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2025-2026 Catalog

Public Health, B.S. Four-Year Course Plan


All General Education course options can be found here 

Please Note: This four-year plan serves as a general guide and assumes that all prerequisite requirements have been met prior to each course. Students may need to complete additional prerequisite coursework (MATH 005 , CHEM 001 WRI 001 ) based on placement results or prior preparation. Be sure to consult with your academic advisor to create a personalized plan that aligns with your individual progress and goals.

First Year

Fall Spring
PH 001: Introduction to Public Health   PH 005: Global and International Public Health  
BIO 011: Introduction to Molecular Biology  and BIO 011L   PH 010: Introduction to Biostatistics  
MATH 011: Calculus I   CHEM 002: General Chemistry I  and CHEM 002L  
WRI 010: College Reading and Composition   SPRK 001: Spark Seminar  or  SPRK 010: Spark Seminar  

Second Year

Fall Spring
BIO 012: Introduction to Organismal Biology  and BIO 012L   PH 112: Research Methods: Health Services Research and Public Health  
CHEM 010: General Chemistry II  and CHEM 010L   PH 118: Public Health Nutrition  
PH 100: Introduction to Epidemiology   Lower or Upper Division Elective
General Education: Lower Division Language  Lower or Upper Division Elective

Third Year

Fall Spring
PH 102: Health Promotion   PH 105: Introduction to US Health Care System  
PH 110: Environmental Health   PH 103: Health Communication  
Major Upper Division PH Elective General Education: Upper Division Crossroads
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective

Fourth Year

Fall Spring
PH 185: Introduction to Health and Biomedical Ethics   PH 181: Public Health Research  
Major Upper Division PH Elective Major Upper Division PH Elective
General Education: Upper Division Writing in the Discipline Lower or Upper Division Elective

The four-year plans presented in this sample plan demonstrate the recommended sequencing and timing  of the required and elective components within each major, the assumption each course listed is worth 4 semester units (unless otherwise noted), and that lower and upper division common course GE requirements are maximized in sharing with your major, concentration, and Intellectual Experience Badges.

Completing the 120 units necessary for graduation; should your plan not have a minimum of 120 units planned to be completed, you must add the necessary courses to ensure you complete a minimum of 120 units.

Completing the 120 units necessary for graduation; should your plan not have a minimum of 120 units planned to be completed, you must add the necessary courses to ensure you complete a minimum of 120 units.

All students are expected to work with their academic advisor to find their best pathway through the degree requirements of their chosen program. 

Students must complete three courses in Approaches to Knowledge Area B: Social Science, Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past GE. One course must be Approaches to Knowledge Area B: Social Science GE. Students must complete the remaining two courses from at least two of the other three Approaches to Knowledge Area B areas: Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, & Societies and Cultures of the Past.

Department Notes:

1) First year students should not be allowed to take PH 104.

2) Completing PH 010 or PSY 010 to satisfy the Statistics major requirement will also satisfy the Quantitative Reasoning GE requirement