Minors
The Department of Health & Kinesiology offers three minors: Health, Health Teaching, and Occupational Safety & Health. These minors offer students a more focused study in different areas of health to complement their primary degree.
Health Minor
The Health minor offers undergraduate students courses in the areas of public health, positive behavior change, and healthy lifestyles. It is designed for students entering into careers other than health promotion and education, who wish to have a formally-recognized educational training in health.
This minor would serve as an ideal complement to existing BS programs in Parks, Recreation & Tourism; Family & Consumer Studies; Psychology; Anthropology; Sociology; Political Science; and Communication.
- To declare the Health minor, students must complete the online registration form.
- Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA. All courses must be successfully passed with C-. (18 Credits)
- Students with a Health minor must pay careful attention to the prerequisite courses required.
- Students should meet with their academic advisor at least once every semester to ensure correct scheduling of coursework.
Required Health Minor Courses
| Required Courses (must take both courses) | Credits | Course Title | Semester Offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| H EDU 1010 | 3 | Healthy Lifestyles | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 2020 (H EDU 3050 prior to F23) | 3 | Community Health Issues | F, S, SU |
Elective Courses
| Elective Courses (must take 12 credits) | Credits | Course Title | Semester Offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| H EDU 2000 | 2 | First Aid and CPR | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 2040 (H EDU 3000 prior to F23) | 3 | Human Sexuality | F, S |
| H EDU 2060 (H EDU 3160 prior to F23) | 3 | Stress Management | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 3190 | 3 | Death and Dying | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 3350 | 3 | Eating Disorders and Body Image | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 4350 | 3 | Personal Resiliancy | S |
| H EDU 5060 | 3 | Global Health Promotion | F, S |
Health Teaching Minor
The Health Teaching minor is for students who are already pursuing a different teaching major, and are also interested in health education as an additional topic of study.
- To declare the School Health Teaching minor, students must complete the online registration form.
- Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA. All courses must be successfully passed with C-. (33 Credits)
- Students with a School Health Teaching minor must pay careful attention to the prerequisite courses required.
- Students should meet with their academic advisor at least once every semester to ensure correct scheduling of coursework
Required Health Teaching Minor Courses
Must take all courses:
| Required Courses (must take both courses) | Credits | Course Title | Semester Offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSY 1010 | 4 | General Psychology | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 1010 | 3 | Healthy Lifestyles | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 2000 | 2 | First Aid and CPR | F, S, SU |
| BIOL 2420 OR H EDU 4650 | 4/3 | Human Physiology (LS) OR Anatomy & Physiology for Health | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 2040 (H EDU 3000 prior to F23) | 3 | Human Sexuality | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 2060 (H EDU 3160 prior to F23) | 3 | Stress Management | F, S, SU |
| NUIP 4440 (BIOL 1610 and NUIP 1020 prerequisites) | 4 | Advanced Human Nutrition | *check department |
| H EDU 5060 | 3 | Global Health Promotion | F, S |
| H EDU 4230 | 4 | Health Teaching in Secondary Schools | F |
| H EDU 4250 | 3 | Facilitating Healthy Behavior | S |
Occupational Safety and Health Minor
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) encompasses the field of workplace accidents, illnesses, and injury prevention.
OSH is a rewarding career because of the ability to meaningfully help people at work while applying principles of prevention and science. The OSH minor is a unique minor in that it is needed within all work environments and can be applied to your chosen major in unique ways to make you more valuable as an employee in your chosen workplace.
A few of the areas covered in these courses are risk assessment and management, workplace hazard recognition, workplace health exposures, ergonomics and human factors, job design, noise and injury prevention, along with other job-related safety and health concerns.
To declare the Occupational Safety and Health minor, students must complete the online registration form.
Required Occupational Safety and Health Minor Courses
All major courses must be completed with a C- or better for successful completion of the degree.
All classes plus the internship must be completed for the minor.
*Class offerings may change, check with advisor.
Must take all courses:
| Required Courses (must take both courses) | Credits | Course Title | Semester Offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| H EDU 2520 (H EDU 3520 prior to F23) | 3 | Intro to Occupational Safety and Health | F, S, SU |
| H EDU 3530 | 3 | Workplace Hazard Recognition | F |
| H EDU 3540 | 3 | Ergonomics and Human Factors | S |
| H EDU 3550 | 3 | Workplace Health Exposures | F |
| H EDU 3560 | 3 | Managing Occupational Safety and Health Prog. | S |
| H EDU 3570 | 3 | Risk Assessment and Management | SU |
| H EDU 5992 | 3 | OSH Internship | F, S, SU |
OSH Internship
- At least four classes must be completed prior to starting the internship.
- If an internship is required in your major, it may not be used as this internship and this internship will not fill your major requirement.
- Internships will require a minimum of 100 clock hours (3 credit hours).
- Internships can be paid or unpaid.
For information on internships contact Traci Thompson at Traci.Thompson@hsc.utah.edu.
For academic advising and to declare this minor contact Laura Gerner at laura.gerner@utah.edu.
Why Choose the OSH Minor?
The job market for OSH is plentiful with a very positive future need for graduates that includes many rewarding jobs. The type of OSH work varies from industry to industry with each OSH career application differing from job to job. For example, safety in construction is considerably different than safety in manufacturing, petrochemicals, or engineering. An OSH minor facilitates easy changes in careers that are quite interesting but without the requirement to obtain another degree!
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