Public Health
Contact Information
Website: www.uis.edu/public-health
Email: mph@uis.edu
Office Phone: (217) 206-8716
Office Location: HSB 314
A minor in Public Health is designed for students who wish to develop an introductory awareness and preparation for dealing with critical local, state, national and global issues important to improving population health. Because public health practice requires a foundation in the social and natural sciences, a minor in Public Health pairs well with a number of the undergraduate majors at UIS (e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Sociology, Psychology, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, and Liberal Studies or students pursuing Nursing, the Pre-med track, or Allied Health professions). A minor in Public Health will help students in these majors understand the application of their major in the betterment of environmental and public health.
The Public Health minor uses a foundation of policy, administration, environmental health, community health, and epidemiology for comparing and contrasting local and global public health issues and prepare students for advanced study in program development and intervention. Students completing the minor in Public Health will be able to understand the basic principles of public health; assessment, policy development, and assurance; the role of population, poverty, and pollution on the well-being of populations; and methods for studying disease occurrence and patterns in populations.