Public Health, B.S.

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The Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health prepares students for leadership and education roles in community health and other public health careers as well as for graduate study.

Requirements for the Degree

The total number of units required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health is 120 units, of which 55 units are in the major. The Public Health major’s curriculum includes lower and upper-division core courses (46 units) and directed electives (9 units, must select at least 6 units in Public Health).
Consult with an advisor for the specific number of units required in all areas of the degree including GE and free electives. See the Undergraduate Studies: General Information for details about the General Education and other requirements that constitute the units outside the major.
A minimum C grade is required in all courses used to meet major requirements.

Admission Criteria Learning Outcomes Roadmap (2021)

Requirements for the Major (55 units)

Requirements for the Core (46 units)

Lower Division Core Courses (10 units)

PH 1500 - Health and Wellness [3]
One course from the following:
EDFN 1090 - Introduction to Statistics and Data Interpretation [4]
MATH 1090 - Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics, with Lab [4]
One course from the following:
ANTH 1500 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology [3]
PSY 1500 - Introductory Psychology [3]
SOC 2010 - Introduction to Sociology [3]

Upper Division Core Courses (36 units)

PH 3100 - Reading and Writing in Public Health [3]
PH 3110 - Introduction to Community Health [3]
PH 3120 - Introduction to Epidemiology [3]
PH 3130 - Data Analysis for Public Health [3]
PH 3140 - Health Care Delivery System [3]
PH 4140 - General Principles of Environmental Health [3]
PH 4340 - Health Promotion [3]
PH 4370 - Proseminar: Current Issues in Health [3]
PH 4960 - Internship in Public Health [3]
And any three courses (9 units) from the following list:
PH 4150 - Critical Issues in Health Policy [3]
PH 4160 - Public Health Research Methods [3]
PH 4170 - Public Health Administration [3]
PH 4320 - Introduction to International and Global Health [3]
PH 4360 - Introduction to Public Health Communication [3]

Directed Electives (9 units)

Select a total of three courses from the following two lists below. Any courses that have been taken to satisfy the core requirement for this major cannot be double-counted to satisfy the directed electives requirements.

Select two Public Health (PH) courses from the following (6 units)
PH 3750 - Health Disparities in Urban Communities (also listed as CHDV 3750, CLS 3750) [3]
PH 3760 - Issues in Global Health [3]
PH 3780 - Current Issues in Urban Health [3]
PH 3770 - Environmental Justice (also listed as CLS 3770) [3]
PH 4150 - Critical Issues in Health Policy [3]
PH 4160 - Public Health Research Methods [3]
PH 4170 - Public Health Administration [3]
PH 4220 - Vulnerable Populations [3]
PH 4230 - Sexuality and Sexual Health [3]
PH 4240 - Drugs and Health [3]
PH 4260 - Consumer Health [3]
PH 4320 - Introduction to International and Global Health [3]
PH 4360 - Introduction to Public Health Communication [3]
Select one non-PH course from the following (3 units)
AAAS 3510 - Body, Health, and Food Justice in API Communities [3]
ANTH 4440 - Medical Anthropology [3]
CHDV 3210 - Urban Families and Resilience [3]
CHDV 3420 - Development of Sexuality across the Lifespan [3]
CHDV 3470 - Culture and Wellness across the Lifespan [3]
CHDV 4120 - Issues in Child Abuse, Interpersonal Violence [3]
CHDV 4270 - Disability Across the Lifespan [3]
CIS 4110 - Intro Health Informatics [1]
CLS 4180 - Public Health Issues in Latina/o Communities [3]
CLS 4300 - Community-Engaged Research in Chicanx and Latinx Communities [3]
GEOG 3090 - Urban Environmental Pollution [3]
LAS 4490 - Anthropology of Race and Racism (also listed as AAAS 4491, ANTH 4490, CLS 4490) [3]
MGMT 4300 - Leading and Managing in Healthcare Environments [3]
MGMT 4330 - Healthcare Regulations and Ethics [3]
MKT 3950 - Community Based Social Marketing [3]
NTRS 3510 - Adult Nutrition [3]
NTRS 3570 - The Changing Food Supply: Impact on Health [3]
NTRS 4130 - Maternal and Child Nutrition [3]
PSY 4390 - Racial/Ethnic Minority Mental Health [3]
SW 3650 - Social Policy and Aging [3]
SW 3820 - Community Organizing [3]
SW 3850 - Homelessness in Society [3]
SW 4560 - Multidisciplinary Teams, Child Maltreatment, and Family Violence [3]
SOC 4500 - Sociology of Aging [3]
SOC 4560 - Global Aging [3]
SOC 4570 - Women and Aging [3]

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