Public Health, Equity, and Advocacy Minor Type of Degree Undergraduate Minor School or College College of Nursing and Health Sciences Area of Study Health and medicine Program Format On-campus, Full-time Credit hours to graduate 18 Program Overview Program Overview This minor, rooted in public health frameworks, aims to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge for advocacy, driving efforts to forge more equitable communities and societies. It involves scrutinizing how various inequities intersect to undermine health outcomes and empowers students to champion meaningful change. Curriculum Curriculum Core Requirements (12 credit hours)Course NumberDescriptionCredit HoursHSCI 1100Introduction to Public Health 3HSCI 1900*Foundations of Health Equity3HSCI 2600Racism and Health Disparities3HSCI 3450Applied Leadership in Health Equity3 Electives (6 additional credit hours – 3 at or above 100 level)Course NumberDescriptionCredit HoursHSCI 1200Anti-Racism and Health3SOC 2260Criminal Justice and Public Health 3SOC 3300Intersection of Health: Race, Class and Gender3SOC 2335Gender, Sexualities and Medicine3CDAE 1040US Food, Social Equity & Dev. 3POLS 2200Economic Justice3BIOL 1200Intro to Forensic Biology 3SWSS 1600Racism & Contemporary Issue3ANTH 1400Biological Anthropology3ANTH 2191/HSCI 2100Fndns of Global Health 3ANTH 2170Culture, Health and Healing 3CSD 3200/ EDSP 3250Culture of Disability 3EDEC 1010Intro to Early Care & Education3EDSP 1050Issues Affecting Persons W/Disabilities 3GSWS 1500Gender Sexuality Women’s Study 3HST 2120Topics in Gender & Sexuality History3HLTH 2400Issues in Women’s Health3HLTH 2050Cultural Health Care 3HSOC 1600Health Care in America 3HSOC 1700/ ANTH 1190Global Health Delv & Div.3 Admissions Admissions To enroll, log in to or email cnhs@uvm.edu.