This program is available at the following locations:

• Corvallis
• Ecampus

The Public Health minor provides students with a general background in public health. Students pursuing a Public Health major cannot add the Public Health minor.

Minor Code: 496

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• ​Explain the foundational principles of public health, recognizing the dynamic nature of health determinants and the diverse contexts in which they operate.
• Differentiate the roles and interactions of local, state, and federal public health systems within the broader US public health framework, and the complexities of collaborative efforts to address pressing societal health issues.
• Apply standard public health methods and tactics to identify and respond to enduring and emerging population health concerns.
• Outline the fundamental roles of public health within organizational structures, funding mechanisms, workforce dynamics, and regulatory environments, fostering a comprehensive understanding of health promotion and disease prevention.
• Show the transformative power of public health data to identify health and disease patterns within diverse populations, inform proactive interventions, and shape policy development.
• Assess social and environmental determinants of health, understanding their multifaceted impacts on human health and well-being across varying contexts, locally and globally.
• Examine how cultural, social, and behavioral factors shape specific individual and community health outcomes.
• Communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms, through a variety of media and to diverse audiences; diverse audiences include non-academic, non-peer audiences, with attention to health literacy.
• Integrate basic concepts of human biology and life sciences with evolving strategies for health promotion and disease prevention across diverse life stages and contexts.

Students with this minor may not take any of the required courses listed below with S/U grading and must earn a grade of C- or better in all minor coursework and prerequisites, including the "any other H course" requirement.  Students may, however, take additional public health courses not required for the minor with S/U grading.

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Baccalaureate Core course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in a catalog year up to 2024-2025

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Core Education course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in catalog year 2025-2026 and beyond

Minor Code: 496