Program: B.S., Public Health
Overview
The B.S. in Public Health Program is intended to prepare students with the skills needed to understand how to plan, implement and evaluate the educational components of health and human service programs. Public, voluntary and proprietary health and human service agencies, hospitals, organizations, industry and professional consulting firms that provide services to various governmental and private organizations employ graduates of Public Health. Appropriate advisement provides students flexibility in the selection for various health education career opportunities. These opportunities include health promotion, school health education, community health education and health education generalist.
Program Requirements
Lower Division Required Courses (26 units)
BIOL 101/L General Biology and Lab (3/1) (Meets G.E. Natural Sciences)
BIOL 211/212 Human Anatomy and Lab (2/1)(Meets G.E.)
or EOH 353 Global Perspectives of Environmental Health (3)
BIOL 281 Human Physiology (3)
CHEM 100 Principles of Chemistry (3) (Meets G.E. Natural Sciences)
HSCI 237 Introduction to Health Education (3)
MATH 140 Introductory Statistics (4) (Meets G.E. Mathematics)
PSY 150 Introduction to Psychology (3) (Meets G.E. Social Sciences)
SOC 150 Introductory Sociology (3) (Meets G.E. Social Sciences)
Upper Division Health Sciences Department Core (10 units)
HSCI 390/L Biostatistics and Lab (3/1)
HSCI 488 Epidemiology: Study of Disease (3)
Select one of the following:
HSCI 345 Public Health Issues (3)
HSCI 314 Organization and Delivery of Health Services (3)
Required Public Health Core Courses (24)
ENGL 306 Report Writing (3)
HSCI 391 Computer Applications in Health Science (3)
HSCI 431 Health Behavior (3)
HSCI 437 Strategies for Making Health Decisions (3)
HSCI 439 Community Health Action (3)
HSCI 441 Community Health Education (3)
HSCI 445 Senior Seminar in Health Education (3)
HSCI 494/IN Academic Internship (2/1)
Health Science Electives (15 units)
Select up to 15 units from the following, with Public Health Advisor approval:
HSCI 231 Women and Health (3)
HSCI 335 Holistic Health (3)
HSCI 336 Health Aspects of Drug Use (3)
HSCI 337 Nutrition and Health (3)
HSCI 433 Counseling of Health Problems (3)
HSCI 435 Health Science for Children and Youth (3)
HSCI 436 Health Concerns of Adolescents (3)
HSCI 438 International Health (3)
HSCI 440 Family Health (3)
HSCI 442 Health, Culture, and Diversity (3)
Total Units Required in Major: 75
Required Lower Division General Education: 30
(not overlapping with major/includes Title 5)
Required Upper Division General Education: 6
(not overlapping with major)
Required Additional Units: 9
Total Units Required for the B.S. Degree: 120
Contact
Chair: Anita M. Slechta
Jacaranda Hall (JD) 2500
(818) 677-3101
hhd.csun.edu/hsci
Student Learning Outcomes
Students in the Public Health program will:
- Demonstrate knowledge of public health and health education program planning, theories of health behavior, change assessment and intervention, and multicultural influences impacting the delivery of public health interventions.
- Apply knowledge and skills necessary of program planning, implementation and evaluation of health education programs in a variety of practice settings.
- Demonstrate a mastery of biostatistical and epidemiological methods appropriate to the public health practice.