Nursing and Health Studies Program

Health Studies Concentration Area Courses

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