Public Health Science for Transfer Associate in Science Degree for Transfer

Program Overview

The Associate in Science in Public Health for Transfer program at Skyline College prepares students for advanced study in public health at California State Universities. The program explores the factors influencing public health, including policy, socioeconomics, and the environment, and emphasizes the connections between psychosocial, behavioral, biomedical, and environmental aspects of human health. Students develop skills in statistical analysis and apply them to understanding population health.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

An Associate in Science in Public Health for Transfer (AS-T) from Skyline College is intended for students who are interested in transferring to a California State University (CSU) campus with a major in Public Health, or similar major. The program is designed to prepare students for advanced study in public health and community health education. Students explore and make sense of the complex, dynamic forces that affect human and population health at the local, national and global levels. Students will explore the environmental, social, behavioral and political drivers of chronic and infectious diseases, health disparities, premature death, disease epidemics and strategies for addressing these issues.

Objectives:

• Identify factors influencing the public's health including factors related to public policy, socioeconomics, and the environment that contribute to epidemics, health disparities and leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
• Make connections between the psychosocial, behavioral, biomedical and environmental aspects of human health.
• Apply basic statistical methods to measuring and understanding population health.

Outline:

Required Core (30-31 units)

• MATH 200 Elementary Probability & Statistics (4 units)
• HSCI 100 General Health Science (3 units)
• HSCI 135 Introduction to Public Health (3 units)
• BIOL 110 Principles of Biology (4 units)
• BIOL 250 Human Anatomy (4 units)
• BIOL 260 Human Physiology (5 units)
• CHEM 192 Elementary Chemistry (4 units) or CHEM 210 General Chemistry I (5 units)
• PSYC 100 General Psychology (3 units)

List A: Select one course (3 units) from the following:

• ECON 100 Principles of Macro Economics (3 units)
• ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics (3 units)
• BIOL 310 Nutrition (3 units)
• HSCI 130 Human Sexuality (3 units)
• SOCI 100 Introduction to Sociology (3 units)

Assessment:

Teaching:

Careers:

• Community health educators
• Community health outreach workers
• Health counselors
• Health research assistants
• Health education coordinators
• Trainers
• Health program planners
• Health coaches
• School-based health educators