Integrative Health Minor

Program Overview

Integrative Health is a whole person approach to health. It is the true integration of traditional medical care, complementary care and self-care. Major health systems, such as the Veterans Administration, are switching to an Integrative Model of care as a way to enhance the patient experience, reduce costs, improve health outcomes and reduce provider burnout. Integrative health represents a transformation of our current way of thinking about health. Integrative health focuses on promoting health and prevention of disease instead of a model of healthcare that focuses on disease management.

Be part of the transformation of healthcare by enrolling in the minor in Integrative Health. No application required.

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Curriculum

The Integrative Health minor involves nine credits of required courses and six credits of electives selected from the areas of mindfulness, behavior change, yoga, and integrative nutrition and herbalism.

Fifteen credits must include the following:

• HLTH 2010* Intro to Integrative Health  – 3 credits
• HLTH 3010 Science and Evidence in CAM – 3 credits
• HLTH/ENVS 2070 SU: Human Health and the Environment – 3 credits 

Six credits from at least two areas in the following list (with a maximum of 3 one-credit courses in a single area):

Mindfulness/Mind and Body

• HLTH 2370 Mindful Eating
• HLTH 1990 Mindfulness-based Health and Wellness

Behavior Change

• HLTH 1980* Restore, Rejuvenate, Energize
• COMU 1010 Healthy Brains, Healthy Bodies
• COMU 2250 The Science of Happiness
• HSCI 2300 Health Promotion

Travel/Global Health

• HLTH 270: SU Iceland: Exploring Therapeutic Effects of Icelandic Thermal Springs
• HLTH 3100 Mexico: Health and Culture in Oaxaca
• ANTH 2170 D2: Culture, Health and Healing
• HLTH 2760 Greece: Health, Culture, Sustainability in the Mediterranean

Inclusion/Diversity

• HSCI 1200: D1 Anti-Racism and Health
• HLTH 2600: D1 Racism and Health Disparities

Health/Environment

• NURS 3000 SU: Health and Sustainability (For nursing majors only.)

Yoga/Movement

• PEAC 1006 Yoga and Mindfulness
• PEAC 1100 Yoga and the Chakras
• PEAC 1008 Introduction to Yoga 
• PEAC 1009 Restorative Yoga

Integrative Nutrition and Herbalism

• PSS 2990 Special Topics: Plant-Based Healing Medicine
• NFS 1990 Cooking for Health
• NFS 2114 / FS 2030 Human Health in the Food System

Independent Study Options

• HLTH 3993 Integrative Health Independent Study
• HLTH 3994 Integrative Health Teaching Assistantship

*HLTH 2010 is an online class and has a recommended interactive lab, HLTH 1980, which is a face-to-face class.

See the UVM Course Directory for descriptions and availability.

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