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 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 units]
PH 005: Global and International Public Health [4 units]
BIO 003: To Know Ourselves: Molecular Basis of Health and Disease [4 units]

Statistics Course [4 units]

Complete one statistics course from the following:

MATH 018: Statistics for Scientific Data Analysis [4 units]
PSY 010: Analysis of Psychological Data [4 units] *
* Meets Quantitative Reasoning General Education requirement.

Upper Division Major Requirements [40 Units]

PH 100: Introduction to Epidemiology [4 units]
PH 102: Health Promotion [4 units]
PH 103: Health Communication [4 units]
PH 105: Introduction to US Health Care System [4 units]
PH 108: Health Care in the San Joaquin Valley [4 units]
PH 110: Environmental Health [4 units]
PH 112: Research Methods: Health Services Research and Public Health [4 units]
PH 181: Public Health Research [4 units]

Additional Elective Courses [8 units]

Complete two electives from the following:

PH 104: Health and the Media [4 units]
PH 111: Social Epidemiology [4 units]
PH 113: Latino and Immigrant Health [4 units]
PH 115: Research Methods for Public Health: GIS Mapping [4 units]
PH 125: Emerging Public Health Threats [4 units]
PH 135: Public Health Genetics [4 units]
PH 137: Insects and Public Health [4 units]
PH 185: Introduction to Health and Biomedical Ethics [4 units]
PSY 120: Health Psychology [4 units]
PSY 124: Health Disparities [4 units]
ANTH 120: Introduction to Medical Anthropology [4 units]
ANTH 121: Ethnomedicine [4 units]
BIO 010: Genetics, Stem Cells and Development [4 units]
BIO 060: Nutrition [4 units]
BIO 140: Genetics [4 units]
BIO 161: Human Physiology [5 units]
ECON 145: Health Economics [4 units]

Transfer Students

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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