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Introduction to Public Health
Meta-Major
Health Sciences
Session Cycle
All Terms
Credits
3
Allow Pass/No Pass
No
Lecture Hours
54
CalGETC Areas
Area 4 - Social & Behavioral Sciences
Transfer Status
UC and CSU
C-ID
PHS 101
Course Description
An introduction to the discipline of public health. An overview of terminologies and basic concepts of public health, public health professions, institutions, and public health disciplines will be provided. Areas of public health such as epidemiology, prevention and control of diseases in the community, analysis of social determinants of health, health disparities, community health promotion programming, environmental health and safety, global health, and healthcare policy will be covered.