Community Health, Minor
Are you driven to create healthier communities? This flexible minor pairs with any academic degree program, letting you deepen your understanding of health right alongside your major. You'll gain knowledge and practical skills that can improve community well-being and make a meaningful impact.
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Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Community Health minor description
If you want to create healthy, sustainable communities, the minor program in community health is for you.
Community health focuses on the actions and conditions needed for the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities. You acquire skills for working with teams in diverse settings to formulate research-based strategies that assist individuals in making healthy and sustainable lifestyle choices.
Why earn a community health minor at ASU?
Unlike many health-related minors that center on clinical care, this program emphasizes prevention, health promotion and population health. Offered through the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, it blends interdisciplinary learning with workforce-relevant skills that complement majors including nursing, social work, education, nutrition, psychology and the sciences.
You'll build practical expertise in community health assessment, health education, program planning, communication and leadership while exploring health equity, social determinants of health and systems-level approaches to community well-being. Paired with evidence-based practice and ASU's commitment to innovation, this interdisciplinary program opens doors across health care, public health, and nonprofit and community-based organizations.
Courses
This undergraduate minor includes courses focused on a specialized topic, so you can advance your skills for further professional opportunities. Explore all courses below:
2026-2027 Catalog Year
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The minor in community health consists of 15 credit hours. At least nine of the 15 credit hours must be upper-division courses. Each course must be completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) or better.
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HCR 220 Introduction to Health Professions and the U.S. Health Care System
(CIVI)
3 credit hours
Minimum
grade:C
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C | 3 |
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HCR 231 Fundamentals of Community Health
3 credit hours
Minimum
grade:C
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C | 3 |
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9 credit hours
Minimum
grade:C
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C | 9 |
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Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this minor.
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Enrollment requirements
GPA Requirement: 2.00
Incompatible Majors: BS in community health
Other Enrollment Requirements: None
Current ASU undergraduate students may pursue a minor and have it recognized on their ASU transcript at graduation. Minor requirements appear on the degree audit once the minor is added. Certain major and minor combinations may be deemed inappropriate by the college or department of either the major program or the minor. Courses taken for the minor may not count toward both the major and minor.
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Careers this community health minor prepares you for
Minor programs enable students to develop additional competencies that complement the marketable knowledge and skills they acquire in their majors. Students pursuing the community health minor learn about health care and, specifically, the impact that communities have on health care.
Graduates often pursue employment in an organization focused on health care. Advanced degrees or certifications may be required for academic or clinical positions.
Contact information
Use the contact information below to get in touch if you're a current student or have general questions.
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation
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HLTHN 301
EdsonCollege.advising@asu.edu
602-496-0888
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