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[Undergraduate Program: Minors]

Minor in Health Education
Minor in Holistic Health
Minor in Women’s Health

Information on the Certificate in Holistic Health, is located in the Holistic Health section of our website.

MINOR IN HEALTH EDUCATION

The Department of Health Education offers a 21-unit minor program. The minor complements many major programs provided by other university departments and has been designed for maximum flexibility. Individuals must work with a health education adviser to select appropriate courses.

Course No.	Description	Units
H ED 300	The Health Education Profession	3
H ED 430	Foundations of Community Health Education	3
Upper division electives in health education from the following, holistic health or related fields on advisement as related to student's needs and interests:		12
H ED 310	Health in Society
H ED 315	Drugs and Society
H ED 320	Contemporary Sexuality
H ED 410	Organization and Function of Health Services
H ED 414	Multicultural Women's Health
H ED 415	Health Aspects of Aging
H ED 417	AIDS: Contemporary Health Crisis
H ED 418	Environmental Health
H ED 420	Epidemiology
H ED 431	Community Health Education: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
H ED 450	Policy Issues in Health Education
H ED 455	Community Organizing and Community Building for Health
H ED 500	Values Clarification in Sexuality
H ED 520	Race, Class, Gender, and Health Promotion
H ED 582	Homelessness and Public Policy
H ED 640	Structural Inequalities in Public Health
H ED 660	Developing Healthy Youth in Schools and Communities
	Total for minor	18

MINOR IN HOLISTIC HEALTH

The Institute for Holistic Healing Studies, under the Department of Health Education, offers a Holistic Health Minor and a Holistic Health Certificate program. A minor in Holistic Health complements many SFSU majors, provides unique learning opportunities, and expands career options. Benefits to HH minors include priority waiting list for HH courses, individual advising with HH faculty and collaboration with others interested in complementary healing. See the Holistic Health section of this website for more information.

HOLISTIC HEALTH MINOR PROGRAM		Units
Core Courses
HH 380	Holistic Health: Western Perspectives	3
HH 381	Holistic Health: Eastern Perspectives	3
HH 382	Holistic Health and Human Nature	3
	Total for core:	9
HOLISTIC HEALTH EMPHASIS Units chosen from the areas listed below or related courses with consent of adviser.		9
Western Perspectives
HH 430	Foundation of Biofeedback and Self-regulation
HH 433	Introduction to Autogenic Training
PSY 594	Psychology of Biofeedback Process
HH 650	Anthroposophical Health Studies
HH 690	Psychophysiology of Healing
Eastern Perspectives (may include up to 3 units from the listed KIN courses)
HH 383	Holistic Health: Chinese Perspectives
HH 420	Chinese Body-Mind Energetics (4)
HH 530	Herbal and Nutritional Principles in Chinese Healing
HH 540	Imagery and Meditation in Healing
HH 621	Advanced Studies in Chinese Health and Healing (1-3)
KIN 136	Hatha Yoga (1)
KIN 236	Intermediate and Advanced Hatha Yoga (2)
KIN 175	Elementary Tai-Chi Chuan (1)
KIN 275	Intermediate/Advanced Tai-Chi Chuan (2)
Holism and Human Nature
H ED 418	Environmental Health
HH 670	Alternative Health Practices
HH 681	Holistic Health Internship
HH 699	Special Study (1-3)
Human Anatomy/Physiology Completion of a college-level course in human anatomy/physiology. (BIOL 100/101, BIOL 328, or BIOL 610/611 are acceptable.)		4
	Total for minor:	22

MINOR IN WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES

Program Scope

The minor offers three areas of focus: (1) theory about women's social roles and status implications for women's health; (2) organizing and managing health services, health education, and health delivery systems; (3) politics, policy analysis, and strategies for changing women's health policies. Students take a core course in each of these areas, then choose three electives which may be concentrated within one area or drawn from several areas, and then complete a culminating research project or internship. The choice of electives and final research project or internship is chosen in consultation with an adviser in order to meet the needs and interests of the individual student.

Career Outlook

A minor in women's health is a natural complement to a variety of majors such as nursing, health education, counseling, psychology, urban studies, or other human service careers.

Core Courses		Units
Social Determinants
WOMS 200	Women: The Basic Question	3
Health Services and Education
HED 414	Women's Health: Issues and Problems	3
Politics and Policy
URBS/ LABR 570	Urban Health Systems	3
Electives Units selected from 1 or more of the areas of focus in consultation with an adviser.		9-12
Social Determinants
PSY 458	Psychology of Women
SOC 476	Medical Sociology (4)
SOC 469	Gender and Society (4)
WOMS 510	Women and Interpersonal Violence
WOMS 510	Women and Institutional Violence
WOMS 590	The Aging Woman
CFS 453	Nutrition and the Life Cycle
BLS 370	Health, Medicine, and Nutrition in the Black Community
Health Services and Health Education
SOC 476	Medical Sociology (4)
H ED 410	Organization and Function of Health Services
H ED 430	Foundations of Community Health Education
H ED 431	Community Health Education: Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
Politics and Policy
ECON 475	Economics of Health and Medical Care Finances
H ED 450	Contemporary Issues in Health
PLSI/ URBS 480	Public Policy and Policy Analysis (4)
URBS/ S W 456	Urban Community Organizing and Citizen Action
URBS 565	Social Policy Planning (4)
WOMS 590	Politics of Reproduction
RAZA 210	Latino Health Care Perspectives
Final Integrative Project/Internship One of the following in consultation with the adviser:		3-6
H ED 480	Fieldwork in Community Health (3-6)
H ED 699	Special Study (1-3)
URBS 650/ 651	Urban Internship/Seminar (3/1)
URBS 686	Fieldwork in Urban Studies (1-4)
WOMS 695	Women Studies Internship
WOMS 698	Work Study in Feminist Projects (1-3)
	Minimum total	21