Public Health
CI 161. Mth Mtl H S
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 999 units
PH 48. First Responder and Emergency Care
National Safety Council First Responder and Emergency Care course. Priorities of care, injuries, medical emergencies, crisis intervention, and casualty incidents. Includes bleeding, shock, fractures, poisoning, emergency childbirth, CPR Certification for meeting requirements. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 49. Emergency Medical Technician Training
Prepares individuals to render pre-hospital basic life support during transport or within a hospital. Upon completion, students will receive a certificate allowing them to take the National Registry test. Upon passing the test, EMT certification is granted.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
PH 90. Contemporary Health Issues
The course covers information relative to select areas of general health. Information presented will allow students to develop a better understanding of the meaning of health and be able to relate the information and topics to ones own lifestyle. G.E. Breadth E.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: E
PH 91. Human Sexuality
Physiological, psychological, social, cultural, and developmental considerations for lifelong understanding related to sexuality. G.E. Breadth E. (Formerly H S 124)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: E
PH 92. Public Health Statistics
Prerequisite: Mathematics Placement Category I or II. Students must satisfy prerequisite of at least Intermediate Algebra, and must use a level of mathematics beyond that of Intermediate Algebra. Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics as applied to evaluation and research in allied health. Central tendency and dispersion; central limit theorem; hypothesis testing; ANOVA; correlation, nonparametric methods. Interpretations of public health statistics. (3 lecturer hours). G.E. Foundation B4.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: B4
PH 100. Community Health
Public health services as they affect the community; investigation and analysis of community health problems.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 104. Global and Cultural Issues in Health
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation and Area D. Influence of culture on health and disease; relevant health issues of cultural and ethnic groups; alternative healing and holistic health; role of international health organizations; health problems on a world scale. History and evaluation of programs of international health organizations; health problems on a world scale. Multicultural/International M/I.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 105. Risk Assessment and Analysis
Human and environmental risks as they relate to injuries and illnesses; includes incident causation analysis and assessment. Areas of study encompass occupational safety, consumer products, human factors, environmental health, and human and property costs.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
PH 109. Epidemiology of Disease
Prerequisite: PH 92, Math 11, Psych 42, or DS 73. Modern concepts and principles of epidemiology; interaction of all agents, host, and environmental factors of communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 110. Drugs, Society, and Health
Examination of physical, neurological, emotional, social, and political factors affecting the use, misuse, and abuse of licit and illicit substances in contemporary American society. Applies models of addiction and compulsive behaviors to gambling, food consumption, and sexual behavior. G.E. Breadth E.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: E
PH 111. Alcohol and Alcoholism
Physical, mental, and social factors related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages; the development of alcohol dependence.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 112. Consumer Health
Consumer health as it relates to selection of health care products and services; how to differentiate fact from fiction in health matters.
Units: 3
PH 114. Health Behavior
An introduction to the theory and practice of health behavior change. Covers individual behavior change methodologies and the effects of public and environmental change on individual health.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 115. Health Issues of Aging
(PH 115 same as GERON 115.) Basic principles and concepts of the aging process; includes the physical, social, emotional and mental components of health. Benefits of health promotion and preventive action for the aging are also explored.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 124. Water Quality and Health
Burgeoning human population and urbanization is creating increased demands on fresh water resources and generating larger and more concentrated waste streams. This course will investigate, discuss, and debate major emerging water quality issues which threaten our water sustainability and the regulatory paradigms to address these challenges and waterborne diseases associated with it. (Formerly PH 166T)
Units: 3
PH 125. Food Protection
Prerequisite: PH 162 passed with C grade or higher (may be taken concurrently). Conceptual and applied principles of safe handling during manufacturing and retail preparation. Topics include causes of food-borne illness, important methods and practices in food protection, and field application of Federal Food Code and CalCode regulations. Relationship between bio-security and sanitation. (Formerly PH 166T)
Units: 3
PH 126. Hazardous Materials Management
Prerequisite: PH 162 (may be taken concurrently). Study of the principles, applications and regulatory requirements of hazardous materials management. Topics covered include the types, sources, and characteristics of hazardous materials; laws and regulations governing such materials; general management methods and procedures; and hazardous waste minimization strategies. (Formerly PH 166T)
Units: 3
PH 127. Female Sexuality
(PH 127 same as WGSS 127.) Studies on female sexuality which include past and present sexual roles, female sexual response patterns, and discussion of common problems encountered by women functioning as sexual beings.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
PH 128S. Holistic Health and Alternative Medicine
Explores concepts related to holistic health and alternative medicine within a cross-cultural framework. Includes a description of the physical and psychosocial effects of alternative healing; addresses the benefits and risks associated with these therapies. Multicultural/International M/I.
Units: 3
PH 129. Rural Health
Health problems of rural areas including community medical services, medical facilities, federal, state, and local legislation and administrative problems.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
PH 130. Women's Health
(PH 130 same as WS 130.) Examines current crises/ controversies in women's health care. Includes conventional/ alternatives approaches to treatment, management, and prevention with emphasis on self-care and promotion of optimum health.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
PH 131. Principles of Health Education
Study of the foundations, theories, systems, and principles of health education. Includes an analysis of social, medical, and environmental factors on health-related behaviors.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 133. Health Education Methods
Prerequisites: PH 114 and PH 131. Health education program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Provides needs assessment, health education curriculum development, and presenting and evaluating a health education intervention with a client group.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 135. Introduction to Human Disease
Concepts and principles of disease and dysfunction of the human body. Detection, diagnosis, treatment, etiology, pathogenesis, and prevention.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 141. Applied Ergonomics
Studies the science of ergonomics as it relates to injury/illness prevention and the promotion of a quality work environment. Ergonomics is the evaluation of people and their tools, materials, and equipment in a work setting. (Formerly H S 166T)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
PH 143. Occupational Safety
Application of safety and accident prevention measures that provide a basis for insight into the hazards of occupational and industrial situations.
Units: 3
PH 145. Occupational and Environmental Systems Management
Concepts and principles dealing with the problems, processes, evaluation, and solutions in the development, implementation, and management of an effective environmental health and occupational safety program.
Units: 3
PH 151. Health Law and Legislation
The theory and practice of managing inspection-based enforcement programs in health care and environmental health areas, with emphasis on legislation, procedure, and cases relating to public health.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
PH 152T. Crossing Borders: Exploring Global Health in the Dominican Republic
This global health program is open to individuals who have basic Spanish skills and who are interested in field experience related to the UN Millenium Development goals while learning heritage, culture, health care delivery systems in the Dominican Republic. Class participants will assist in health education and health promotion activities which may include tutoring English to school children.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 12 units
PH 153. Principles of Healthcare Finance
Principles of Healthcare Finance provides foundational instruction in the practices and responsibilities of the finance function in the healthcare organization and a beginning look at the managers role in the use of financial information.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 154. Health Care Administration
Organizational design and managerial principles as they apply to the private sector of health care.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
PH 155. Utilization of Health Care Resources
Prerequisite: ECON 40. This course provides understanding of how healthcare systems operate in terms of financing and reimbursement using economic rationales. It introduces students to fundamental principles in health economics that serve as the foundation of the US healthcare system. (Formerly PH 152T)
Units: 3
PH 156. Health & Well-being in the San Joaquin Valley
Why does the San Joaquin Valley experience relatively worse life outcomes? What public policies can improve health and well-being for Valley residents? Historical and current research on the economic, political, environmental, and cultural factors. Application of social-epidemiology frameworks. (Formerly PH 152T.)
Units: 3
PH 160. Principles of Toxicology
Basic principles and concepts of toxicology with a particular emphasis on the regulation of environmental and industrial toxicants for man/woman.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
PH 161. Environment and Human Health
General principles of environmental health with a particular emphasis on the interaction between man/woman and the environment. Environmental epidemiology, water, wastewater, air, solid waste, ionizing radiation, and noise. Focuses on prevention and control disease and injury caused by chemicals, food protection, air/ water quality radiation, hazardous waste, et cetera.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: IB
PH 162. Environmental Health Concepts
Prerequisite: PH 161. Basic principles and concepts of environmental health with a particular emphasis on health hazards, communicable disease control, contamination control, food protection, rodent control, managing special environments, planned environments, and environmental health organizations.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
PH 163. Public Health Administration
Principles of public health administration, fundamentals of organization, and administration in public health.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 164. Vector Control
Role vectors of disease play in human health. Basic principles and concepts of vector control. Particular emphasis is given to diseases vectored by arthropods and rodents.
Units: 3
PH 166T. Topics in Environmental Health
Analysis and investigation of selected areas in environmental health with some topics including laboratory experiences.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 12 units
PH 167. Public Health Laboratory Techniques
Designed to provide training in the use of laboratory procedures and techniques of adjusting and operating monitoring equipment used in water quality, air pollution, noise pollution, food sanitation, radiological health, and toxic substances. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours) ( Lab fee, $25)
Units: 3
PH 168A. Occupational Health Concepts
Concepts of occupational health as they pertain to appraising and controlling environmental health hazards; occupational diseases, chemical, biological, and physical agents that produce organic or systemic damage. Problems in toxicology, measurement instruments, and evaluating health hazards. (Formerly HS 168)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
PH 168B. Occupational Health Evaluation
Prerequisite: PH 168A. General principles of investigation for chemical and physical hazards commonly encountered in the occupational environment. Sampling strategies, quantitative analysis, combustible gases, organic vapors, and nonionizing radiation. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours) (Formerly HS 147)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
PH 169. Emergency & Disaster Management: Planning, Response, Recovery
Concepts of risk management, contingency planning and process development for public and private organizations. Topics include risk management issues relating to: biological, chemical, and physical threats, natural disasters, emergency planning and preparation and loss contingency plans.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
PH 170. Air Pollution and Health
A descriptive analysis of air pollutants encountered in the indoor and outdoor environments with an emphasis on assessment of risk, human health effects, and a review of federal and state regulations that apply.
Units: 3
PH 171. Exercise Design Evaluation
This course will provide students in-depth knowledge of exercise requirements, planning, conduct, and critique. Students will gain knowledge of the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) as well as Target Capabilities and how jurisdictions and organizations can build capabilities.
Units: 3
PH 172. Emergency Management Support Function
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the multitude of support functions and services required for a successful emergency management program. The goal of the course is to develop a whole community approach mindset to emergency management.
Units: 3
PH 173. Emergency Management Planning
This course is designed for persons developing an effective emergency planning system. The course offers training in the fundamentals of emergency planning. An effective all-hazard emergency planning operations planning process to save lives and protect property will be discussed.
Units: 3
PH 174. Incident Management Systems
This course provides the student with an in-depth knowledge of the IMS, terminology, players, and management philosophy. EOC setup, activation, operation, and termination are covered as well as staffing, training, and briefings.
Units: 3
PH 175I. Environmental Internship
Prerequisites: completion of 21 units of the health science major (Core and Environmental Option courses). Provides practical experience in environmental health. Requires a 3.0 GPA in Health Science coursework, or permission of the instructor. Permission numbers required. CR/NC grading only. (CSU liability insurance fee, $8)
Units: 1-4, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 176. Critical Infrastructure Threat and Risk Assessment
Students will learn the concepts of critical infrastructure in emergency management and homeland security. Students will assess open source/unclassified critical infrastructure sectors for vulnerability to internal and external threats and develop a plan to mitigate the identified threats and risk.
Units: 3
PH 182. Computers for the Health Professions
Introduction to the basic use and practical application of personal and mainframe computers in health-related professions. Laboratory use of computers covers word processing, SPSS, data entry, data management, principles of programming, and use of on-line databases. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
Units: 3
PH 185I. Fieldwork in Health
Repeatable to 3 units in any one area, maximum total 6. Prerequisite: completion of 24 units of the health science major (Core and Administration Option courses). Provides practical experience in a community work setting. Requires a 3.0 GPA in Health Science coursework, or permission of the instructor. Permission numbers required. CR/NC grading only. (CSU liability insurance fee, $8)
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 188I. Health Education Internship
Prerequisite: completion of 24 units of the health science major (Core and Community Health option courses). Provides practical experiences in a community work setting. Requires a 3.0 GPA in Health Science coursework, or permission of instructor. Permission numbers required. CR/NC grading only. (CSU liability insurance fee, $8)
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 190. Independent Study
See Academic Placement -- [-LINK-]. Approved for RP grading.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
PH 202. Advanced Public Health Statistics
Prerequisite: PH 92 or equivalent. Theories and limitations of parametric testing: ANOVA, MANOVA, and regression. Focus on nonparametric testing and small samples including Kruskal Wallis, Median and Fischer tests. Preparation of data for computer analysis and interpretation of results. Resource issues related to data collection.
Units: 3
PH 203. Seminar in Community Health Organization
Prerequisite: PH 100. Individual research, analysis, and evaluation in relation to educational aspects of community health programs; group procedures; community organizations; selection, development, and use of media. Field assignments are required. (Formerly HS 203)
Units: 3
PH 206. Environment and Occupational Health
Application and evaluation of environmental health principles to air, land, water, waste, and occupational health with emphasis on contemporary issues.
Units: 3
PH 208. Health Promotion
Focuses on behavioral change techniques derived from many areas of applied research including behavior modification and social interaction theory. Information emphasizes the health relevant principles in each domain and shows how they can be used to understand or change public health problems.
Units: 3
PH 209. Advanced Concepts in Epidemiology
Prerequisites: PH 92, PH 109 or equivalents; computer statistics program competency. Advanced principles and methods of epidemiology. Includes methods of organizing surveillance data, defining cases, testing hypotheses, analyzing effectiveness of methods, summarizing studies. Advanced statistical methods will be utilized with emphasis on interpretation of results.
Units: 3
PH 210. Introduction to Health Policy
Prerequisite: PH 163 or equivalent. In-depth analysis of public health programs and policies with emphasis on skill development in health policy analysis. Group work will be required.
Units: 3
PH 213. Health Planning and Program Evaluation
In-depth analysis of the principles and practices in comprehensive health planning and program evaluation. Field assignments are required. (Formerly H S 213)
Units: 3
PH 223. Health Promotion and Policy Advocacy
Introduction to the fundamentals of the legislative process. Visits to and from local and state officials will be included. Information about the political process related to health promotion and policy will be the major focus of the course. Fieldwork assignments and travel may be required.
Units: 1
PH 225I. Foundation in Health Promotion
Prerequisite: PH 208. History and philosophy of health education. Psychological, sociological, economic, and political theories relevant to the mission and process of health education.
Units: 3
PH 225IIS. Foundation in Health Promotion Part 2
Prerequisite: PH 208 and PH 225I. Application of theories, practices, and technology to health promotion programs. S sections include a service-learning requirement.
Units: 3
PH 250. Social Factors in Public Health
Prerequisites: PH 202, PH 209 or equivalent. Advanced principles and methods of social epidemiology. Includes methods of describing how a range of social factors influence health outcomes, utilization and disparities. Expectation is that students will apply epidemiologic methods to study designs for policy analyses and research.
Units: 3
PH 251. Health Care Economics
Prerequisites: ECON 162 or equivalent. Topics include demand and supply in health services sector; implications of public and private financing alternatives; constraints on manpower training and entry; equity and distribution competition and regulation; issues of productivity measurments and utilization; and political economy of health care.
Units: 3
PH 252. Health Policy Development: Analysis and Process
Prerequisite: PH 210. Individual research, analysis and evaluation of health policy issues utilizing skills in evidence-based policy analysis. Special emphasis on assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of health program proposals, understanding the policy development process and developing strategies to influence policy outcomes.
Units: 3
PH 253. Management of Health Services
Prerequisites: PH 210. Focuses on the application of relevant management theory to diverse health care settings, with special emphasis on refining management skills. Course will be taught as a seminar using case methods to illustrate and practice critical management theories and skills.
Units: 3
PH 280. Seminar in Techniques of Health Research
Research methodology, identification of health research problems, use of library resources, data gathering, and processing; writing a research report. (Formerly H S 280)
Units: 3
PH 285. Internship in Public Health
Planning, implementation, participation, and evaluation in selected areas: safety, school health, community health, physical handicaps, occupational health, and environmental health. Approved for RP grading. CR/NC grading only. (CSU liability insurance fee, $8)
Units: 1-4, Repeatable up to 10 units
PH 290. Independent Study
See Academic Placement. Approved for RP grading. (Formerly H S 290)
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
PH 297. Professional Competencies in the Field of Public Health
This course helps prepare students to sit for the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Exam. This course covers the eight areas of responsibility for health educators. Through a combination of text readings, on line module sessions, and self-study, students will gain an understanding of these competencies and certain core concepts in the fields of public health, health promotion, and health education. Students will also submit an assignment synthesizing the competencies achieved in this class.
Units: 2-4
PH 298. Project
Prerequisite: advancement to candidacy for MPH degree in Health Science. A significant endeavor in health science that may include an educational booklet, audio visual presentation, evaluation of a health agency, or the development of an experimental device or piece of equipment. A narrative component is required which will follow a formal format adn shall include a written abstract. Approved for RP grading. (Formerly HS 298)
Units: 2-4
PH 298C. Project Continuation
Pre-requisite: Project PH 298. For continuous enrollment while completing the project. May enroll twice with department approval. Additional enrollments must be approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Units: 0
PH 299. Thesis
Prerequisite: Preparation, completion, and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree. Approved for RP grading. (Formerly H S 299)
Units: 2-4
PH 299C. Thesis Cont
Prerequisite: PH 299. For continuous enrollment while completing the thesis. May enroll twice with department approval. Additional enrollments must be approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Units: 0
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