One Health Minor

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Admissions Standards/Procedures

The One Health minor is available to any degree-seeking student who is in good academic standing with the UT Graduate School, with the consent of the student’s major professor.

Credit Hours Required

10 graduate credit hours.

Required Courses

The minor consists of 10 graduate credit hours (three from each of categories 1 and 2 and four from category 4) in three areas of focus as detailed below. Courses chosen within categories must be diversified among colleges (i.e., the selected courses should not all be from within the same college).

• Category 1: Communication and Leadership (3 credit hours)

  This category introduces students to the importance of communicating scientific information by gaining skills in oral communication and leadership. Select one course.

• ALEC 520 - Leadership Development in Organizations and Community Nonprofit
• ALEC 522 - Supervisory Leadership
• ALEC 535 - Communicating in Agriculture and Natural Resources
• ALEC 551 - Servant Leadership
• CMST 554 - Organizational Communication, Strategic Leadership, and Culture
• SOWK 503 - Introduction to Interpersonal Social Work Practice

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• Category 2: Translation of Evidence to Policy (3 credit hours)

  This category allows students to gain knowledge in analyzing and understanding public policy and its impact on One Health at the national and global levels. Select one course.

• NURS 612 - Health and Healthcare Policy
• POLS 556 - Policy Analysis
• POLS 549 - Environmental Policy
• POLS 551 - Energy Policy
• POLS 514 - Research Design and Methodology in Public Administration
• PUBH 555 - Health and Society
• SOWK 510 - Social Welfare Policy and Programs
• SOWK 511 - Introduction to Macro Social Work Practice

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• Category 3: One Health (4 credit hours total)

  This category prepares students to explore and respond to One Health issues at both a local and global level. Select from the following courses.

• CEM 506 - One Health
• PUBH 510 - Environmental Health
• SOWK 540 - General Topics in Social Work
• Topics classes, Study abroad classes that address One Health issues, as approved by the CEM Director of Graduate Studies (3 credit hours)
• Journal Club that addresses One Health issues, as approved by the CEM Director of Graduate Studies (1 credit hour)

Non-Course Requirements

Graduate Committee

• The student’s graduate committee (as listed on the Admission to Candidacy) must include at least one member who is affiliated with One Health (teaches one of the courses in the minor or is active in One Health initiatives), as approved by the student’s major professor and the CEM Director of Graduate Studies.

Admission to Candidacy

• When application is made to the Graduate School for admission to candidacy, the minor and the courses required for the minor must be indicated.

Students who do not complete the requirements of the minor will still receive academic credit for the courses they have successfully completed.