The minor in Culture, Health, and Human Development (CHHD) is an interdisciplinary minor that fosters an integrative cultural perspective on human development and health, including issues related to diversity both within and across various populations. By providing students an opportunity to explore systematic relationships among culture, health, and human development, the minor can address gaps between the traditional disciplines. It is intended to improve understanding and respect across perceived cultural, racial, and ethnic boundaries, and to encourage culturally informed approaches in the social and health services.
The CHHD minor is organized by the Center for the Study of Culture, Health, and Human Development, and managed by the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences.
Requirements
Fifteen credits at the 2000-level or above are required for the CHHD minor, to be chosen from the courses listed below. No more than six credits can be applied from any one category: culture, health, or human development. Further, students can count toward this minor no more than six credits in their major. Other credit restrictions may apply by major.
Category 1: Culture
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| AAAS 2200 | Introducing India: Diversity and Dynamism | 3 |
| AAAS 2201 | Introduction to Asian American Studies | 3 |
| AAAS 2210 | Sociological Perspectives on Asian American Women | 3 |
| AFRA 2510 | Ethnicity and Race | 3 |
| AH 2330 | Italy's Mediterranean Food and Our Health | 3 |
| AH 3510 | International Health | 3 |
| AH 4503 | Poverty and Public Health | 3 |
| ANTH 3202W | Illness and Curing | 3 |
| ANTH 3251 | Psychological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 3300 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 3325 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
| COMM 3220 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMM 3222 | People of Color and Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| COMM 3321 | Latinas and Media | 3 |
| COMM 3322 | Soap Opera/Telenovela | 3 |
| FREN 3210 | French Art and Civilization | 3 |
| GERM 3251 | German Culture Across Time | 3 |
| HDFS 2001 | Diversity Issues in Human Development and Family Sciences | 3 |
| HDFS 3141 | Developmental Approaches to Intergroup Relations and Victimization | 3 |
| HDFS 3310 | Parent Child Relations in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| HDFS 3421 | Low Income Families | 3 |
| HDFS 3442 | Latino Health and Health Care | 3 |
| HDFS 3550 | Comparative Family Policy | 3 |
| HDFS 5020 | Culture, Health and Human Development | 3 |
| HRTS 2170W | Bioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| LLAS 3321 | Latinas and Media | 3 |
| LLAS 3250 | Latino Health and Health Care | 3 |
| LLAS 3322 | Soap Opera/Telenovela | 3 |
| LLAS 3470 | The Latinx Family | 3 |
| NURS 2175 | Global Politics of Childbearing and Reproduction | 3 |
| PHIL 2170W | Bioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| PSYC 2101 | Introduction to Multicultural Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 2701 | Social Psychology of Multiculturalism | 3 |
| SLHS 4123 | Bilingualism in Typical and Atypical Populations: Language and Cognition | 3 |
| SLHS 4254 | Introduction to Language Disorders in Children | 3 |
| SPAN 3204 | Language and Culture of U.S. Hispanics | 3 |
| WGSS 2124 | Gender and Globalization | 3 |
| WGSS 2263 | Women, Gender, and Violence | 3 |
| WGSS 3105 | The Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| WGSS 3257 | Feminist Disability Studies | 3 |
| WGSS 3321 | Latinas and Media | 3 |
Category 2: Health
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| AH 2330 | Italy's Mediterranean Food and Our Health | 3 |
| AH 3510 | International Health | 3 |
| AH 4503 | Poverty and Public Health | 3 |
| ANTH 3202W | Illness and Curing | 3 |
| ANTH 3300 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 3325 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
| HDFS 3442 | Latino Health and Health Care | 3 |
| HDFS 5020 | Culture, Health and Human Development | 3 |
| HRTS 2170W | Bioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| LLAS 3250 | Latino Health and Health Care | 3 |
| NURS 2175 | Global Politics of Childbearing and Reproduction | 3 |
| NUSC 2200 | Nutrition and Human Development | 3 |
| PHIL 2170W | Bioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| SLHS 4123 | Bilingualism in Typical and Atypical Populations: Language and Cognition | 3 |
| SLHS 4254 | Introduction to Language Disorders in Children | 3 |
| WGSS 2124 | Gender and Globalization | 3 |
| WGSS 2263 | Women, Gender, and Violence | 3 |
| WGSS 3105 | The Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| WGSS 3257 | Feminist Disability Studies | 3 |
Category 3: Human Development
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| HDFS 2001 | Diversity Issues in Human Development and Family Sciences | 3 |
| HDFS 3141 | Developmental Approaches to Intergroup Relations and Victimization | 3 |
| HDFS 3310 | Parent Child Relations in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| HDFS 3421 | Low Income Families | 3 |
| HDFS 5020 | Culture, Health and Human Development | 3 |
| NUSC 2200 | Nutrition and Human Development | 3 |
| SLHS 4123 | Bilingualism in Typical and Atypical Populations: Language and Cognition | 3 |
| SLHS 4254 | Introduction to Language Disorders in Children | 3 |
