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Catalog: 2018-2019 University Catalog Program: Public Health, General Studies Concentration, B.S.

Public Health, General Studies Concentration, B.S.

Bachelor of Science in Public Health*

(120 UNITS)

The Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health prepares students for careers across a broad spectrum of health-related careers, as well as for those who seek quality preparation for advanced study. Through required coursework, students develop skills and knowledge in environmental health, epidemiology, health systems, program planning, and data analysis and research.

The degree requires 48 units in the major, all of which must be completed with a “C-” (1.7) or better, and must be taken on an Option 1 (letter grade) basis.

Prerequisites (6 units)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

HESC 101 - Personal Health (3)

HESC 201 - Introduction to Public Health (3)

Core Requirements (28 units)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

HESC 320 - Concepts in Public Health (3)

Prerequisites: HESC major, non-freshman

HESC 349 - Measurement and Statistics in Health Science (3)

Prerequisite: non-freshman; completion of G.E. Category A.1 or A.2

HESC 349L - Applied Measurement and Statistics in Health Science (1)

Prerequisite: HESC 349, health science major.

HESC 400 - Program Design in Kinesiology and Health Promotion (3)

Prerequisites: HESC 320 or minor in Health Science.

HESC 401 - Epidemiology (3)

Prerequisites: HESC 320 and HESC 349 or KNES 349 or SOCI 303.

HESC 402 - Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System (3)

Prerequisite: HESC 320.

HESC 411 - Promoting Health in Diverse Populations (3)

Prerequisite: HESC 220; or minor in Health Science or Pre-Health Professions; or graduate standing.

HESC 415 - Environmental Health (3)

Prerequisites: HESC 320 or minor in Health Science.

HESC 475 - Health Science Planning, Research and Evaluation (3)

Prerequisites: HESC 320, HESC 349, HESC 401.

HESC 495 - Internship in Health Science (3)

Prerequisites: HESC 320, all HESC 400-level classes except 475; senior standing.

Concentrations (18 units)

General Studies Concentration (18 units)

The B.S. in Public Health, General Studies Concentration provides a foundational undergraduate public health education that can be tailored to the specific interests of students and allows for exploring the multiple dimensions of public health.

Required (9 units)

Any 400-level Health Science (HESC) course not used to fulfill core requirements.

Electives (9 units)

Any 300- or 400-level Health Science (HESC) courses not used to fulfill core requirements or required concentration courses may be used to fulfill 9 units of electives. Up to three units from other departments, listed below, may be used to fulfill elective requirements.

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

AFAM 304 - Black Families in America (3)

Prerequisite: SOCI 101 or completion of G.E. Category D.1.

AMST 438 - American Minds: Images of Sickness and Health (3)

Prerequisites: Completion of G.E. Category D.2 or Category D.3 or graduate standing.

ANTH 308 - Culture and Aging: Anthropological Gerontology (3)

Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

ANTH 315 - Culture and Nutrition (3)

Prerequisite: ANTH 101, ANTH 102.

ANTH 322 - Human Behavioral Ecology (3)

Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category B.2.

ANTH 342 - Anthropology and Health (3)

Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category B.1 or B.2 and D.1.

ASAM 340 - Asian American Communication (3)

Prerequisites: junior or senior standing and completion of G.E. Category D.1.

ASAM 342 - Asian Pacific American Families (3)

Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

ASAM 346 - Asian American Psychology (3)

Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

BIOL 300 - Environmental Biology and Sustainability (3)

Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category B.2.

BIOL 302 - General Microbiology (5)

Prerequisites: Biology majors: BIOL 251 and BIOL 253L, or BIOL 273; BIOL 252 and BIOL 254L, or BIOL 274; CHEM 120B. Biochemistry majors: BIOL 151 or BIOL 172; BIOL 251 or BIOL 273; CHEM 120B. All other majors: BIOL 151 or BIOL 172; BIOL 152 or BIOL 171; BIOL 251 or BIOL 273; CHEM 120B. All prerequisites must be completed with a “C” (2.0) or better.

BIOL 305 - Human Heredity and Development (3)

Prerequisite: Completion of G.E.Category B.2.

BIOL 306 - Biology of Aging (3)

Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category B.2.

BIOL 360 - Biology of Human Sexuality (3)

Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category B.2.

CHEM 311 - Nutrition and Disease (3)

Prerequisite: BIOL 101 or CHEM 111.

CHEM 313A - Environmental Pollution and Its Solutions: Air Pollution (1)

Prerequisites: completion of G.E. Categories A, B, C.3, D.

CHEM 313B - Environmental Pollution and Its Solutions: Water Pollution (1)

Prerequisites: completion of G.E. Categories A, B, C.3, D.

CHEM 313C - Environmental Pollution and Its Solutions: Land Pollution (1)

Prerequisites: completion of G.E. Categories A, B, C.3, D.

CHEM 429 - Medicinal Chemistry (3)

Prerequisite: CHEM 301A, CHEM 301B.

CHEM 435 - Chemistry of Hazardous Materials (3)

Prerequisite: CHEM 301B.

CHEM 438 - Environmental Biochemistry (3)

Prerequisite: CHEM 301B.

CHEM 480T - Topics in Contemporary Chemistry (1-3)

Prerequisite: junior or senior standing in chemistry.

CHIC 305 - Chicana/o Families (3)

Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

COMD 345 - Communication and Aging (3)

Prerequisite: HCOM 100.

GEOG 321 - Nature and Society (3)

Prerequisites: completion of G.E. Category D.1.

KNES 348 - Physiology of Exercise (3)

Prerequisites: junior or senior standing; KNES 191A/BIOL 191A or KNES 210/BIOL 210. Pre- or corequisite: KNES 202, KNES 200 or KNES 365.

KNES 351 - Principles of Strength and Conditioning (3)

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing; KNES 348, KNES 360.

KNES 432 - Applied Exercise Psychology (3)

Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing and KNES 383; or graduate standing

KNES 454 - Physical Dimensions of Aging (3)

Prerequisites: junior or senior standing; 6 upper-division KNES units or 6 units from GERO 133 (cross listed with HUSR 133, PSYC 133, SOCI 133), BIOL 306, PSYC 362, SOCI 443; or graduate standing.

PHIL 314 - Medical Ethics (3)

Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

PSYC 312 - The Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior (3)

Prerequisite: PSYC 101.

PSYC 341 - Abnormal Psychology (3)

Prerequisite: PSYC 101 .

PSYC 351 - Social Psychology (3)

Prerequisite: PSYC 101.

PSYC 362 - Psychology of Aging (3)

Prerequisite: PSYC 101.

PSYC 391 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3)

Prerequisite: PSYC 101.

SOCI 300 - Social Work (3)

Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category D.1.

SOCI 354 - Gender, Sex and Society (3)

Prerequisite: Completion of Category D 1 General Education.

SOCI 360 - Sociology of Death and Dying (3)

Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category D.1.

SOCI 361 - Population and the Environment (3)

Prerequisite: SOCI 101.

SOCI 381 - Sociology of Human Sexuality (3)

Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category D.1.

SOCI 385 - Family Violence (3)

Prerequisite: SOCI 101.

SOCI 443 - Sociology of Aging (3)

Prerequisite: SOCI 101.

SPED 371 - Exceptional Individual (3)

WGST 410 - Women, Health and Aging (3)

Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

Upper-Division Writing Requirement (3 units)

In order to satisfy the upper-division writing requirement of the university, Public Health majors must pass ENGL 301 or ENGL 360 with a “C” (2.0) or better. Please see additional information provided in this catalog on the writing requirement.

Additional Information

* California State University, Fullerton is conditionally authorized to change the degree title of the Bachelor of Science in Health Science to a Bachelor of Science in Public Health effective fall 2018. This conditional authorization will remain in effect until September 30, 2019. Permanent authorization to offer a B.S. in Public Health is contingent upon the CSU Chancellor’s Office final approval.

Total (120 units)

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