As part of the degree program, students will take at least one course in each of the four concentration areas below, and then complete an additional 20 credits (4 courses) in either the broad pathway or focused pathway; see the Health Studies Major Requirements table for additional details.
Concentration Area Course List
The courses on the following list will count towards fulfilling requirements in each concentration areas.
The list below is valid at least through the end of Winter Quarter 2013; please check back for updates to this information. Additional courses will be added to this list, so please check back often for updates.
Ethics, Education, Policy & Management Courses
B BUS 330 Information Management and Analysis (5)
BEDUC 315 History of Education in the US (I & S) 5 Credits
BEDUC 320 Education and Society (I & S)
BIS 281 Global Politics (5) I&S
BIS 445 Meanings and Realities of Inequality (5) I&S
BISSEB 304 Institutions and Social Change (5) I&S
Health & Life Sciences Courses
B BIO 231 Genes, Genomes and Heredity (5)
B BIO 315 Human Anatomy
B BIO 350 Animal Physiology
B BIO 364 Biochemistry
B BIO 370 Microbiology
B BIO 460 Developmental Biology
B HLTH 480 Genetics and Public Health (5)
B HLTH 450 Exploring the Humanities in Healthcare
B HLTH 444 Issues in American Indian Health
B HLTH 465 Adolescent Health
BST 200 Introduction to Climate Science (5)
BST 322 Exploration of Consciousness (5)
Social and Historical Studies Courses
BEDUC 315 History of Education in the US (I & S) 5 Credits
BEDUC 456 Adolescents in School and Society (I & S) 5 Credits
BEDUC 461 Educational Implications of Gender Inequality 5 Credits
BEDUC 320 Education and Society (3 credit seminar and optional 2 credit service learning)
BEDUC 475 Global Perspectives on Diversity and Citizenship Education (I & S) 3 Credits
BEDUC 493 Environmental Education (3 credit seminar and optional 2 credit service learning)
B HLTH 444 Issues in American Indian Health (5)
B HLTH 450 Exploring the Humanities in Healthcare
B HLTH 455 Women, Culture, and Healing (5)
B HLTH 462 Global/Local Health Inequalities & Interventions (5)
B HLTH 464 Environments and Health
B HLTH 465 Adolescent Health
B HLTH 480 Genetics and Public Health (5)
BIS 348 Cultural Psychology (5) I&S
BIS 369 Women Across Cultures (5) I&S
BIS 385 Cross-Cultural Oral Traditions (5) VLPA
BIS 420 Colonizing History in Sub-Saharan Africa (5) I&S
BIS 427 Global History I (5) I&S
BIS 431 Issues in Sexual Politics and Cultures (5, max. 10) I&S
BIS 436 Comparative Family Systems (5) I&S
BIS 438 Prevention and Promotion (5) I&S
BIS 445 Meanings and Realities of Inequality (5) I&S
BISAMS 364 Public Memory and Dissent in American Culture (5) VLPA/I&S
BISAMS 366 Exploring American Culture: Americans at the Margins (5) VLPA/I&S
BISAMS 367 Exploring American Culture: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration (5) VLPA/I&S
Health Issues and Interventions at Local and Global Levels Courses
B BUS 330 Information Management and Analysis (5)
B BSKL 300 Business Team Skills
BEDUC 493 Environmental Education (3 credit seminar and optional 2 credit service learning)
BES 301 Science Methods and Practice (5) NW/QSR
B HLTH 462 Global/Local Health Inequalities & Interventions (5)
B HLTH 445 Health in a Developing Nation (5)
B HLTH 455 Women, Culture, and Healing (5)
B HLTH 464 Environments and Health
BIS 222 Travel and Cultural Difference (5) I&S
BIS 337 Risk and Resilience (5) I&S
BIS 342 Geographic Information Systems (5) I&S
BIS 438 Prevention and Promotion (5) I&S