Health Science

Department Chair: Kamiar Alaei

Department Office: Health and Human Services (HHS) 2, Room 115
Telephone: (562) 985-4057

Faculty: Veronica Acosta-Deprez, Niloofar Bavarian, Gail Farmer, Fiona Gorman, Sarath Gunatilake, Javier Lopez-Zetina, Selena Nguyen-Rodriguez, Amber Johnson, Laura D’Anna, Melawhy Garcia, Judy Jou

Liaison, CSULB/VA Joint Studies Institute: Gail C. Farmer

Undergraduate Coordinator: Victoria Bisorca

Graduate Program Director: Toni Espinoza-Ferrel (Graduate Program accredited by CEPH)

Coordinator, Single Subject Credential: Victoria Bisorca

Department Coordinator: Karen Miyahara

College: College of Health and Human Services  

Courses: Health Science (HSC) Courses  

Career Possibilities

Health Science: Health Educator • Government Inspector • California Middle/High School Health Teacher • Researcher/Evaluator • Health Education Specialist • Public Health Educator • Patient Educator (For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.)

Introduction

The Department offers undergraduate and graduate study in Health Education. For program information, students should review the information found on our website http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/healthscience/, CHHS Academic Advising, or the appropriate Health Science Department Coordinator.

Programs

• Public Health, Community Health Education Option, M.P.H.

• Health Science, Community Health Education Option, B.S.
• Health Science, School Health Education Option, B.S.

• Health Science Minor

Courses

• H SC 150 - Medical Terminology
• H SC 210 - Contemporary Health Issues
• H SC 227 - Drugs and Health
• H SC 250 - Public Health Aspects of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
• H SC 301 - Orientation to Health Science
• H SC 333 - Latino Nutrition, Health and Chronic Disease Prevention
• H SC 400 - Principles of Epidemiology
• H SC 401 - Community Health Education
• H SC 402 - Applied Concepts of Community Health Education
• H SC 403 - Community Health Statistics
• H SC 405 - Health Education Program Evaluation and Measurement
• H SC 407 - Health Equity & Social Justice in the US
• H SC 411A - Health Science for Elementary Teachers
• H SC 411B - Health Science for Secondary Teachers
• H SC 420 - Global Health
• H SC 421 - Health Behavior
• H SC 422 - Environmental Health
• H SC 423 - Consumer Health
• H SC 425 - Human Sexuality and Sex Education
• H SC 430 - School Health Program
• H SC 435 - Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
• H SC 440 - Applied Concepts of Health Science
• H SC 485 - Internship in Community Health Education
• H SC 486 - Internship and Careers in Community Health Education
• H SC 490 - Independent Studies in Health Science
• H SC 497 - Selected Topics in Health Science
• H SC 500 - Principles of Epidemiology
• H SC 503 - Advanced Community Health Statistics
• H SC 507 - Health Equity and Health Disparities Research in the US
• H SC 508 - Administrative Relationships in Health Education Programs
• H SC 528 - Advanced Environmental Health
• H SC 534 - Advanced Latino Nutrition, Health and Chronic Disease Prevention
• H SC 535 - Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
• H SC 537 - Culturally Responsive Nutrition Promotion for Latinos
• H SC 570 - Theoretical Concepts and Issues in Health Science
• H SC 581 - Curriculum Development in Health Education
• H SC 585 - Health Education Internship
• H SC 590 - Independent Study
• H SC 597 - Selected Topics in Health Science
• H SC 624 - Seminar in Community Analysis and Program Planning
• H SC 625 - Advanced Community Health Education
• H SC 626 - Integrative Seminar in Public Health
• H SC 696 - Research Methods
• H SC 697 - Directed Studies
• H SC 698 - Thesis