Students minoring in health sciences must complete the following coursework (18 credits total):
Required courses (3 total):
499:101 Introduction to Health Sciences
120:101/107 General Biology I + lab
(Principles of Biology (120:126) will be considered as a substitute.)
830:101 Introduction to Psychology
Elective courses (3 total):
At least one elective course must be a health-sciences specific (499) course.
Two elective courses must be at the 300-level or higher.
Note: if the health sciences course is 300 level or higher, it fulfills both requirements.
At least one course from below (Health Sciences):
499:120 Medical Terminology
499:201 Careers in Health Sciences
499:303 Health Law
499:304 Media and Health
499:305 Cultural and Global Competency in Healthcare
499:456/457/458/459 Special Topics in Health Sciences
499:493 Applied Experiences in Health Sciences
499:497 Independent Study in Health Sciences
Students can choose additional courses from below:
Anthropology
50:070:313 Childhood Health and Illness
50:070:321 Death and Dying
Biology
50:120:102 General Biology II (with 50:120:108 Lab)
50:120:103 Biology of Cancer
50:120:106 Human Reproduction and Development
50:120:110 Biology of Disease
50:120:311 Clinical Aspects of Human Genetics
50:120:253,255 Basic Anatomy and Physiology 1 w/Lab
50:120:254,256 Basic Anatomy and Physiology 2 w/Lab
(or 100-level or 300-level Anatomy and Physiology courses)
50:120:344 Neurobiology
50:120:347 Pathophysiology
Chemistry
50:160:103 General, Organic, and Biochemistry I
50:160:104 General, Organic, and Biochemistry II and 50:160:105 General, Organic, and Biochemistry Lab
50:160:115 Chemical Principles I and 50:160:125 Chemical Principles Lab I
50:160:116 Chemical Principles II and 50:160:126 Chemical Principles Lab II
Childhood Studies
50:163:250 Childhood Health Disparities
Economics
50:220:122 Introduction to Data Science
50:220:316 Health Economics
50:220:317 Social Marketing: A Strategic Approach for Health Promotion
50:220:422 Applied Data Mining
Gender Studies
50:443:221 Gender, Health, and the Environment
History
50:512:362 Health and American Society
Philosophy and Religion
50:730:249 Biomedical Ethics
Physics
50:750:203 General Physics I (with 50:750:133 Lab)
50:750:204 General Physics II (with 50:750:134 Lab)
Psychology
50:830:255 Method and Theory in Psychology OR
50:830:256 Research Methods in Psychology
50:830:222 Human Development OR
50:820:226 Child Development OR
50:830:326 Psychology of Adolescence OR
50:830:328 Psychology of Aging
50:830:348 Health Psychology
50:960:183 Elementary Applied Statistics OR
50:960:250 Statistics for Social Sciences
50:830:340 Abnormal Psychology
50:830:434 Psychology of Eating
50:830:440 Developmental Psychopathology
50:830:475 Brain and Behavior
Sociology
50:920:101 Introduction to Sociology
50:920:217 Drugs and Society
50:920:306 Sociology of the Family
50:920:418 Medical Sociology
Spanish
50:940:227 or 327 Spanish for the Health Professions
(or more advanced Spanish for the Health Professions course)
Nursing
57:705:255 Nutrition in the United States and the World
57:705:489 Pharmacology
For up-to-date requirements, see: https://healthsciences.camden.rutgers.edu/minors.