Students will identify best practices related to fitness and nutrition, disease and pathology, and mental health and wellbeing.
  3. Students will develop knowledge, skills, and routines designed to maintain optimum physical and mental health.
  4. Students will use current thinking and best practices to promote physical and mental health and wellbeing in personal, community, and professional settings.
  5. Students will apply knowledge, skills, and best practices about physical and mental health and wellbeing in personal, community, and/or professional settings.

Required courses - 13-14 hrs.

Health Minor core (4 hrs)

  • KHS 210: Concepts in Personal Wellness and Fitness – 3 hrs OR FCS 220 (or KHS 220): Consumer Issues in Healthcare – 3

AND

  • KHS 305: Health minor Practicum (EL) – 1

Fitness and Nutrition (3 hrs)

Select one:

  • FCS 202: Food and Nutrition – 3
  • FCS 304: Sport and Exercise Nutrition – 3
  • KHS 210: Concepts in Personal Wellness and Fitness – 3
  • NUR 363: Personal and Community Health – 3

Disease and Pathology (3-4 hrs)

Select one:

  • BIO 101: Diseases of Life – 3
  • BIO 202: Microbiology and Immunology – 4
  • BIO 345: Virology – 3
  • NUR 220: Alcohol Use and Abuse – 3
  • NUR 221: Substance Abuse – 3

Mental Health and Well Being (3 hrs)

Select one:

  • FCS 100: Family Dynamics – 3
  • PSY 311: Principles of Abnormal Psychology OR PSY 356: Abnormal Psychology – 3
  • PSY 313: Health Psychology – 3
  • SOC 343: Sociology of Mental Health – 3

Health Minor Areas of Emphasis and Elective Courses

Personal Health Area of Emphasis: Elective Courses

Select a minimum of 6 semester hours from the following courses. The elective courses must be in addition to the 13-14 hours of required coursework.

    • BIO 101: Diseases of Life – 3
    • BIO 103: The Biology of Sex – 3
    • BIO 345: Virology – 3
    • ETE 210: Human Development from Birth to Young Adulthood OR FCS 341: Human Development through the Lifespan OR PSY 303: Lifespan Developmental Psychology OR ENC 540: Human Growth and Development – 3
    • ETE 270: Physical Development and Health – 1
    • FCS 100: Family Dynamics – 3
    • FCS 202: Food and Nutrition – 3
    • FCS 304: Sport and Exercise Nutrition – 3
    • KHS 210: Concepts in Personal Wellness and Fitness – 3
    • NUR 217: Men’s Health Issues – 2
    • NUR 219: Women and Health – 3
    • NUR 220: Alcohol: Use and Abuse – 3
    • NUR 221: Substance Abuse – 3
    • NUR 233: Sexually Transmitted Infections – 1
    • NUR 363: Personal and Community Health – 3
    • NUR 372: Safety and Emergency Care – 3
    • PSY 245: Stress and Resilience – 3
    • PSY 313: Health Psychology – 3
    • PSY 314: Adult Development and Aging – 3

    OR

    Community and Professional Health Area of Emphasis: Elective Courses

    Select a minimum of 6 semester hours from the following courses. The elective courses must be in addition to the 13-14 hours of required coursework.

    • BIO 202: Microbiology and Immunology – 4
    • BIO 300: Population, Resources, and Environment OR ENS 110: Environmental Science – 3
    • BIO 301: Biotechnology and Society – 3
    • BMS 320: Environment and Human Health – 3
    • COM 318: Health Communication – 3
    • ECO 360: The Economics of Healthcare – 3
    • ETE 210: Human Development from Birth to Young Adulthood OR FCS 341: Human Development through the Lifespan OR PSY 303: Lifespan Developmental Psychology OR ENC 540: Human Growth and Development – 3
    • FCS 203: School Health Promotion – 3
    • FCS 221: Introduction to Public and Community Health – 3
    • FCS 510: Topics in Global Wellness – 3
    • FCS 514: Food Security and Food Systems – 3
    • KHS 306: Health Science Applications for Sports – 3
    • KHS 343: Ethics of Healthcare – 3
    • KHS 380: Disability and Health in a Global Society – 3
    • NUR 163: Health of the School Age Child – 1
    • NUR 363: Personal and Community Health – 3
    • NUR 376: Advanced Concepts in Health – 3
    • NUR 433/533: International Health and Nursing – 3
    • PSY 311: Principles of Abnormal Psychology OR PSY 356: Abnormal Psychology – 3
    • SOC 211: Contemporary Social Problems – 3
    • SOC 341: Medical Sociology – 3
    • SOC 343: Sociology of Mental Health – 3

    This is the official catalog for the 2023-2024 academic year. This catalog serves as a contract between a student and Bradley University. Should changes in a program of study become necessary prior to the next academic year every effort will be made to keep students advised of any such changes via the Dean of the College or Chair of the Department concerned, the Registrar's Office, u.Achieve degree audit system, and the Schedule of Classes. It is the responsibility of each student to be aware of the current program and graduation requirements for particular degree programs.