Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health
Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences Complex
856 Health Sciences Quad, Irvine, CA 92697
Graduate Advising: 949-824-1374
http://publichealth.uci.edu/
Anteater Instruction & Research Building (AIRB)
653 East Peltason Drive, Irvine, CA 92697
Undergraduate Advising: 949-824-2358
Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPH, Founding Dean
The Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health boasts one of the largest and most diverse student bodies on campus and among the largest undergraduate public health programs in the country. Ranked among the top 50 schools and programs of public health by U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings, our faculty, students, and staff are dedicated to the achievement of health equity for all populations through research, teaching, service, and public health practice – locally and globally.
The only one of its kind in Orange County and one of four schools of public health in the University of California system, Wen Public Health has experienced considerable growth over the past five years. Our four departments make up the foundations of public health: Environmental and Occupational Health; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Health, Society, and Behavior; and Population Health and Disease Prevention.
We have a multitude of training opportunities for those interested in careers in the health sciences, healthcare field, government agencies, and the private sector. We offer two bachelor’s degrees, our flagship Master of Public Health degree (with six concentrations), a master’s and doctoral degree in Environmental Health Sciences, a master’s and doctoral degree in Epidemiology, and finally our doctoral degree in public health. Additionally, candidates can pursue several dual degree offerings to supplement their public health pursuits.
Armed with 90+ full-time and affiliated faculty members, 100+ staff members, 30+ researchers, and more than 1,600 students, we are ready to shepherd a new era at Wen Public Health. Our community has answered the call of our changing world by hiring leading experts in emerging industries, such as environmental health scientists, community-engaged researchers, nutritionists, mental and behavioral health specialists, cancer prevention researchers, health policy experts, and more. With nearly $40 million of research funding spread across 200+ active projects, Wen Public Health faculty and researchers are focused on academic excellence and state-of-the-art research methods and are explicitly committed to social justice and equity.
Wen Public Health is an accredited program of public health by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and is also a member of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. The school is going through a self-study process to become an accredited school of public health by CEPH.
Honors
Public Health Honors Research Program
The Public Health Honors Research Program provides an opportunity for selected outstanding students in the program to pursue advanced work in independent research and earn honors in Public Health upon graduation. Successful completion of the honors program requires three quarters of commitment, while enrolled in PUBHLTH H192A-PUBHLTH H192B-PUBHLTH H192C. Students are also expected to enroll in supervised Undergraduate Research (PUBHLTH 199) with their research mentor. The program concludes with a presentation and submission of an honors culminating thesis.
Eligibility and Application Process
In order to be considered, a student must have satisfied the following requirements: completion of all lower-division Public Health courses required for the major; completion of at least five upper-division Public Health courses; an overall UCI grade point average of a minimum of 3.5; and a minimum 3.5 grade point average in all required and completed Public Health courses. Acceptance into the program is based upon evidence of the student’s ability, interest in research, and proposed thesis project with a faculty member.
Admission to the program is based on formal invitation and/or an application to participate in the Public Health Honors Program submitted by the student in the spring quarter of the junior year.
Requirements
Beyond fulfilling the regular courses required for either the Public Health Sciences or Public Health Policy major, honor students must take the following:
| A. Fall Quarter | |
| PUBHLTH H192A | Public Health Honors Seminar and Thesis I (4 units) |
| PUBHLTH 199 | Undergraduate Research (4 units) |
| B. Winter Quarter | |
| PUBHLTH H192B | Public Health Honors Seminar and Thesis II (4 units) |
| PUBHLTH 199 | Undergraduate Research (4 units) |
| C. Spring Quarter | |
| PUBHLTH H192C | Public Health Honors Seminar and Thesis III (4 units) |
| PUBHLTH 199 | Undergraduate Research (4 units) |
Graduation with Honors
Of the graduating seniors, no more than 16 percent will receive Latin honors: approximately 2 percent summa cum laude, 4 percent magna cum laude, and 10 percent cum laude. The selection for these awards is based on spring quarter rank-ordered grade point averages. To be eligible for honors at graduation, the student must, by the end of spring quarter of the senior year, be officially declared a Public Health major; submit an Application to Graduate by the end of winter quarter of the senior year; have completed at least 72 units in residence at a UC campus by the end of the spring quarter of the academic year in which they graduate; have all corrections to the academic record processed by the University Registrar’s Office by the end of spring quarter; if completing the Language Other Than English general education requirement with a language exemption test, pass the test by the end of spring quarter; and be able to verify completion of all course work by the end of the spring quarter of the senior year. For information on other important factors that are considered, please visit at Honors Recognition.
Campuswide Honors Collegium
The Campuswide Honors Collegium is available to selected high-achieving students from all academic majors from their freshman through senior years. For more information contact the Campuswide Honors Collegium, 1200 Student Services II; 949-824-5461; honors@uci.edu; http://www.honors.uci.edu/.
Dean’s Honor List
The quarterly Dean’s Honor List is composed of students who have received a 3.5 grade point average while carrying a minimum of 12 graded units.
Public Health Honors, Scholarships, Prizes, and Awards
The following honors, scholarships, prizes, and awards are presented at the annual Public Health Honors and Awards Ceremony held in June.
Academic Excellence. This award is given to any student within the School of Population and Public Health, who graduates with a cumulative 4.0 UCI GPA.
Excellence in Public Health Practicum. This award recognizes a student whose project in public health practice contributes to the improvement of health and makes a significant contribution to public health.
Excellence in Public Health Research. This award is for research conducted by a student that is exceptional in quality.
Excellence in Undergraduate Leadership. This award recognizes a student who has demonstrated exemplary leadership in their execution of student activities that furthers the mission of the School of Population and Public Health, or the University of California, Irvine. This student has taken key leadership roles, inspired others to contribute, developed new programs to support students, and built relations that enable and grow the broader public health community.
Excellence in Writing. This award honors students who best demonstrate an ability to communicate ideas clearly through writing.
Outstanding Contribution to Public Health, Community and UCI Service. This award is given to an undergraduate who has made a significant contribution to the Public Health community, including the intellectual growth of others. This award signifies any work/research done by a student that benefits the campus community or the community-at-large.
Outstanding Contribution to the Program in Public Health. This award is presented to an outstanding undergraduate who has impacted and contributed significantly to the School of Population and Public Health.
Recognition of Preceptors. This award goes to nominated Practicum Preceptor Sites who have shown an outstanding commitment to UCI students or have been nominated for the award by student recognition.
Special Recognition. This award is given to undergraduates who deserve special recognition.
Faculty
Alpesh N. Amin, M.D. M.B.A. Northwestern University, Thomas and Mary Cesario Endowed Chair in Medicine and Professor of Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Clinical Pharmacy Practice; Paul Merage School of Business; Population Health and Disease Prevention; Radiological Sciences
Sean Arayasirikul, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco, Associate Professor in Residence of Health, Society, and Behavior
Scott Bartell, Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; Health, Society, and Behavior; Population Health and Disease Prevention; Statistics
Sheri Belafsky, M.D., Tulane University, HS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine; Environmental and Occupational Health
Manijeh Berenji, M.D., M.P.H. University of Toledo, Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
Hans-Ulrich Bernard, Ph.D. University of Goettingen, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Zuzana Bic, Dr.P.H., M.U.Dr. (MD) Loma Linda University, Professor of Teaching of Population Health and Disease Prevention
Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Founding Dean and Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Stephen C. Bondy, Ph.D. University of Birmingham, Professor of Medicine; Environmental and Occupational Health
Tim-Allen Bruckner, M.P.H., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior; Urban Planning and Public Policy
Bharath Chakravarthy, M.D. Boston University, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Jefferson Chan, M.D. Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Environmental and Occupational Health
Wayne Wei Chung Chang, M.D. Saint Louis University, Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine; Environmental and Occupational Health
Saurabh Chatterjee, Ph.D. University of Mumbai, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
Yunan Chen, Ph.D. Drexel University, Professor of Informatics; Population Health and Disease Prevention (medical informatics, human computer interaction)
Maria M. Corrada-Bravo, M.S., Sc.D. Johns Hopkins University, Professor in Residence of Neurology; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Wendy Cozen, D.O., M.P.H. Western University of Health Sciences M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Medicine; Environmental and Occupational Health; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz, Ph.D. University of Surrey, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
Marion J. Fedoruk, M.D. University of Alberta, Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine; Environmental and Occupational Health
Michelle A. Fortier, Ph.D. University of Nebraska Lincoln, Professor of Nursing; Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care; Nursing; Population Health and Disease Prevention; Psychological Science
Theodore Gideonse, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Dean of Undergraduate Education and Associate Professor of Teaching of Health, Society, and Behavior
Daniel L. Gillen, Ph.D. University of Washington, Department Chair and Chancellor's Professor of Statistics; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Deborah Goodman-Gruen, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Lisa B. Grant Ludwig, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Chair and Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention
Scott E. Hardy, M.D., M.P.H. Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; School of Population and Public Health
Alein Haro-Ramos, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley; M.P.H. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior
Suellen Hopfer, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, Associate Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior; Asian American Studies
Michael A. Hoyt, Ph.D. Arizona State University, Chair and Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Psychological Science
C. Sunny Jiang, Ph.D. University of South Florida, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Environmental and Occupational Health (water pollution microbiology, environmental technology, aquatic microbial ecology)
Luohua Jiang, M.D., Ph.D. Peking University Health Science Center; University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Jessica Jones-Smith, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, M.D. University of Bonn, Professor of Medicine; Pediatrics; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Claudia H. Kawas, M.D. University of Louisville, Nichols Term Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Neurology; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Masashi Kitazawa, Ph.D. Iowa State University, Associate Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention; Environmental and Occupational Health
Michael Kleinman, Ph.D., Co-Director Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory and Adjunct Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; School of Population and Public Health
Cynthia Lakon, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior
Alana Lebron, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior; Chicano/Latino Studies; Environmental and Occupational Health
Sunmin Lee, Sc.D., M.P.H. Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Charles L. Limoli, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Professor of Radiation Oncology; Environmental and Occupational Health
Karen Lincoln, F.G.S.A., M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D. University of Michigan, Director of the Center for Environmental Health Disparities Research and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
Karen Lindsay, Ph.D. University College Dublin, Susan and Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Integrative Health and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Brandy Lipton, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior
Simin Liu, M.D. Jinan University School of Medicine, M.S University of New York at Albany, MPH Harvard University, ScD Harvard University, Chair and Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Shahram Lotfipour, M.D. University of Iowa, Professor of Emergency Medicine; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Yunxia Lu, M.Sc., Ph.D. University Tongi Medical College, Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Ulrike Luderer, M.D., Ph.D. Northwestern University, Professor of Medicine; Developmental and Cell Biology; Environmental and Occupational Health; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Joel Milam, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Co-Leader, Cancer Control Program, UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Brittany Morey, M.P.H., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior
Dana Mukamel, Ph.D. University of Rochester, Professor of Medicine; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Bin Nan, Ph.D. University of Washington, Chancellor's Professor of Statistics; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Trina M. Norden-Krichmar, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Emeritus Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Pharmaceutical Sciences
Andrew Noymer, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention; Sociology
Andrew O. Odegaard, Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Oladele A. Ogunseitan, Ph.D. University of Tennessee, UC Presidential Chair and Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention; Environmental and Occupational Health
Hannah L. Park, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor in Residence of Epidemiology; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Daniel Parker, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University, Assistant Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Denise D. Payan, Ph.D., M.P.P. University of Southern California, Associate Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior; Chicano/Latino Studies; Political Science
Robert F. Phalen, Ph.D. University of Rochester, Professor of Medicine; Environmental and Occupational Health
Nichole Quick, M.D. University of Utah; M.P.H. San Diego State University, Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Public Health Practice and Director of the Master of School of Population and Public Health
Connie Rhee, M.D. Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Medicine; Population Health and Disease Prevention
David Richardson, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Associate Dean Director of Research and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
Anamara Ritt-Olson, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Director of Academic Program Development and Accreditation and Associate Professor in Residence of Health, Society, and Behavior
Annie E. Ro, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Director and Associate Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior; Asian American Studies
Dylan H. Roby, Ph.D. George Washington University, Interim Chair and Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior
Roxane C. Silver, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Distinguished Professor of Psychology; Health, Society, and Behavior; Population Health and Disease Prevention (coping with traumatic life events (personal losses and collective traumas), stress, social psychology, health psychology)
Dara H. Sorkin, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Professor in Residence of Medicine; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Nicole Sparks, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; Pharmaceutical Sciences
Sharon M. Stern, Ph.D. University of Utah, Professor of Teaching Emerita of Population Health and Disease Prevention
Sora P. Tanjasiri, M.P.H., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Equity Advisor Associate Director, Cancer Health Disparities and Community Engagement and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Asian American Studies; Health, Society, and Behavior
David Timberlake, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Elaine Tonel, M.D. Western University of Health Sciences, Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
Leigh Turner, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior
Kristina Uban, Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior
Veronica M. Vieira, D.Sc. Boston University, Department Chair and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; Environmental Health Sciences
Nathan D. Wong, M.P.H., Ph.D. Yale University, Adjunct Professor of Medicine; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Jun Wu, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health; Population Health and Disease Prevention
Guiyun Yan, Ph.D. University of Vermont, Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Zhaoxia Yu, Ph.D. William Marsh Rice University, Professor of Statistics; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Min Zhang, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Public Health Courses
PUBHLTH 1. Principles of Public Health. 4 Units.
Discover key principles of public health and health determinants in communities. Explores the ecological model, analyzing interconnections among natural and social determinants influencing health outcomes. Topics include epidemiology, environmental health, and health policy.
Restrictions: Nursing Science majors, Public Health Policy majors, and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
(III)
PUBHLTH 2. Case Studies in Public Health Practice. 4 Units.
Explores public health through diverse case studies illustrating foundational principles and ongoing evolution. Topics include epidemiological investigations, health policy analysis, community interventions, and global health challenges.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
(II)
PUBHLTH 5. Foundations of One Health. 4 Units.
Introduces One Health principles to address challenges at the intersection of human, animal, and ecosystem health. Focuses on integration in public health, global health, and planetary health practices. Covers competency-based approaches and problem-solving strategies.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Restrictions: Public Health majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 7A. Public Health Statistics I. 4 Units.
First of two courses in statistics. Introduces fundamental statistics for health science students, emphasizing quantitative reasoning from a public health perspective. Topics include probability, data analysis, and statistical inference.
Overlaps with SOCECOL 13, STATS 7, STATS 8, MGMT 7.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
(Va)
PUBHLTH 7B. Public Health Statistics II. 4 Units.
Second of two courses in statistics. Focus on regression, probability, and significance testing from a public health perspective. Prepares students to interpret scientific publications and conduct basic statistical analyses.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 7A or AP Statistics with a minimum score of 3.
Restrictions: Public Health majors, Public Health Policy majors, and Public Health Sciences majors only.
(Va)
PUBHLTH 10. Special Topics in Public Health . 2-4 Units.
Introduction to emerging topics in public health. Topics addressed vary each quarter.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
PUBHLTH 30. Introduction to Urban Environmental Health. 4 Units.
Explores urban health disparities, focusing on social determinants and environmental impacts. Examines global urban health challenges, disease burdens, and historical legacies of contamination. Introduces interventions and policies to mitigate urban health inequalities and enhance public health in diverse urban settings.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students have the first consideration for enrollment.
(II)
PUBHLTH 60. Environmental Quality and Health. 4 Units.
Explores the interplay of pollution and human health: population, epidemiology, toxicology, zoonotic diseases, water and air quality, climate change, waste management, contaminants (metals, pesticides, organics, radioactivity), and environmental justice. Delves into risk assessment and public health policy implications.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students have the first consideration for enrollment.
(II)
PUBHLTH 80. AIDS Fundamentals. 4 Units.
Considers the biological and sociological bases of the AIDS epidemic. Topics include the history of AIDS, current medical knowledge, transmission, risk reduction, and how the community can respond.
Same as BIO SCI 45
(II)
PUBHLTH 90. Natural Disasters. 4 Units.
Examine natural disasters and their impacts on humans. Topics include volcanoes, earthquakes, severe weather, fires, floods, landslides, coastal processes, and risk assessment. Use WebGIS for hazard data and risk analysis in California.
Overlaps with EARTHSS 17.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students have the first consideration for enrollment.
(II)
PUBHLTH 91. Disparities in Health Care. 2-8 Units.
Students become agents of social change for equitable health care delivery. Focus on cultural competency, awareness, communication skills, and disparities. Explore clinical, public service, and research opportunities. Engage with guest lecturers to cultivate and empower diverse communities.
Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only
Repeatability: May be taken for credit for 8 units
PUBHLTH 100. Special Topics in Public Health. 4 Units.
Studies in selected areas of public health. Topics addressed vary each quarter. Course may be offered online when topic is Public Health in the Corporate World.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
PUBHLTH 101. Introduction to Epidemiology. 4 Units.
The distribution of disease and injury across time, space, and populations. Covers basic concepts and methods of descriptive epidemiology including the natural history of disease, data, and indices of health.
Prerequisite: STATS 7 or STATS 8 or PUBHLTH 7A or AP Statistics with a minimum score of 3.
Restrictions: Public Health Sciences majors and Public Health Policy majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 102. Social Epidemiology. 4 Units.
Overviews evidence linking environmental factors to mental and physical disorders including such variables as socioeconomic status, income inequality, work stress, job loss, social capital, location, and other demographic characteristics. Measurement and research design issues of both individual and aggregate levels.
Prerequisite: Recommended: (PSCI 9 or PSCI 11C or PSYCH 7A or PSYCH 9C) and SOCECOL 10 and SOCECOL 13.
Same as PSCI 183S
Restrictions: Psychological Science majors, Psychology and Social Behavior majors, Public Health Sciences majors, Public Health Policy majors, and Social Ecology majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 105. Introduction to Health Informatics. 4 Units.
Broad overview of medical informatics for students with varied backgrounds. Electronic medical records, online resources, mobile technologies, patient safety, and computational design. Legal, ethical, and public policy issues. Health systems management. Evaluation and fieldwork for health systems.
Prerequisite: WRITING 60 with a minimum grade of C or WRITING 30 with a minimum grade of C or WRITING 31 with a minimum grade of C or HUMAN 1C with a minimum grade of C or HUMAN H1C with a minimum grade of C.
Same as IN4MATX 171
Restrictions: Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
PUBHLTH 106. Project in Health Informatics. 4 Units.
Students undertake significant quarter-long projects related to health informatics. Topics may include field evaluations of health care technologies, prototypes, iterative design, and system implementations.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 105 or IN4MATX 171.
Same as IN4MATX 172
PUBHLTH 107. Epidemiology of Drug Use and Misuse. 4 Units.
Applies epidemiologic concepts to the use and misuse of licit/illicit substances. Emphasizes descriptive aspects of drug use and determinants of progressing from experimental use to misuse. Assesses subgroups of abusers, risk factors, trends, and surveillance techniques for estimating drug prevalence.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 101.
Restrictions: Public Health Sciences majors and Public Health Policy majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 109. Consumer Health Informatics. 4 Units.
Consumer health informatics is a subfield of health informatics aimed to empower healthcare consumers through a variety of consumer-facing technologies. Covers health behavior change, health literacy, social support, and the design, evaluation, and implementation of major technological applications.
Prerequisite: IN4MATX 171 with a minimum grade of C or PUBHLTH 105 with a minimum grade of C.
Same as IN4MATX 173
Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times
Restrictions: Public Health majors, Health Informatics minors, and School of Information and Computer Sciences students have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 110. Health Data Analytics. 4 Units.
The increasing availability of electronic heath data provides an unprecedented opportunity to use data-driven approaches to improve human health. Equips students with essential skills in curating, managing, and analyzing health data, focusing on electronic health records.
Prerequisite: IN4MATX 171 with a minimum grade of C or PUBHLTH 105 with a minimum grade of C.
Same as IN4MATX 174
Restrictions: Public Health majors and School of Information and Computer Sciences students have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 112. Obesity Epidemiology. 4 Units.
Exploration of the epidemiological evidence of obesity nationally and globally including the etiology of the obesity epidemic, various measurements of obesity, associated comorbidities, prognosis, treatment approaches, and prevention strategies. Emphasize preventing obesity at both individual and societal levels.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
PUBHLTH 115. Community, Social Justice, and Health Equity Research for Action. 4 Units.
Focuses on community as a unit of identity, community, well-being, and social justice perspectives and initiatives to promote community health. Addresses community change and improvements in community well-being, with a focus on health equity research for action.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1 or PUBHLTH 2 or CHC/LAT 61 or CHC/LAT 62 or CHC/LAT 63.
Same as CHC/LAT 152B
PUBHLTH 119. Special Topics in Epidemiology and Genetics. 4 Units.
Studies in selected areas of epidemiology and genetics. Topics addressed vary each quarter.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
PUBHLTH 120. Nutrition and Global Health. 4 Units.
Global issues related to nutrition and public health. Evaluation of nutritional risk factors associated with the development of chronic diseases and the role of nutritional medicine in prevention. Topics include food safety, communicable diseases, supplements, and regulatory issues.
Restrictions: Public Health Sciences majors and Public Health Policy majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 122. Health Policy. 4 Units.
Considers social and economic aspects of health and disease in the United States. What are the proper roles of the individual, community, and government in improving health and health care? International comparisons will be made wherever possible.
Same as UPPP 170
Restrictions: Environmental Science and Policy majors, Public Health Policy majors, Public Health Sciences majors, Social Ecology majors, and Urban Studies majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 125. Foundations of Community Health. 4 Units.
A social ecological framework for understanding community health is presented. Measures of individual and community health are compared, and the influence of personal and environmental factors on individual, group, and population health is examined. Community health promotion strategies are discussed.
Same as UPPP 112
Restrictions: Environmental Science and Policy majors, Public Health Policy majors, Public Health Sciences majors, Social Ecology majors, and Urban Studies majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 126. Public Health Law: Fundamentals in Action. 4 Units.
Addresses the relationship of U.S. public health law to health systems at the individual and population levels. Examines legislative and judicial concepts and how they are applied to disease prevention strategies, health services, management, and policy.
PUBHLTH 127. Public Health Programs for the Corporate World. 4 Units.
International perspective on workplace health promotion. Strategies for developing programs to improve employee health and to decrease risks of chronic degenerative diseases. Case studies include assessment of employee health, program design, implementation, and evaluation. Emphasis on disease prevention.
PUBHLTH 129. Public Health Administration. 4 Units.
Examines historical aspects of public health administration including policies, procedures, trends, and development of organizations. Addresses information and skills necessary to succeed in public health leadership roles. Discusses strategic planning, collaborations, and ethical considerations for successful management in public health.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 132. American Public Policy. 4 Units.
Focuses on the development and implementation of public policy in the United States. Lectures cover theoretical models of the policy process as well as significant problems facing contemporary American decision-makers.
Same as POL SCI 121G, SOC SCI 152C, UPPP 129
PUBHLTH 135. Medical Sociology. 4 Units.
Current problems in U.S. health-care system and proposals for reform. Examines financial barriers to access; problem of patient dumping; underinsurance; prenatal and perinatal care; child services; preventative care and needs of the elderly; minorities; low-income people; undocumented.
Same as SOCIOL 154
Restrictions: Sociology majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 138. Tobacco Control Policy. 4 Units.
Explore tobacco control's interdisciplinary facets: history, policy, advocacy, and public health science. Analyze industry tactics, litigation, and impact of tobacco control policies. Discuss parallels with emerging industries. Culminates in a group project on tobacco's stakeholders.
Restrictions: Public Health majors, Public Health Policy majors, and Public Health Sciences majors only.
PUBHLTH 139. Special Topics in Health Policy and Administration. 4 Units.
Studies in selected areas of health policy and administration. Topics addressed vary each quarter.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
Restrictions: Public Health Sciences majors and Public Health Policy majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 141. Clinical Health Psychology. 4 Units.
Behavioral role in etiology, treatment, and prevention of certain diseases. Behavioral intervention including biofeedback, stress-, pain-management, health habit counseling, and other skills to assist patients make cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes needed to cope with disease or achieve better health.
Same as PSCI 141H
Restrictions: Psychological Science majors, Psychology and Social Behavior majors, Public Health Sciences majors, Public Health Policy majors, and Social Ecology majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 144. Health Behavior Theory. 4 Units.
Introduction to foundational theories for health behavior change. Explores individual, interpersonal, and community-level theories applied to health interventions. Understand societal challenges and preventable behavioral causes of diseases.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 146. Health Promotion Programs. 4 Units.
Explores social ecological perspectives and the role of behavior change theories in health promotion planning. Introduces systematic planning for the development of an intervention program. Emphasizes the cornerstone of planning, implementing, and evaluating a health promotion program.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 147. Drug Abuse and its Prevention. 4 Units.
Theoretical and practical underpinnings of drug abuse and its prevention at the individual and population levels. Students practice developing drug abuse prevention schemes for specific populations. Recent developments in pharmacological and biobehavioral theories of drug dependence are explored.
Restrictions: Public Health Sciences majors and Public Health Policy majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 148. Public Health Communication. 4 Units.
Theoretical foundations and practical use of communication sciences in public health, covering effective techniques such as audience segmentation, tailored messaging, and multi-model communication for behavior change campaigns across various settings. Includes crisis communication strategies.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 152. Happiness, Wellbeing, and Health. 4 Units.
Explores positive and protective psychological, social, and behavioral factors that influence physical, mental/emotional, and social wellbeing.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
PUBHLTH 158. Sociology of Mental Health. 4 Units.
Examines the social causes, consequences, and patterns of mental health and illness. Students learn a sociological perspective on mental health, mental illness or disorder, and medicine/health care, ranging from social definitions, roles, and interactions to societal stratification and international patterns.
Same as SOCIOL 158
Restrictions: Public Health majors and Sociology majors only.
PUBHLTH 159. Special Topics in Social and Behavioral Health Science. 4 Units.
Studies in selected areas of social and behavioral health sciences. Topics addressed vary each quarter.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
PUBHLTH 161. Environmental Geology. 4 Units.
Explores geologic principles applied to environmental and health issues. Topics include earth systems, earth materials, water pollution, natural hazards, waste disposal, climate change, and geology's impact on human health in UCI and Orange County.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 163. Introduction to Environmental Health Science. 4 Units.
Explores environmental health's role in disease prevention and human well-being. Topics include air and water quality, food safety, built environment, radiation exposure, climate change, environmental justice, children's health, and policy interventions for public health improvement.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 168. Nuclear Environments. 4 Units.
Understanding the impact of the nuclear age on the environment and human health through interrelated developments of nuclear power and nuclear weapons. The early years of weapon development, catastrophic environmental pollution, perils of nuclear power in the U.S. and Russia.
Same as SOCECOL E127, INTL ST 122
(VIII)
PUBHLTH 170. Introduction to Global Health. 4 Units.
Provides a foundational interdisciplinary understanding of global health issues and their importance to societal goals, including poverty reduction, sustainable development, and international contexts of wellness and covers major communicable and non-communicable diseases and demographic patterns of disease burden.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
(VIII)
PUBHLTH 171. Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants. 4 Units.
Explores origins of environmental health awareness. Covers exposure assessment theory, variability, risk assessment integration, and societal implications. Discusses notable environmental contaminants impacting human health.
PUBHLTH 172. Climate Change and Disaster Management. 4 Units.
Examines the social, economic, environmental, and health impacts of anthropogenic climate change through engaged learning that integrates practice and theory.
PUBHLTH 173. Health and Global Environmental Change . 4 Units.
Examines global environmental and climate change's impact on human health. Explores metabolic pandemics, infectious diseases, and underlying health conditions. Fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among environmental health, public health, medicine, and policy sciences.
Prerequisite: One upper-division course in environmental science, public health, environmental policy, and/or environmental management.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 174. Global Health Ethics. 4 Units.
Provides a foundation for understanding and application of key issues
in global health ethics. Emphasizes competencies needed to practice global health during outbreaks, pandemics, emergencies and disasters, which raise several ethical issues for health professionals, first-responders, researchers, and government agencies.
(VIII)
PUBHLTH 176. War and Public Health. 4 Units.
Analyzes war's impact on public health through the Social Ecological Framework, including effects on healthcare systems, infectious disease spread, and mental health. Emphasizes recent global conflicts, and U.S. military involvement overseas.
Concurrent: PUBHLTH 276
PUBHLTH 177. Global Health Policy and Diplomacy. 4 Units.
Fundamental principles and consequences of global health policy and diplomacy, including governance structure, functions, analysis, advocacy, and outcomes. Emphasizes practical application of multilateral policies for global health security and responses to transnational threats such as pandemics, climate, pollution, and migration.
PUBHLTH 179. Special Topics in Environmental and Global Health Science. 4 Units.
Studies in selected areas of environmental and global health sciences. Topics addressed vary each quarter.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
PUBHLTH 180. Epidemiology of Infectious Disease. 4 Units.
Explores the distribution of infectious disease and disease risks among human populations. Covers concepts and methods of infectious disease epidemiology, including case studies of important infectious diseases such as COVID-19, HIV, and malaria.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
PUBHLTH 181. Infectious Disease Dynamics. 4 Units.
Learn how the immune system interacts with infectious diseases, in particular with viral infections. An introduction to basic virology and immunology, it concentrates on the way in which the immune system is critical to the prevention of infections.
PUBHLTH 182. Evolutionary and Ecological Principles in Medicine. 4 Units.
Explore the dynamics of populations on an ecological, epidemiological, and medical level. Considers the dynamics of competition, predation, and parasitism; the spread and control of infectious diseases; and the in vivo dynamics of viral infections and the immune system.
PUBHLTH 189. Special Topics in Infectious Diseases. 4 Units.
Studies in selected areas of infectious diseases. Topics addressed vary each quarter.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
Restrictions: Public Health Sciences majors and Public Health Policy majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
PUBHLTH 190. Geographic Information Systems for Public Health. 4 Units.
Extensive use of GIS software. Lecture topics cover mapping basics, projections, and geocoding. Practical tutorials and lab sessions for hands-on practice with public health data. Assessments focus on synthesizing GIS tools for problem-solving.
Concurrent: PUBHLTH 283
PUBHLTH 191B. Seminar: Advances and Challenges in Public Health. 2 Units.
Forum for exploring recent advances and challenges in all disciplines of public health research and practice. Features case studies exemplifying the integration of core competencies with cross-cutting interdisciplinary themes of public health.
Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only
Concurrent: PUBHLTH 291B
PUBHLTH 191C. Seminar: Advances and Challenges in Public Health. 2 Units.
Forum for exploring recent advances and challenges in all disciplines of public health research and practice. Features case studies exemplifying the integration of core competencies with cross-cutting interdisciplinary themes of public health.
Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
Concurrent: PUBHLTH 291C
PUBHLTH H192A. Public Health Honors Seminar and Thesis I. 4 Units.
Advanced research opportunity for Public Health Honors. Students conduct research projects with faculty, attend lectures, and engage in timeline creation. Requirements include upper-division coursework, GPA criteria, and a faculty-approved thesis project.
Corequisite: PUBHLTH 199.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors only.
PUBHLTH H192B. Public Health Honors Seminar and Thesis II. 4 Units.
Students initiate and complete data collection for the honors thesis. In addition, students begin data analysis and summarize results at a class symposium at the end of the quarter. A faculty mentor provides supervision and feedback on thesis chapters.
Corequisite: PUBHLTH 199.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH H192A.
Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors only.
PUBHLTH H192C. Public Health Honors Seminar and Thesis III. 4 Units.
Students write their honors research project (PUBHLTH H192A-PUBHLTH H192B) and prepare an oral report to be presented at a class symposium at the end of the quarter. A faculty mentor provides supervision and feedback on thesis chapters.
Corequisite: PUBHLTH 199.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH H192B.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors only.
PUBHLTH 194A. Clinical and Translational Research Preparatory I. 4 Units.
Provides training for students with an interest in clinical and translational research in the health care setting. Cultivates skills for study design, research literature review, ethics, responsible conduct of research, and cultural competence while emphasizing professionalism and personal responsibility.
Prerequisite: BIO SCI 99 and BIO SCI 194S and CHEM 1C and CHEM 1LC and CHEM 1LD. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
PUBHLTH 194C. Clinical and Translational Research Preparatory III. 4 Units.
Provides opportunities for students to work closely in a particular clinical and translational research setting. Builds on preparation through the didactic instruction presented in first course of the sequence (194A) to support deeper engagement on a particular research topic.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 194B. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
PUBHLTH 195P. Public Health Practicum. 4 Units.
Explore public health practice through internships at community agencies, non-profits, or labs. Analyze connections between academia and public health. Evaluate mission and operations, explore personal values and skills, and articulate role in public health.
Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors only.
PUBHLTH 195W. Writing for Public Health Practice. 4 Units.
Develop communication skills via writing projects addressing real-world issues. Analyze experiences, connect work to studies, and grasp professional paradigms. Gain practical insights and fulfill upper-division writing requirements. Apply, assess, and communicate public health concepts effectively.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1 and PUBHLTH 2. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
Restrictions: Public Health Policy majors and Public Health Sciences majors only.
(Ib)
PUBHLTH 196A. Clinical and Translational Research Preparatory I - Community-Based Research and Evaluation. 4 Units.
Provides training for students with an interest in clinical and translational research in a community-based setting. Cultivates skills for study design, research literature review, ethics, responsible conduct of research, and cultural competence while emphasizing professionalism and personal responsibility.
Overlaps with PUBHLTH 194A.
PUBHLTH 196C. Clinical and Translational Research Preparatory III - Community-Based Research and Evaluation III. 4 Units.
Final course in the 196 series where students have the unique opportunity to participate in permanent research rotation. Instructs students how to design, perform, interpret, and discuss independent research in a collaborative atmosphere.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 196B.
PUBHLTH 197. Field Studies in Public Health. 2-12 Units.
Join faculty on field studies or work at field agencies post-practicum. Gain hands-on experience in real-world settings. Ideal for practical application of theoretical knowledge in diverse environments.
Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only
Repeatability: May be taken for credit for 12 units
PUBHLTH 198. Directed Studies. 1-4 Units.
Engage in faculty-guided research activities individually or in small groups. Explore diverse topics, develop critical thinking, and enhance research skills. Ideal for hands-on learning and academic growth.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 1.
Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
PUBHLTH 199. Undergraduate Research. 1-4 Units.
Engage in original research with public health faculty. Attend research group meetings and submit quarterly reports. Ideal for students pursuing research careers or advanced degrees.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
PUBHLTH 200. Foundations of Public Health. 4 Units.
Explores public health research and practices fundamentals from a multidisciplinary view. Gain core skills for crosscutting approaches essential in public health.
Restrictions: Public Health majors, College of Health Sciences students, School of Population and Public Health students, and Master of Public Health only.
PUBHLTH 204A. Biostatistics I: Introduction to Statistical Methods. 4 Units.
Introduction to the basic statistical techniques commonly used in public health research. Topics include descriptive statistics, basic probability, inferential statistics (estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing), and contingency tables. SAS software is introduced.
Same as EPIDEM 204A
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 204B. Biostatistics II: Intermediate Statistical Methods. 4 Units.
Explores advanced statistical analysis methods for biological and medical applications. Topics include linear, logistic, and generalized linear regression models like Poisson regression.
Prerequisite: EPIDEM 204A with a minimum grade of B or PUBHLTH 204A with a minimum grade of B.
Same as EPIDEM 204B
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 204C. Biostatistics III: Advanced Statistical Methods. 4 Units.
Intended for graduate students in epidemiology, public health, and related fields. Introduces statistical methods for analyzing survival and longitudinal/clustered data, and techniques to resolve missing data.
Prerequisite: EPIDEM 204B with a minimum grade of B or PUBHLTH 204B with a minimum grade of B.
Same as EPIDEM 204C
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 206A. Principles of Epidemiology. 4 Units.
Fundamental principles of epidemiology, biostatistics, and epidemiological research. Topics include research methods of measuring health problems in populations, disease control and prevention in populations, how epidemiology contributes to knowledge of disease etiology, and biostatistical analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic data.
PUBHLTH 206B. Intermediate Epidemiology. 4 Units.
Explores conceptual aspects of epidemiology, focusing on strengths and limitations of observational designs. Learn to identify, quantify, and correct bias (e.g. selection, confounding), and evaluate causal identical conditions. Gain skills to evaluate study designs systematically.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 206A with a minimum grade of B.
Restrictions: Epidemiology majors, College of Health Sciences students, School of Population and Public Health students, and Master of Public Health only.
PUBHLTH 207A. Probability and Statistics in Public Health. 4 Units.
An introduction to probability and statistical methods, using examples in public health. Topics include descriptive statistics, laws of probability, discrete and continuous probability distributions, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and power calculations for one- and two-sample comparisons.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 206A with a minimum grade of B.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students and Master of Public Health only.
PUBHLTH 207B. Analysis of Public Health Data Using Statistical Software. 4 Units.
Overview of common statistical methods in public health and how to implement them in R. Topics include linear regression, ANOVA, the Kruskal-Wallis test, logistic regression, missing data and censoring, Kaplan-Meier survival curves, log-rank tests, and Cox regression.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 207A with a minimum grade of B.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students and Master of Public Health only.
PUBHLTH 208. Advances in Social Epidemiology. 4 Units.
Introduces major themes in social epidemiology, adopting a topical approach. Weekly topics include theories, debates, methods, policy implications, and empirical examples of specific social factors. Students apply principles to their own health interests.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 209. Methods of Demographic Analysis. 4 Units.
Introduces basic demographic methods used in social science and public health research. Topics include sources and limitations of demographic data; components of population growth; measures of nuptiality, fertility, mortality, and population mobility projection methods; and demographic models.
Same as SOCIOL 226A
PUBHLTH 210. Theory-Driven Secondary Data Analysis. 4 Units.
Learn how to develop and test theoretically-driven research questions in secondary data sources. Logic of theory building and testing, how to conduct statistical analyses on testable research questions, and interpret results. There is also a lab component.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 213. Epidemiology in Global Health. 4 Units.
Examines epidemiology and global health. Topics include global health concepts, research in resource-poor settings, climate change's impact on health, and interventions in low-income settings. Emphasizes literature review, health determinants, and interdisciplinary approaches with a practical focus.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 216. Cancer Epidemiology. 4 Units.
Concentrates on understanding how epidemiology plays a role in the search for cancer etiology, prevention, control, and treatment; gives an overview of cancer research with an appreciation of the multidisciplinary nature of the field.
Prerequisite: EPIDEM 200A with a minimum grade of B- or PUBHLTH 206A with a minimum grade of B-.
Same as EPIDEM 201
PUBHLTH 222A. Health Policy and Management. 4 Units.
Multidisciplinary inquiry into theory and practice concerned with delivery, quantity, costs of health care for individuals and populations. Explores managerial and policy concerns regarding structure, process, outcomes of health services including the costs, financing, organization, outcomes, and accessibility of care.
Same as UPPP 243
PUBHLTH 222B. Health Care Delivery and Financing. 4 Units.
Advances health policy comprehension. Explores healthcare delivery, spending, organizations, quality, insurance programs, payment mechanisms, reforms, and innovation. Special emphasis on incentives for payers, providers, and patients, influencing healthcare decisions.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 222A with a minimum grade of B-.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 223. Risk Communication. 4 Units.
Examines theory and research related to the communication of scientific information in risk communication contexts, risk perceptions, and behavior as related to decision-making under risk.
PUBHLTH 225. Health Politics and Policy. 4 Units.
Explore health policy according to the World Health Organization, focusing on decisions, plans, and actions for societal health goals. Understand political institutions, stakeholders, and interest groups influencing policy. Develop policy analysis skills and advocacy strategies through an interdisciplinary approach.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 222A (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of B-.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 228. Health Economics. 4 Units.
An overview of health economics with a focus on U.S. healthcare and health management. Explore economic aspects such as evaluation, medical care demand, insurance, productivity, and markets for healthcare professionals. Delve into microeconomic theory, government regulation, and health reform.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 242. Theories of Health Communication. 4 Units.
Evaluates health communication theory and strategies for diverse settings (healthcare, community, social media). Emphasizes audience segmentation, personalized tailoring, and subgroup targeting in case studies. Explores multimodal communication's role in persuasive messaging.
PUBHLTH 244. Health Behavior Theory. 4 Units.
Explores theories of health behavior change, moving from individual to broader contexts, with a focus on applying theory to create population-based theory-driven models delineating behavioral determinants of public health problems.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 245. Health Promotion Planning. 4 Units.
Explores strategic planning for public health interventions, emphasizing social and behavioral health science. Develops intervention plans targeting specific health issues and populations.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 246. Social Research Methods. 4 Units.
An interactive graduate seminar covering topics related to the research process and study design. Begins with conceptualizing research questions, hypotheses, and then turns to topics in measurement and concludes with experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational study designs.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 247. Program Evaluation. 4 Units.
Interactive course develops program evaluation plans. Students create plans for health programs in partnership with community organizations. Activities include lectures, discussions, readings, critiques, presentations, and final evaluation plan submission.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 248. Fundamentals of Maternal and Child Health - Programs, Problems, and Policy. 4 Units.
Explores Maternal and Child Health (MCH) through public health and neurobiological perspectives. Study key factors influencing global development. Examine historical foundations, conceptual frameworks, and current issues such as COVID-19's impact. Analyze programs and legislation addressing MCH disparities.
PUBHLTH 250. Health Status and Care Disparities. 4 Units.
Expert health care providers present viewpoints and interdisciplinary strategies for addressing sociocultural, economic, gender, age, and other disparities in population health status and care provision.
PUBHLTH 251. Models of Practice and Intervention at the Community Level. 4 Units.
Examines and critiques current models, frameworks, theories for
understanding social and behavioral factors that are central to community health, and
to the development, implementation, evaluation of interventions that encompass
behavioral change at the group, organization, community, societal, policy, or multilevel.
Prerequisite: CHC/LAT 200A with a minimum grade of B- or PUBHLTH 246 with a minimum grade of B-.
Same as CHC/LAT 251
PUBHLTH 253. Introduction to Community Health and Health Equity. 4 Units.
Explores community health roles, applications, and impacts in public health practice. Introduces community organizing, health advocacy, interventions, and strategies for addressing health inequities.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 255. Structural Racism and Health. 4 Units.
Provides a basis for understanding how health inequities result from structural forms of racism in various forms—from residential segregation and environmental injustice to social and economic policies—to impact health fundamentally. Reviews evidence, measurement, analysis, and mitigation strategies.
PUBHLTH 264. Introduction to Environmental Health Science. 4 Units.
Explores environmental health's role in disease prevention. Studies human-environment interaction, focusing on chemical, physical, and biological agents in community and occupational settings. Covers climate change, environmental justice, children’s health, exposure assessment, and policy for public health improvement.
Same as EHS 264, EPIDEM 264
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 269. Air Pollution, Climate, and Health. 4 Units.
Emission of air pollutants into the atmosphere, physical and meteorological processes that affect transport, and influence on global warming. Concepts of how and where people are most exposed, and how exposures and health effects differ in developed and developing regions.
Same as EHS 269, EPIDEM 269
PUBHLTH 272. Health Psychology. 4 Units.
Focus on theory and research in health psychology as applied to major acute, chronic, and occupational health problems. Adopting the biopsychosocial model of health, emphasis is on understanding and influencing how biology, behavior, and the environment influence health and illness.
Same as EHS 294
PUBHLTH 275. Environmental Modeling and Risk Management. 4 Units.
Learn general principles and basic mathematical methods for environmental modeling and human health risk assessment, including compartmental and advection-dispersion models for contaminants in air and water, uptake by plants and animals, exposure, assessment, dose-response modeling, risk management, and risk perception.
Same as EHS 275
PUBHLTH 276. War and Public Health. 4 Units.
Explores war's impact on public health, including healthcare infrastructures, disease outbreaks, mental, environmental, and behavioral health, within the Social Ecological Framework. Emphasizes recent global conflicts, and U.S. military involvement overseas.
Concurrent: PUBHLTH 176
PUBHLTH 277A. Target Organ Toxicology I. 4 Units.
Outlines vulnerability of selected organ systems to environmental and occupational chemicals. Reviews molecular aspects of toxicological damage. Topics include molecular toxicology and the following organ systems: nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, dermal, and skeletal embryology.
Same as EHS 206A
PUBHLTH 277B. Target Organ Toxicology II . 4 Units.
Analyzes mechanistic responses in animals and humans to environmental and occupational chemicals and radiation, focusing on organ system physiology. Topics specifically covered include reproductive, endocrine, developmental, kidney, liver, pancreas, vascular, immune toxicology, radiation, and chemical carcinogenesis.
Same as EHS 206B
PUBHLTH 278. Industrial Toxicology. 4 Units.
Analysis of responsibilities toxicologists have in industry, including product safety, generating material safety, data sheets, animal testing, ecotoxicological testing, risk/hazard communication, and assisting industrial hygienists and occupational physicians; emphasis on interdisciplinary nature of industrial toxicology and communication skills.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 277B with a minimum grade of B- or EHS 206B with a minimum grade of B-.
Same as EHS 220
PUBHLTH 279. Special Topics in Environmental & Occupational Health. 4 Units.
Current research in environmental and occupational health. Topics vary from quarter to quarter.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
PUBHLTH 280. Global Burden of Disease. 4 Units.
Introduces composite measures of disease burden, including Disability Adjusted Life Years and their use in prioritizing disease burden at local, regional, and global levels. Focuses on WHO's landmark assessments and introduces DISMOD software for specific analyses.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 281. Infectious Disease Epidemiology. 4 Units.
Covers concepts and methods of infectious disease epidemiology and case studies of various infectious diseases. Includes surveillance, outbreak investigation, emerging pathogens, ecological and molecular epidemiology.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 282. Climate Change and Global Health. 4 Units.
Explore major topics in climate change and global health, analyzing micro- and macro-level impacts. Covers infectious and non-communicable diseases, demographic aspects, and interventions. Gain the ability to propose public health solutions for climate-related health challenges.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 283. Geographic Information Systems for Public Health. 4 Units.
Engage extensively with GIS software, combining lectures and hands-on tutorials. Cover mapping basics, projections, geocoding, and toolbars. Apply GIS to public health data for practical understanding of its applications.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 206 with a minimum grade of B-.
Concurrent: PUBHLTH 190
PUBHLTH 286. Advanced Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Epidemiology. 4 Units.
Explore GIS software extensively, with lectures followed by hands-on tutorials. Topics include rasters, groundwater modeling, spatial statistics, and R programming. Analyze spatial epidemiology using public health data, with weekly assignments and a class project.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 283 with a minimum grade of B-.
PUBHLTH 287. Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health. 4 Units.
Introduction to qualitative research methods. Covers epistemology, the range of qualitative data, developing research questions appropriate for qualitative data analysis, fieldwork, data collection, analysis, and report writing. Students engage in fieldwork.
PUBHLTH 289. Special Topics in Global Health and Disease Prevention. 4 Units.
Current research in global health and disease prevention. Topics vary from quarter to quarter.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
PUBHLTH 290. Special Topics in Public Health. 4 Units.
Studies in selected areas of public health. Topics addressed vary each quarter.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary
PUBHLTH 291B. Seminar: Advances and Challenges in Public Health. 2 Units.
Forum for exploring recent advances and challenges in all disciplines of public health research and practice. Features case studies exemplifying the integration of core competencies with cross-cutting interdisciplinary themes of public health.
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
Concurrent: PUBHLTH 191B
PUBHLTH 291C. Seminar: Advances and Challenges in Public Health. 2 Units.
Forum for exploring recent advances and challenges in all disciplines of public health research and practice. Features case studies exemplifying the integration of core competencies with cross-cutting interdisciplinary themes of public health.
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
Concurrent: PUBHLTH 191C
PUBHLTH 292. Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research in Public Health. 4 Units.
Ethical dimensions of public health research, practice, and policy: ethical principles and frameworks, moral challenges in public health, research ethics, oversight of public health research, structural racism and health inequities, ethical issues in cross-cultural research, research misconduct, whistleblowing.
Concurrent: PUBHLTH 193
PUBHLTH 293. Foundations of Clinical and Translational Science. 4 Units.
Introduction to clinical research design, implementation, and translational science from lab to community. Foundation of clinical research design, approaches to accelerate therapeutic discoveries into healthcare practices, comparison of necessities and impediments to clinical research with transformative potential of translational science.
PUBHLTH 294. Research Communication in Public Health. 4 Units.
Skills for academic writing: focus on peer-reviewed journal articles, writing strategies, effective dissemination to academic/non-academic audiences, and career-related topics for graduate students in health-related fields.
Restrictions: School of Population and Public Health students only.
PUBHLTH 295. Graduate Practicum and Culminating Experience in Public Health. 8 Units.
Provides opportunities for hands-on experience for graduate students at agencies or organizations engaged in public health practice. Students are matched with placement sites based on academic preparation and students' career goals. The practicum report is integrated into the culminating experience.
Prerequisite: PUBHLTH 200 with a minimum grade of B and PUBHLTH 222A with a minimum grade of B and PUBHLTH 253 with a minimum grade of B and PUBHLTH 264 with a minimum grade of B and (PUBHLTH 206A with a minimum grade of B or EPIDEM 200A with a minimum grade of B).
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
Restrictions: Master of Public Health only.
PUBHLTH 296. Doctoral Dissertation Research and Writing. 1-12 Units.
Dissertation research with Public Health faculty.
Prerequisite: Advancement to candidacy.
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
Repeatability: May be taken for credit for 12 units
Restrictions: Public Health majors only.
PUBHLTH 297. Research Design and Proposal Writing. 4 Units.
Evaluate strengths of research findings based on methods used by researchers to develop research proposals. Components such as collaborative agreements, guidelines for proposal writing, budgeting, peer-review process, and transitioning from proposal to research project implementation are addressed.
Restrictions: Public Health majors, College of Health Sciences students, School of Population and Public Health students, and Doctor of Philosophy only.
PUBHLTH 298. Directed Studies in Public Health. 2-8 Units.
Directed study with Public Health faculty.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
PUBHLTH 299. Independent Study in Public Health . 2-8 Units.
Independent research with Public Health faculty.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
PUBHLTH 399. University Teaching. 2-4 Units.
Limited to teaching assistants.
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree
All Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health students must complete the following requirements.
All students must meet the University Requirements.
School Requirements:
Grade Requirement: A minimum grade point average of at least C (2.0) is required (1) overall, (2) in all courses required for the major program, (3) in the upper-division courses required for the major, and (4) in PUBHLTH 195W.
Residence Requirement: After matriculation, all Public Health courses required for the major must be successfully completed at UCI. The School of Population and Public Health strictly enforces the UCI residence requirement. At least 36 of the final 45 units completed by a student for the bachelor’s degree must be earned in residence at the UCI campus. (The School considers courses taken in the Education Abroad Program to be in-residence courses.)
Normal Progress: Students in the School of Population and Public Health are expected to make progress toward their degree, and their progress will be monitored. If normal academic progress toward the degree in Public Health is not being met, students will be subject to academic notice.
Double Majoring and Minoring
Second majors and/or minors will not be approved unless the student can complete both the degree and double major/minor(s) in their allotted time permitted at UCI. Students must be in good standing and not on academic notice for acceptance as a double major/minor(s).
Students may not enter as a double major, but Public Health students interested in other areas may apply for a double major after their first quarter, if the School of Population and Public Health approves.
Overlap Restrictions
Double Majoring in Public Health Sciences and Public Health Policy. Students may double major in Public Health Sciences and Public Health Policy; however, there are only seven courses that may overlap between the two majors. Students may overlap PUBHLTH 1, PUBHLTH 2, PUBHLTH 101, MATH 2A, MATH 2B, STATS 7 or STATS 8, and PUBHLTH 195W. There are no other courses that can count for both majors.
Other Double Majors. In fulfilling degree requirements for multiple majors, a maximum of two courses may overlap between any two majors.
Major and Minor Requirements. In fulfilling minor requirements, a maximum of two courses may overlap between a major and minor. No course overlap is permitted between minors.
Students may not double major in Public Health Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nursing Science, Biomedical Engineering: Premedical, or with any of the School of Biological Sciences majors or minors.