Lower Division Course (SPH)

92.  Internship in Community Health (1-12)

Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: lower division standing; consent of instructor. Students apply theory and concepts learned in the classroom through field work in a community health agency. (P/NP grading only)

Upper Division Courses

101.  Perspectives in Community Health (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: undergraduate standing. Covers comprehensively the responsibilities, obligations, roles and professional activities of various health care disciplines in the community; provides students with perspectives on preventive medicine in society.—III. (III.)

160.  General Health Education and Prevention (5)

Lecture—4 hours; discussion—1 hour. Topics include addiction, substance abuse/prevention, nutrition, stress management, physical fitness, body image, reproductive anatomy and physiology, contraceptive options, safer sex, sexual health, healthy relationships, and other general wellness/health promotion topics. Practice in peer counseling and outreach presentations. (P/NP grading only.)—I. (I.)       Lake, Ferguson

161. Campus Alcohol/Drug Abuse Prevention Program Peer Educator Training (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; practice—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 160 (may be taken concurrently). Preparation for internship in campus and community substance abuse prevention and educational intervention. Addiction and other physiological responses to alcohol and other drugs. Harm-reduction strategies for individuals and target populations. High risk behaviors. Practice in peer counseling skills and outreach presentations to small and large groups. (P/NP grading only.)—III. (III.) Lake

162. Health Advocates Peer Educator Training (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; practice—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 160 (may be taken concurrently). Preparation for internship in campus and community health promotion and risk reduction. Nutrition, stress management, physical fitness, body image and disordered eating, skin cancer prevention, and other general wellness/health promotion topics. (P/NP grading only.)—III. (III.)

175W. Health Policy and Health Politics (4)

Seminar—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—1 hour. Following the model of a Congressional subcommittee, identification of four salient health policy issues for study, research, and development of model policies to address them. (Same course as UC Davis Washington Center 175.) GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.—III.

190C. Research Conference in Community and International Health (1)

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Weekly conference on research problems, progress, and techniques in Community and International Health. Critical discussion of recent journal articles. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Gold

192.  Internship in Community Health Practice (1-12)

Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: upper division and graduate students; consent of instructor. The student, through fieldwork in a community health agency, learns to apply theory and concepts learned in the classroom. (P/NP grading only)

198.  Study in Community and International Health (1-5)

Prerequisite: undergraduate standing and consent of instructor. Study and experience for undergraduate students in any number of areas in community and international health. (P/NP grading only.)

199.  Research in Community and International Health (1-5)

Prerequisite: undergraduate standing; consent of instructor. Student will work with faculty member in areas of research interest, including but not limited to injury control, international health, health policy, occupational and environmental health, health promotion and wellness, women’s health, and health demographics. (P/NP grading only)