Public Health, B.A.

In addition to adhering to General Education and School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Requirements , the Public Health major requires at least 56 units courses. Courses in the major must be taken for a letter grade, and specifically may not be taken on a pass/no pass basis unless the course is only offered on a pass/no pass basis.

Lower Division Major Requirements [16 Units]

PH 001: Introduction to Public Health [4.0 units]
BIO 003: To Know Ourselves: Molecular Basis of Health and Disease [4.0 units]
PH 005: Global and International Public Health [4.0 units]

One lower division statistics course from the following:

MATH 018: Statistics for Scientific Data Analysis [4.0 units]
PSY 010: Analysis of Psychological Data [4.0 units] *
* Meets Quantitative Reasoning General Education requirement.

Upper Division Major Requirements [40 Units]

PH 100: Introduction to Epidemiology [4.0 units]
PH 102: Health Promotion [4.0 units]
PH 103: Health Communication [4.0 units]
PH 105: Introduction to US Health Care System [4.0 units]
PH 110: Environmental Health [4.0 units]

One research methods course for Public Heath

PH 111: Social Epidemiology [4.0 units]
PH 112: Research Methods: Health Services Research and Public Health [4.0 units]
PH 115: Research Methods for Public Health: GIS Mapping [4.0 units]

Complete the following service/research courses:

PH 108: Health Care in the San Joaquin Valley [4.0 units]
PH 181: Public Health Research [4.0 units]

Complete two electives from the following:

Please Consult a SSHA Advisor, the SSHA Advising website (ssha-advising.ucmerced.edu) or MyAudit for the most updated list.

PH 104: Health and the Media [4.0 units]
PH 113: Latino and Immigrant Health [4.0 units]
PH 125: Emerging Public Health Threats [4.0 units]
PH 135: Public Health Genetics [4.0 units]
PH 137: Insects and Public Health [4.0 units]
PH 185: Introduction to Health and Biomedical Ethics [4.0 units]
PSY 147: Health Psychology [4.0 units]
PSY 124: Health Disparities [4.0 units]
ANTH 120: Introduction to Medical Anthropology [4.0 units]
ANTH 121: Ethnomedicine [4.0 units]
BIO 010: Genetics, Stem Cells and Development [4.0 units]
BIO 060: Nutrition [4.0 units]
BIO 140: Genetics [4.0 units]
BIO 161: Human Physiology [5.0 units]
ECON 145: Health Economics [4.0 units]

Transfer Students

The Public Health major is not available to incoming transfer students until the 2016-2017 school-year. Transfer students who wish to major in Public Health should complete the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) at their community college. Transfer students may not be admitted to the Public Health major without specific major preparation. Please contact the Office of Admissions for current information.

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