PH 40Introduction to Public Health

4 units · PH · UC San Diego

This course provides an introduction to the infrastructure of public health; the analytical tools employed by public health practitioners; bio-psychosocial perspectives of public health problems; health promotion/disease prevention; quality assessment in public health; and legal and ethical concerns. Must be taken for a letter grade to be applied to the public health major. Renumbered from FMPH 40. Students may not receive credit for FMPH 40 and PH 40.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

None listed in the catalog.

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Fall (3 programs).

Required in (3)

PblHlth w/Con Medicine Sci
Public Health (B.S.)
Public Health with Concentration in Biostatistics (B.S.)

What it opens up

Courses that list PH 40 as a prerequisite (21)

PH 101 Epidemiology
PH 102 Biostatistics in Public Health
PH 110 Health Behavior and Chronic Diseases
PH 120 Health Policies for Healthy Lifestyles
PH 130 Environmental and Occupational Health
PH 151 Planning, Conducting, and Reporting Responsible and Ethical Research
PH 151R Planning, Conducting, and Reporting Responsible and Ethical Research
PH 155 Qualitative Research for Global Public Health
PH 156 Skills for Health Promotion and Communication
PH 157 Race, Intersectionality, and Public Health
PH 161 Clinical Nutrition in Public Health
PH 162 Critical Digital Health
PH 171 Field Epidemiology and Outbreak Investigations
PH 172 Immunizations and Public Health
PH 191 Topics in Public Health
PH 193 Public Health Capstone I
PH 193R Public Health Capstone I
PH 194 Public Health Capstone II
PH 194R Public Health Capstone II
PH 196AH Public Health Honors Practicum I
PH 45 Introduction to Methods and Ethics in Public Health Research