Public Health (PH)
PH 100 Public Health Biology (Units: 3)
Introduction to public health biology-the biological and molecular context of public health-and its incorporation into public health practice. Exploration of principles of population biology, ecology, and molecular biology in relation to public health problems. (Plus-minus letter grade only.) [Formerly H ED 100]
Course Attributes:
- Environmental Sustainability
PH 120 Educational Justice, Health Equity, and Academic Success (Units: 3)
Focus on educational justice, public health, and social justice. General education skills -- writing, oral communication, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning -- will be systematically reinforced. (Plus-minus letter grade only)
(This course is offered as PH 120 [Formerly H ED 120] and ETHS 120 [Formerly A U 120]. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019
- C2: Humanities
- Social Justice
- Global Perspectives
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
PH 200 Global Health (Units: 3)
Health around the world, including economic, political, and sociocultural factors that influence community health and health care. Linkages between health, human rights, the environment, and a colonial legacy. [Formerly H ED 200]
Course Attributes:
- D1: Social Sciences
- Global Perspectives
- E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019
- Social Justice
PH 210 Personal and Social Determinants of Health (Units: 3)
Personal and social determinants of health through the examination of the role individuals play in their own health and wellbeing, along with the impact of social, structural factors that play a role both in individual and community health. [Formerly H ED 210]
Course Attributes:
- E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019
- D1: Social Sciences
- Social Justice
PH 221 Health and Social Justice - Burning Issues, Taking Action (Units: 3)
Social and economic injustices as root causes of the uneven distribution of disease. Current health issues, the process for influencing policy, and the skills to effectively advocate for health and social justice.
(This course is offered as PH 221 [Formerly H ED 221] and ETHS 221 [Formerly A U 221]. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- D1: Social Sciences
PH 241 Health and Social Movements in the United States in the 20th Century (Units: 3)
Examination of history during the 20th century with a special emphasis on health and social justice issues. Focus on the main historical periods and events, with a lens of the "people's history narrative" that brings out voices historically silenced.
(This course is offered as PH 241 [Formerly H ED 241] and ETHS 241 [Formerly A U 241]. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
- U.S. History
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- D2: Social Sciences: US Hist.
PH 280 Empowering Poor Families to Graduate Out of Poverty (Units: 3)
College success course (self-directed). Consciousness and critical thinking skills. Participation in fieldwork addressing social justice related to wealth/poverty-health-human relation constructs/leadership in areas of education and community health. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. [CSL may be available]
(This course is offered as PH 280 [Formerly H ED 280] and COUN 280. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
PH 290 Promoting Positive Health (Units: 3)
Embodied learning to promote physical, mental, spiritual, and community health through yoga, dance, drawing, writing, collage, poetry, and photography. Multicultural experience, active, creative participation and intellectual pursuit as tools to improve flexibility and understanding, and to unlearn and heal oppression. [Formerly H ED 290]
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
- E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019
- C1: Arts
PH 303 Health Disparities and Sexual and Gender Minority Communities: LGBTQI Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or consent of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-D: Social Sciences
PH 305 Critical History of Public Health in the United States (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- U.S. History
- Social Justice
PH 315 Drugs and Society (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or consent of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
- Global Perspectives
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- UD-D: Social Sciences
PH 320 Contemporary Sexuality (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or consent of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-B: Physical Life Science
- E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019
- Social Justice
PH 400GW Community Assessment in Public Health - GWAR (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division Health Education majors; GE Area A2; concurrent enrollment in PH 405 and PH 425. Exceptions to concurrent enrollment requirement by consent of an advisor.
Course Attributes:
- Graduation Writing Assessment
PH 405 Introduction to Community/Public Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to Health Education majors and minors; must be taken concurrently with PH 400GW and PH 425; or consent of an advisor.
PH 410 Organization and Function of Health Services (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of the instructor.
PH 414 Women's Health - Problems and Issues (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or consent of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
- UD-D: Social Sciences
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
PH 415 Health Aspects of Aging (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division standing; GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; or consent of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
- UD-D: Social Sciences
- E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019
PH 420 Epidemiology (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to Health Education majors and minors.
PH 425 Introduction to Research and Statistics in Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division Health Education majors; MATH 124* or equivalent; concurrent enrollment in PH 400GW* and PH 405*; or consent of an advisor.
PH 430 Community Health Education Theory (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to Health Education majors; PH 400GW* with a grade of C or better.
PH 431 Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to Health Education majors; PH 400GW*, PH 425*, and PH 430* with grades of C or better.
PH 434 Geographies of Health and Health Care (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of the instructor.
(This course is offered as GEOG 434 and PH 434 [Formerly H ED 434]. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
PH 450 Policy Issues in Health Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to Health Education majors and minors.
PH 455 Community Organizing and Community Building for Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted upper-division standing; GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; or consent of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
- E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019
- Social Justice
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- Environmental Sustainability
PH 480 Fieldwork and Reflective Seminar (Units: 9)
Prerequisites: Restricted to Health Education majors; PH 400GW*, PH 425*, PH 430*, and PH 431* with grades of C or better.
PH 520 Structural Oppression and Social Foundations of Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to upper-division Health Education majors.
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
PH 640 Structural Inequities and Public Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division standing; GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; or consent of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- UD-D: Social Sciences
PH 655 Environmental Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to upper-division Health Education majors.
PH 665 Community Based Participatory Research in Public Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of the instructor.
PH 670 Principles of Peer Health Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
PH 671 Practice of Peer Health Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: PH 670.
PH 685 Projects in the Teaching of Public Health (Units: 1-4)
Prerequisites: Advanced undergraduate standing in Health Education and approval of the supervising instructor and department/program; grade of B or better in course in which student will be an instructional aide.
PH 688 Neoliberalism and Public Health Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students and upper-division undergraduate students or consent of the instructor.
PH 699 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of the instructor.
PH 785 Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Health Education (Units: 1-4)
Prerequisites: Graduate student in good academic standing; subject matter mastery in course for which student will serve as a teaching assistant; consent of the instructor.
PH 810 Public Health and Principles of Community Organizing (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to Master of Public Health students.
PH 811 Community Health Education Skills ePortfolio (Unit: 1)
Prerequisite: PH 830.
PH 815 Theories of Social Behavioral Change in Community Health Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
PH 820 Community Health Assessment (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: PH 810, PH 815, PH 884, with grades of B or better; concurrent enrollment in PH 821*.
PH 821 Public Health Profession Practice (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: PH 810, PH 815, and PH 884 with grades of B or better; concurrent enrollment in PH 820*.
PH 822 Advanced Public Health Profession Practice (Units: 3)
Theory and practice in the implementation of a community health assessment. Continue to build a solid understanding of working in teams to implement a community health assessment. (Plus-minus letter grade only) [CSL may be available] [Formerly H ED 822]PH 825 Epidemiology (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: PH 828 and PH 829 with grades of B or higher.
PH 828 Biostatistics Lab (Unit: 1)
Prerequisites: Restricted to Master of Public Health students.; an inferential statistics course; concurrent enrollment in PH 829.
PH 829 Biostatistics and Public Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to Master of Public Health students; concurrent enrollment in PH 828.
PH 830 Health Education Planning, Management, and Administration for Community Change (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to Master of Public Health students; PH 822.
PH 835 Public Health Policy (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to Master of Public Health students.
PH 840 Program Evaluation Design and Research (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: PH 830.
PH 845 Educational Processes, Training, and Curricula in Public Health (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to Master of Public Health students.
PH 855 Environmental Health (Unit: 1)
Prerequisite: Master of Public Health students or consent of the instructor.
PH 884 Seminar in Applied Community Health Education Research (Units: 2)
Prerequisites: Restricted to Master of Public Health students; concurrent enrollment in PH 810 and PH 815.
PH 890 Master of Public Health Culminating Experience Seminar (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Graduate student in the Master of Public Health program; minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA; approved ATC and CE proposal forms; previous or concurrent completion of any remaining coursework required for Master of Public Health degree.
PH 895 Applied Research Project in Community Health Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: PH 825 and PH 830; 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA; consent of the instructor and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. Previous or concurrent completion of any remaining required Master of Public Health coursework.
PH 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Consent of a Health Education graduate adviser.