FMPH department

FMPH 40. Introduction to Public Health (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/FMPH.html#fmph40

Description

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 FPMU 40. Students may not receive credit for FPMU 40 and FMPH 40. Prerequisites: restricted enrollment to first-year, sophomore, and junior standing.

Prerequisite courses

FMPH 40 has no prerequisite courses.

Successor courses

FMPH 40 is a prerequisite of the following 12 courses:

• FMPH 101
• FMPH 102
• FMPH 110
• FMPH 120
• FMPH 155
• FMPH 161
• FMPH 171
• FMPH 191
• FMPH 193
• FMPH 194
• FMPH 196A
• GLBH 102