Director of Health-Related Programs: Todd McBride

The mission of the Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree program is to produce graduates with current and accurate knowledge in the public health discipline who will be strong advocates for public health, and who will help to resolve current issues in public health locally and nationally, and will promote strategies for community and individual wellness.

Program Description

The B.S. in Public Health serves students who are interested in pursuing careers in the area of public health. The program prepares students to plan, implement and evaluate public health programs and to appraise a wide variety of health and human services programs related to public health issues.

Graduates of this program will be qualified for employment in areas of both public and private health and human services agencies (city, county, state, national), hospitals, schools, corporations, and nonprofit or professional public health consulting organizations. Prerequisite for the program is to be a CSUB student in good academic standing.

The Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Health curriculum includes an interdisciplinary set of specific courses designed to provide students with a foundation in Public Health and Health related fields of study. This degree is not intended for pre-medical or similar areas of pre-professional study. Students seeking a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Public Health must complete the following:

Course List

Code	Title	Units
General Education Requirements
Subject Area 1A: English Composition		3
Subject Area 1B: Critical Thinking		3
Subject Area 1C: Oral Communication		3
Subject Area 2: Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning 4		0
Subject Area 3A: Arts		3
Subject Area 3B: Humanities		3
Upper Division 3 Arts or Humanities: (3UD)		3
Subject Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences 4		0
Subject Area 4/American Institutions: American & Constitutional Ideals 4		3
Upper Division 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences: (4UD) 4		0
Subject Area 5A: Physical Science 4		0
Subject Area 5B: Biological Sciences 4		0
Subject Area 5C: Laboratory 4		0
Upper Division 5 Science: (5UD) 4		0
Subject Area 6: Ethnic Studies		3
General Education Subtotal		24
Campus Requirements
First-Year Seminar (FYS)		2
American Institutions: History		3
Junior Year Diversity & Reflection (JYDR) 4		0
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)		3
Capstone 4		0
Campus Requirements Subtotal		8
Core Requirements 1
Lower Division Core
BIOL 1009	Perspectives in Biology	3
BIOL 2210	Human Anatomy	4
BIOL 2220	Human Physiology	4
BIOL 2600	Current Health Problems	3
CHEM 1000 & CHEM 1001	Foundations of Chemistry and Foundations of Chemistry Laboratory 3 & 6	4
or CHEM 1003	Foundations of Chemistry for Healthcare Professionals
KINE 1018	Lifetime Fitness	2
MATH 2200	Introduction to Statistical Concepts and Methods	4
or KINE 2018	Introduction to Statistics for Health Sciences
or PSYC 2018	Introduction to Statistical Methods in Psychological Research
or SOC 2208	Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences
SOC 1008	Introduction to Sociology	3
PH 2000	Introduction to Public Health 5	3
PH 2020	Health Communication 5	3
Upper Division Core (10 Courses) 5
KINE 3118	Epidemiology and Wellness 5	3
PH 3110	Health Promotion and Theory 5	3
PH 3218	Health Equity 5	3
PH 3310	Community Needs Assessment and Program Planning 5	3
PH 3410	Health Policy 5	3
PH 3510	Environmental Health 3	3
PH 4010	Data Analysis in Public Health 5	3
PH 4110	Research Methods 5	3
PH 4918	Senior Seminar in Public Health 5	3
HCA/PPA 4250	U.S. Health Care System: Then and Now 5	3
Pre-Approved Electives
Select 18 units of the following pre-approved courses: 2		18
ANTH 1318	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ART 2708	Art of the Americas
BIOL 2010	Introductory Biology - Cells
BIOL 2230	Microbiology
BIOL 2240	Principles of Nutrition
BIOL 3210	Human Ecology
BIOL 3220	Human Pathophysiology
BIOL 3318	Revolutionary Ideas in Human Biology
BIOL 3440	Virology
BIOL 4200	Medical Microbiology
CAFS 1100	Introduction to Child, Adolescent & Family Studies
CAFS 2080	Child, Family, and Community
COMM 3058	Intercultural Communication
COMM 3070	Health Communication
COMM 3089	Communication and the Environment
ECON 3108	Economics of Health and Health Care
ECON 3508	Environmental Economics
ERM 3010	Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health Management
ERM 3020	Advanced Occupational Safety and Health Management
ERM 3100	Hazardous Materials Management
ERM 3200	Industrial Hygiene Fundamental
ERM 4110	Environmental Law I
ETHS 1308	Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies
ETHS 1408	Introduction to Black Studies
ETHS 1508	Introduction to Chicana/o/x Studies
ETHS 2200	Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
ETHS 3200	Research Methods for Ethnic Studies
ETHS 3210	Race and Resistance in the Digital World
ETHS 3220	Introduction to Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies
ETHS 3240	Neoliberalism
ETHS 3410	The Black Sport Experience
ETHS 3420	Afrofuturism: in Search of the Black Fantastic
ETHS 3430	The History and Influence of Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture
ETHS 3440	Blacks in American Society
ETHS 3450	Black Popular Culture
ETHS 3460	Black Queer Culture and History
ETHS 3490	Black Power and Politics: From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
HCA 4260	Marketing in Health and Human Services
HCA 5360	CQI in Health, Human Services, and Nonprofits
HIST 4528	Plagues and Public Health: Epidemiology and Society since 1800
KINE 3340	Child and Adolescent Physical Activity and Health
KINE 4160	Exercise and Aging
KINE 4170	Worksite Health Promotion
KINE 4220	Behavioral Aspects of Physical Activity and Exercise
MATH 3210	Applied Statistical Computing and Multivariate Methods
PH 3510	Environmental Health
PH 3610	Drug and Alcohol
PH 4010	Data Analysis in Public Health
PH 4130	Social Epidemiology
PH 4620	Health of California's Central Valley
PHIL 1319	Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 2329	Sexual Ethics
PHIL 3368	Environmental Philosophy
PHIL 3548	Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality
PLSI 1018	American Government and Politics
PLSI 1020	World Politics
PLSI 3248	Women in Politics
PPA 3000	Public Management & Leadership
PPA 3408	Policy Networks
PPA 4038	The Public Policy-Making Process
PPA 4190	Aging Services Administration
PSYC 2250	Lifespan Development
PSYC 3260	Social Psychology
PSYC 3420	Family Psychology and Development
PSYC 3430	Adults in Later Life
PSYC 3528	Personhood
PSYC 3610	Psychology of Diversity
PSYC 3620	Psychological Aspect of Human Sexuality
PSYC 4320	Mental Health and Aging
PSYC 4340	Health Psychology
PSYC 4610	Psychology of Women
PSYC 4620	Psychology of Intergroup Relations
RS 2900	Exploring Religion
RS 3608	Religious Literacy for the Professions
SOC 1018	Critical Thinking and Contemporary Social Problem
SOC 2300	Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 2400	Sex and Gender Issues
SOC 3008	Social Psychology
SOC 3070	Cultural Sociology
SOC 3080	Popular Culture
SOC 3090	Sociology Through Films
SOC 3300	Cultural and Social Geography
SOC 3310	Racial and Ethnic Dynamics in the United States
SOC 3320	Black Experiences in the United States
SOC 3330	The Indigenous Experience in the Modern Americas
SOC 3340	Cultural Diversity in U.S. Schools
SOC 3350	Asian-American Experiences in the United States
SOC 3360	The Latino Experiences in the United States
SOC 3408	Gender and Society
SOC 3420	Chicana Experiences
SOC 3500	Family and Society
SOC 3510	Childhood and Society
SOC 3520	Older Adults in Society
SOC 4008	Society and the Natural Environment
SOC 4620	Sociology of Health and Wellness
SOC 4630	Sociology of Medicine
SOC 4640	Sociology of Happiness
SOC 4650	Neighborhood and Housing Segregation
Major Subtotal		81
Additional Units Needed Towards Graduation		7
Total Units		120

¹

A minimum GPA for these 79-80 units is 2.0.

²

6 units must be upper division; (substitutions may be allowed with pre-approval).

³

A modification to the standard GE program has been approved that allows the possibility of satisfying some GE requirements through the major:

• 5A/5C is satisfied if you completedCHEM 1000 Foundations of Chemistry and CHEM 1001 Foundations of Chemistry Laboratory.
• 5A is satisfied if you have completed CHEM 1003 Foundations of Chemistry for Healthcare Professionals.
• 5B/5C is satisfied by BIOL 1009 Perspectives in Biology.
• The units for Area 5 can range from 0-3 depending on which CHEM course the student selects.

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Several major courses (19-20 units) double count with the General Education and Campus Requirements

• Subject Area 2 is satisfied by MATH 2200 Introduction to Statistical Concepts and Methods, PSYC 2018 Introduction to Statistical Methods in Psychological Research, KINE 2018 Introduction to Statistics for Health Sciences or SOC 2208 Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences
• Area 4 is satisfied by PSYC 1018 Explorations in Psychology.
• Upper Division Area 4UD is met by PHIL 3118 Philosophy in Literature and Film or KINE 3118 Epidemiology and Wellness.
• Upper Division Area 5 is not required.
• Upper Division Area 4UD is met by KINE 3118 Epidemiology and Wellness.
• Students are waived from UD area of their program.
• Some major requirements may be used to satisfy Campus Requirements.
• JYDR is satisfied by PH 3218 Health Equity.
• Capstone is incorporated into PH 4918 Senior Seminar in Public Health.

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Public Health majors must achieve a C- or higher in all major courses (PH 2000, PH 2020, KINE 3118, PH 3110, PH 3218, PH 3310, PH 3410, PH 3510, PH 4010, PH 4110, HCA 4250, PH 4918). If the student achieves lower than a C-, they will be required to repeat the course for graduation.

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CHEM courses could have a range of 4-6 units depending of selection: CHEM 1000 Foundations of Chemistry(3) & CHEM 1001 Foundations of Chemistry Laboratory(2)  OR CHEM 1003 Foundations of Chemistry for Healthcare Professionals.