Minor Requirements
- Core of 16 credits consisting of EHS 270, 331 and 430; MTH 116.
- Two courses from the following: COM 243, ENV 105, PHL 229, POL 141 and SOA 234.
- A four-credit practicum experience in a public health setting is strongly encouraged.
Programs
The Corporation for National and Community Service named Alma College to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in both 2008 and 2009 for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. The Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.
Graduate Profile
Kari Tapley
Graduation: 1999
Major: Communication
Minor: Public Health
Kari St. Bernard Tapley wanted a way to combine her interest in communication with her interest in health. The minor in public health showed her the need for public health programs.
Now a perinatal Hepatitis B surveillance specialist for the Michigan Department of Community Health, she works on reporting and preventing disease in pregnant women.