California State University, Fullerton
Division of Kinesiology & Health Promotion
EFFECTIVE FALL 2005
Health Science Minor (21-22 units total)*  

For students interested in personal growth, community service, intellectual stimulation, and professional career opportunities in the health field, a minor in health science is a method to achieve these goals. The minor provides a concentration of health-related courses that can enhance skills for students majoring in fields such as Biology, Chemistry, Child Development, Human Services, Kinesiology, Psychology, and Sociology. The minor consists of two advisory track options: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (21 units) and Environmental and Occupational Health (22 units). The Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Advisory track provides students with a broad overview of health and well-being, health behavior theory, and specialized content areas to meet student’s interests. The Environmental and Occupational Health track (22 units), designed to complement majors such as chemistry and biology, provides students with the necessary coursework to become eligible for the Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) Exam offered by the California Department of Health Services. CSUF has the only approved REHS program in Orange County.  The requirements for the two Health Science Minor tracks are:

Required Minor Core Courses for Both Tracks (6 units)

HESC 101 Personal Health

HESC 440 Health Behavior OR

HESC 401 Epidemiology***

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Track (15 units)
Elective Courses from Health Science (9-15 units of any of the following):

HESC 321 Drugs & Society

HESC 325 Consumer Health

HESC 342/KNES 342 Stress Management

HESC 350/KNES 350/NURS 350 Nutrition: Vital Link to Better Health

HESC 353/KNES 353 Phys. Act & Lifelong Well-Being

HESC 358 Contemp. Issues in Children’s Health

HESC 405 Worksite Injury Prev and Rehab

HESC 410 Community Health

HESC 411 Promoting Health in MultiCultural Populations

HESC 450 Applied Health Promotion in Aging Populations

HESC 460 Worksite Health Promotion

HESC 461 Occupational Safety and Health

Elective Courses from other Departments (0-6 units of any of the following)

AFRO304 The Black Family

AMST438 American Minds: Images of Sickness and Health

ANTH308 Culture and Aging

ANTH315 Culture and Nutrition

ANTH322 Human Behavioral Ecology

ANTH342 Anthropology and Health

ANTH344 Human Evolution

ASAM342 Asian Pacific American Families

ASAM346 Asian American Psychology

ASAM340 Asian American Communication

ASAM348 Asian Pacific American Persp. On Aging

BIOL300 Environmental Biology

BIOL 302 General Microbiology

BIOL305 Human Heredity and Development

BIOL306 Biology of Aging

BIOL310 Human Physiology

BIOL360 Biology of Human Sexuality

BIOL361 Human Anatomy**

CHEM 301A Organic Chemistry

CHEM 301B Organic Chemistry

CHEM 302 Organic Chemistry Lab

CHEM 302A Organic Chemistry Lab

CHEM 302B Organic Chemistry Lab

CHEM303A Biotechnology: Business & Society

CHEM303B Medical Biotechnology

CHEM303C Agric./Envir. Biotechnology

CHEM311 Nutrition and Disease

CHEM313A Air Pollution

CHEM313B Water Pollution

CHEM313C Land Pollution

CHIC305 The Chicano Family

GEOG350 Nature & Society**

KNES348 The Physiology of Exercise

KNES351 Principles of Conditioning**

KNES 432 Applied Exercise Psychology

KNES 454 Physical Activity and the Aging Process

NURS 301 Promotion of Optimal Health

PHIL 314 Medical Ethics

PSYCH312 Psych of Human Sexual Behavior

PSYCH341 Abnormal Psychology

PSYCH350 Environmental Psychology

PSYCH351 Social Psychology

PSYCH362 Psychology of Aging

PSYCH 391 Industrial/Organizational Psychology

SOCI300 Introduction to Social Welfare

SOCI333 Sociology of Aging

SOCI354 Sex Roles and Gender

SOCI360 Sociology of Death and Dying

SOCI 361 Population and the Environment

SOCI381 Sociology of Human Sexuality

SOCI385 Family Violence

SPCH345 Communication and Aging

SPED371 Exceptional Individual

WMST410 Women’s Health and Aging

Total Units = 21

Environmental and Occupational Health Track (16 units)***
Required Courses (12 units)

HESC 415 Environmental Health

HESC 461 Occupational Health

POSC 320 Intro to Public Management

HESC 349 Measurement & Statistics in Kinesiology & Health, or Math 120 Introduction or Probability and Statistics

Elective Courses (4 units from the following)

BIOL 438 Public Health Microbiology

CHEM 313A Air Pollution

CHEM 313B Water Pollution

CHEM 313C Land Pollution

GEOL 335 General Hydrology

CHEM 435 Chemistry of Hazardous Materials

Total Units = 22

*In completing the requirements for the minor, a minimum of twelve (12) units, of which at least six (6) must be upper division, must be distinct and different from the units used to complete the requirements of the major. Any units above this minimum requirement, which can be used to satisfy both the requirements for the minor and for the major may be double counted. General education courses, however, may be used to meet minor requirements.

**Course electives that have been added to the Health Promotion track since original approval of the Health Science minor.

***Students desiring to prepare to take the REHS exam should select the HESC 401, Epidemiology option under core requirements .

Health Science Adviser: Laura Chandler Lchandler@fullerton.edu