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Twin Cities Campus
Prevention Science MinorFamily Social Science
College of Education and Human Development
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Prevention Science Program, 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue St Paul, MN 55108 (612-625-1900; fax: 612-625-4227)
Email:
prevsci@umn.edu
Prevention science is defined for the purposes of this program as the scientific study of systematic efforts to reduce the incidence of unhealthy or maladaptive behavior, and to promote health and adaptive behavior in populations across the life span through designing and evaluating interventions, and utilizing knowledge about them more strategically.
The fundamental assumption of this free-standing minor is that future researchers and scholars will be most able to meet the challenges and changes occurring in society and in their chosen professions and disciplines if their training is comprehensive and transdisciplinary.
Prevention science is a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field and this program will increase opportunities for the University's academic researchers to partner with communities to address the complex issues facing society.
Six areas of concentration will be offered. Students will be expected to select one as a major emphasis. Areas of concentration are: 1) promotion of mental health and well being across the life span; 2) interventions in education, health, and social services; 3) social policy; 4) family and community studies (early stage research, needs assessments, action research); 5) methodology; 6) individualized concentration.
For more information about these areas of concentration, visit http://www.cehd.umn.edu/FSoS/programs/minor-ps.asp
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Students must have gained admission to a doctoral degree-granting program, and have prepared a minor program of coursework approved by the director of graduate studies in prevention science. Students are required to make formal application to the program. Doctoral students must apply prior to submitting their graduate degree program in the Graduate Planner and Audit System (GPAS) for approval. Instructions and form can be found at http://www.cehd.umn.edu/FSoS/programs/minor-ps.asp
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
The doctoral minor is developed in consultation with, and should be approved in advance by, the director of graduate studies for prevention science.
The purpose of the minor is to provide students with interdisciplinary training in prevention science; therefore, all students will be required to fulfill the elective requirements for the minor by taking courses outside their major. Courses counting toward a student's major may not be counted toward the minor.
Required Courses
PREV 8001 - Prevention Science: Principles and Practices
(3.0 cr)
or
FSOS 5701 - Prevention Science: Principles and Practices
(3.0 cr)
PREV 8002 - Prevention Science Research Methodology
(3.0 cr)
or
FSOS 5702 - Prevention Science Research Methodology
(3.0 cr)
PREV 8003 - New Topics in Prevention: Implementation and Dissemination
(3.0 cr)
or
FSOS 5703 - New Topics in Prevention: Implementation and Dissemination
(3.0 cr)
ELECTIVE
Elective course from area of concentration (3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Doctoral
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | FSoS 5701/PREV 8001 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |