Learn how biological, social, behavioral, economic, and political factors interact to impact population health outcomes and disparities among sub-populations.

Acquire the knowledge and tools needed to understand how institutional policies and practices independently and collaboratively impact on population healt

Explore how health disparities have implications for overall population health, and well-being in order to consider interventions that can reduce disparities, achieve health equity, and improve the quality of life for all.

A minimum of 15 semester credit hours, consisting of 2 required courses (6 hours) and 3 electives (9 hours).
9 semester hours must be completed in residence, of which 6 must be at the advanced level (3000/4000).
At minimum, a cumulative 2.0 GPA is required for all courses in this minor.

• POPH 2300 Introduction to Population Health
  Students must earn a minimum grade of C in POPH 2300 in order to advance in the Population Health Minor
  And one of the following courses:
• SOC 3352 Social Demography
• SOC 3353 Health Disparities in Society
• SOC 3354 - Social Justice & Health Equity
• SOC 3380 - Intro/Soc Health Care

Three elective courses must be chosen from the list of approved courses below. The courses on the list are divided into three Areas of Study: Population Health Science, Population Health Equity, or Population Health Informatics and Analytics. Students are not required to take electives only from one Area of Study. That is, electives may be fulfilled from any combination of courses from any of these areas. Please check the PH Minor Checklist.

Population Health Science:

SOC 3357 Urban Sociology
SOC 3380 Introduction to Sociology of Health Care
BIOL 4360 - Evolutionary Basis of Health and Disease
COMM 3300 Health Communication
COMM 3301 Doctor-Patient Interaction
COMM 3303 Health Literacy
COMM 3340 Health Campaigns
ECON 3368 Economics of Health Care
ECON 4345 Social Economics
ECON 4374 Behavioral Economics
HIST 3303 Disease, Health, and Medicine in American History
HIST 3316 Race and Racism in American Science and Medicine
PHIL 3354 Medical Ethics
POLS 3319 Politics of Social Policy
POLS 3375 Health Policy and Politics

Population Health Equity:

SOC 3319 - Gender, Sexuality, and Health
OR
WGSS 3319 - Gender, Sexuality, and Health
SOC 3322 - Black (Im)migrants, Refugees, and Health
SOC 3327 - Racial and Ethnic Relations
SOC 3328 - Race-Ethnicity World Perspctv
SOC 3339 - Aging and Health in Africa and the USA
SOC 3344 - Sociology of Aging
SOC 3351 - Soc Class&Mobilty in Am
SOC 3353 - Health Disparities in Society
SOC 3354 - Social Justice & Health Equity
SOC 3358 - Gender and Health Care in Africa
SOC 3390 - Sociology of Gender
SOC 3392 - Sociology of Latino in Houston
AAMS 3340 - Asian American Communities’ Wellness and Health Disparities
COMM 3304 - Multicultural Health Communication
HLT 4309 - Health Disparities
HIST 3316 - Race and Racism in American Science and Medicine
HIST 3333 - Health is a Human Right: Global Quest for Universal Health Care

Population Health Analytics and Informatics:

POPH 3330 Introduction to Population Health Informatics
POPH 3331 Consumer Informatics and Data Health
COSC 2306 Data Programming*
COSC 3337 Data Science I*
COSC 4337 Data Science II*
MATH 4322 Introduction to Data Science and Machine Learning*
NURS 4212 - Informatics in Health Care**
NURS 3521 - Community Health Nursing**

Notes

• Courses with an * are offered in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
• Courses with an ** require membership of the Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing
• Some of the courses in the PH Minor require additional prerequisite course work, consent from the instructor, or membership in a particularMajor–clicking on the course title will take you to a detailed description. In some cases, your Major may already require the pre-requisitecourse(s), so please check and plan with your advisor.
• You can share no more than six hours of coursework in both your Major and Minor in CLASS. Other UH Colleges may have their ownrequirements. Consult your advisor for additional information while paying close attention to prerequisites

H.K Quinn Valier
Director of the Population Health Minor
Health 2, Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Phone: 713-743-9021
Email: hkvalier@uh.edu