Xavier University of Louisiana Exchange Program (Domestic)

Administrative Office

Campion Hall, Room B10

Phone: (415) 422-2684

Email: degrange@usfca.edu

Suzette DeGrange, Senior Associate Director for Multicultural Recruitment and Retention

USF has a domestic student exchange agreement with Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically black, Roman Catholic college in New Orleans, Louisiana. Xavier University offers a menu of colleges and majors similar to those at USF; its student body and faculty are predominantly African-American. The program is designed to enhance the cultural, intellectual and racial diversity of both USF and Xavier University of Louisiana, as well as to strengthen the learning experiences at both institutions and to more fully prepare participating students for lives and leadership roles in a multicultural world.

The program is open to all USF students with at least sophomore standing and a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. Student exchanges are held during Spring semester only. Students register for the coursework taken at Xavier University through USF, so the units and grades completed apply fully to their USF degree requirements. Housing and meal plans are available through Xavier University.

Interested students can get more information from Multicultural Recruitment and Retention in the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Lone Mountain 203, x2684.

Health Studies Interdisciplinary Minor

Requirements

The Minor in Health Studies requires 20 units. All students take Communicating about Health (0156-352) and The Science of Life (0201-100). Then students fulfill their unit requirement by choosing three (3) courses from the elective options below.

Required Courses (8 units)

• COMS - 352 Communicating about Health

One of the following:

• BIOL - 100 The Science of Life
• BIOL - 108 Biology of Human Aging OR
• Upper Division Biology or Chemistry Course (with approval of Minor Director)

Elective Courses (12 Units)

• SOC - 319 Health and Environment
• PSYC - 322 Health Psychology
• PSYC - 270 Biological Psychology
• HS - 301 Death and Dying: Exploring New Paradigms
• COMS - 368 Communication and Aging
• COMS - 370 Message Design and Health Interaction
• COMS - 372 Communication, Disability, and Social Justice
• ESS - 110 Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology
• ESS - 325 Exercise and Disease Prevention
• ESS - 330 Exercise and Health Promotion