Minor in Predictive Health
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
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A minor in Predictive Health requires a total of 21 credits. Only one course may also count toward the major; this includes
cross-listed courses.
Required Courses:
1. HLTH 210/ANT 231 – Introduction to Predictive Health and Society
2. Four of the following courses*:
∙ *HLTH 310/ANT 339 – Defining Health: Biocultural Perspectives
∙ *HLTH 312/ANT 318 – Predicting Life Span Health or HLTH 414 Origins of Health
∙ *HLTH 411/ANT 431 – Many Diseases, Few Causes
∙ HLTH 220 or 221 or 340
∙ HLTH 205 or 240
∙ HLTH 416 or HLTH 440
∙ HLTH 285, 385, 485 – Variable Topics (by approval of the director according to topic);
*Two must be chosen from these three
3. One elective (see below)
4. HLTH 410 – Contemporary Health Challenges
Elective Courses:
A list of approved elective courses can be found below. Other courses taken at Emory or abroad may be considered Predictive Health
minor electives, by petition, if a substantial portion of the course content centers on predictive health issues. Please contact Yvette
Moore in the Center for the Study of Human health for the Petition for Substitution form.
Required Courses
1. HLTH 210/ANT 231 Introduction to Predictive Health and Society
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2. Four of the following Courses (two must be from among these*):
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*HLTH 310/ANT 339 Defining Health: Biocultural Perspectives
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*HLTH 312/ANT 318 Predicting Life Span Health or
*HLTH 414 Origins of Health
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*HLTH 411/ANT 431 Many Diseases, Few Causes
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3. HLTH 410 Contemporary Health Challenges
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4. Elective (3 cu)
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 HLTH 220 Introduction to Nutrition or
 HLTH 221 Contemporary Nutrition or
 HLTH 340 Food, Health and Society
 HLTH 416 Genome, Exposome and Health or
 HLTH 440 Botanical Medicine and Health
 HLTH 205 Integrated Perspectives in Health or
 HLTH 240 Integrative Health
 HLTH 405R Translational Projects in Human Health
 HLTH 285** Variable Topic
 HLTH 385** Variable Topic
 HLTH 485** Variable Topic
**Special topics courses as appropriate by topic; approval required
Revised 02/12/14
Do any of the above courses also count toward your major? If so, please list:
Degree Application
I attest that no more than one of the above courses counted for my Predictive Health Minor requirements also counts for my major.
Student Signature:
Date:
For Department Use Only:
Degree Application approved:
 All requirements completed
Department Signature:
 Pending successful completion of Fall/Spring courses
Date:
Revised 02/12/14
*Elective Courses may include but are not limited to
Predictive Health Minor Elective Courses
Dept
Course
#
Title
AAS
360
Black Child Development
AAS
360
Ethnic Minority Families
ANT
210
Human Biology: Life Cycle Approach
ANT
305
The Human Brain
ANT
314
Behavioral Ecology of Child Care
ANT
321
Anthropology of Human Reproduction
ANT
331
Cross-Cultural Issues in Mental Health
ANT
333
Disease and Human Behavior
ANT
334
Evolutionary Medicine
ANT
336
Anthropology of Emerging Diseases
BIOL
223
Developmental Biology
BIOL
264
Genetics: A Human Perspective
BIOL
352
Epigenetics and Human Disease
BIOL
336
Human Physiology
BIOL
354
Origin and Evolution of the Immune System
BIOL
430
Human Genome Project and Disease
BIOL
455
Immunology and Disease
BIOL
470
Special Topics in Biology: Evolution and Emerging
Diseases
ECON
371
Health Economics
ECON
372
Health Policy and Economics
ENVS
359
Ecology and Evolution of Disease
ENVS
483
Spatial Analysis in Disease Ecology
IDS
385
Special Topics: Disability
NBB
414
Brain and Cognitive Development
POLS
317
Global Human Rights
POLS
349
Politics of Race in the US
PSY
205
Child Development
PSY
215
Cognition
PSY
216
Stress, Coping and Disorder
PSY
218
Infancy
PSY
220
Sensory Processes
PSY
221
Human Sexuality
PSY
302
Human Learning and Memory
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Predictive Health Minor Elective Courses
PSY
309
Brain and Language
PSY
310
Cognitive Development
PSY
313
Neuropsychology: Child Disabilities
PSY
315
Psychology of Family Relationships
PSY
321
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology of Sex
PSY
323
Drugs and Behavior
PSY
335
Cognitive Neuroscience
PSY
350
Behavior Modification
PSY
353
Behavioral Neuroscience
PSY
370
Black Child Development
PSY
383
Neuropsychology and Cognition
PSY
414
Brain and Cognitive Development
PSY
415
Sleep and Dreaming
PSY
420
Psychobiology of Visual Perception
SOC
213
Sociology of the Family
SOC
214
Class/Status/Power
SOC
225
Sociology of Sex and Gender
SOC
230
Sociologic Aspects Health/Illness
SOC
247
Racial and Ethnic Relations
SOC
330
Mental Health and Well-Being
SOC
347
Gender and Global Health
SOC
348
Aging in Society
SOC
360
Ethnic Minority Families
WS
231
Sociology of Sex and Gender
WS
335
Women’s Health: Anthropological and Feminist
Perspectives
WS
347
Gender and Global Health
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Students may petition for inclusion of other health-related courses
Revised 02/12/14