Community Health, Health Advocacy/Patient Navigation Concentration, B.A.

Requirements for the Bachelor’s Degree

A bachelor’s degree requires a total of 120 units. Students must fulfill General Education & All-University Requirements , residency, unit, and GPA requirements as outlined in the Bachelor’s Degree Requirements .

Major Academic Plan, Community Health, Health Advocacy/Patient Navigation, B.A.

Program MAPs represent recommended or possible pathways toward degree completion in four years (or two years for transfer students). Please see an advisor and use the DARS planner to create an education plan that is customized to meet your needs.

Community Health, Health Advocacy/Patient Navigation Concentration, B.A. MAP

Community Health, Health Advocacy/Patient Navigation Concentration, B.A. Transfer MAP

Requirements for the Major (66 Units)

Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in all required courses.

Lower Division (16 Units)

HED 100 - Introduction to Health and Well-Being Units: 3
HED 210 - Health Care Systems and Health Policy Units: 3
HED 211 - Health Advocacy and Justice in Medicine Units: 3
HED 231 - Basic Human Nutrition Units: 3
KINS 244 - Medical Terminology Units: 1
PSYC 104 - Introduction to Psychology Units: 3

Upper Division (40 Units)

ECON 335 - Healthcare Economics Units: 3
ENST 471 - Environmental Health Justice Units: 3
ES 309 - Health Issues in African American Communities Units: 3
ES 311 - Issues in Latinx American Health Units: 3
HED 343 - Food, Health, and Society Units: 3
HED 345 - Health Messaging and Mass Media Units: 3
HED 388 - Community Based Health Promotion Units: 3
HED 390 - Design and Implement HP Program Units: 3
HED 412 - Epidemiology Units: 3
HED 482 - Community Health Practicum/Internship Units: 1-6 (4 units required for the major)
HED 490W - Community Health Capstone Units: 3
NAS 305 - Native American Health Units: 3
NAS 400 - Decolonizing Public Health Units: 3

Health Advocacy/Patient Navigation Concentration (10 Units)

ENGL 309W - Narrative Medicine: Communication in Health Care Units: 3
HED 220 - Interdisciplinary Care Coordination Across the Lifespan Units: 3
HED 244 - Introduction to Health Informatics and Coding Units: 1
HED 350 - Ethical, Legal, and Financial Concerns in Health Advocacy Units: 3

Program Learning Outcomes

Understand the methods for identifying factors influencing population health, and potential targets for intervention.
Describe the role that social, environmental, and personal health behaviors play in shaping community health.
Effectively communicate community health information in both oral and written forms through a variety of media and to diverse audiences.
Demonstrate ability to locate, use, evaluate, and synthesize community health information.
Guide access to, and navigation of, systems and institutions of healthcare as well as community-based services and resources; optimize patient and family empowerment, self-efficacy, and wellness.
Assess barriers to health care access and engage community members in creating potential solutions to these barriers.
Recognize cultural difference and the relationship between culture and health; critique normative, biased and ableist definitions of health; address disparities and forms of discrimination in healthcare; advance health equity through stewardship and advocacy.
Plan community health programs with awareness of structural and social determinants of health.
Identify strategies to employ for self-care and resiliency to avoid burn-out.