How to Complete the Minor
Students must successfully complete the four required courses (12–14 credit hours) and human research ethics training, as well as a combination of electives totaling 6–8 credit hours, with a grade of C or better. Courses may not be taken pass/fail for fulfillment of the minor. Up to 8 credits of completed course work from the student’s major program of study may be applied to fulfillment of requirements of this minor.
1. Statistics
PHTH 2210 Biostatistics or NRSG 5120 Statistics for Health Science
2. PHTH 3210 Using Data in Health Research
3. PHTH 3250 Fundamentals of Qualitative Research
4. Research Methods
PHTH 4202 Principles of Epidemiology or PHMD 3450 Research Methodology
and Public Health or HLTH 5450 Healthcare Research
5. Research Ethics Training
Individual Instruction Registration for PHTH 2949
6. Elective Courses (6-8 credits)
ANTH 3410 | Ethnographic Field Experience |
ECON 2560 | Applied Econometrics |
HLTH 3001 | The Research Process |
HLTH 4992 or HLTH 4991 | Directed Study Research |
IS 4800 | Empirical Research Methods |
PHMD 5223 | Evidence-Based Medicine |
PHSC 2400 | Research Ethics for Beginning Health Scientists |
PHTH 5320 | Grant Writing in Public Health |
PHTH 5330 | Using Publicly Available Data in Public Health |
PHTH 5340 | Writing for Peer-Reviewed Journals in Public Health |
PHTH 5440 | Community-Based Participatory Research: Environmental Health |
PHTH 5350 | Using SAS in Public Health Research |