Lists of Courses & How to Enroll

This course introduces public health informatics and technology. Students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of public health, including the history and structure of public health in the United States. An overview of public health information systems and data will be explored and how they support public health.

Course: HSC 260 01 (9557) (Or any section of HSC 201)

Modality: Asynchronous, Synchronous at CSU Long Beach

Date: M/W 5:30pm - 6:45pm

Instructor: Dr. Brian Kwan

Students will understand and apply public health informatics and technology focusing on health/healthcare disparities. Students will procure, create, clean, manage, and analyze data to answer public health questions. Health informatics standards will also be introduced.

Course: STAT/ PH 306

Modality: Synchronous at CSU East Bay

Date: M/W 6:30 PM-7:45PM

Instructor: Dr. Jack Newsom

Equivalent courses at CSULB: BME 440, CECS 456, IS 470, HCA 416, HSC 403, STAT 491

In this course, students will learn Public Health Informatics & Standards, which is a multidisciplinary field that combines public health, computer science, information technology, and digital health interoperability standards to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of public health efforts. It involves the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to collect, manage, analyze and disseminate health-related data to support public health research, policymaking, planning, and surveillance. Students will leverage and harness technology for better and more equitable public health outcomes. This entails learning and understanding the busines and policy models that can put technology into practice, overcome community-specific barrieres to technology uptake, and create outcomes. The course has a case study format with each case covering an important technology which plays a part in advancing public health. The applications are standards and informatics; mental health apps in the community; application of AI/ML/NLP in public health; bio-surveillance, and devices and lifestyle. Students will become capable of improving the health of the public by innovating with technology. 

Course: CIVENG 190

Modality: Synchronous at UC Berkeley

Date: F 10:00 AM-12:45 PM (Lab Asynchronous)

Instructor: Dr. Raja Sengupta and Gora Datta

Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.

Course: GEOG 371(Sec 01,02,03,04)

Modality: Asynchronous (Sec 01 and 02); Synchronous (Sec 03 and 04)

Date: Tue 6:00 PM-7:50 PM

Instructors: Dr. Steven Steinberg and Dr. Sheida Lakshimi Steinberg

OR

Course: HSC 460B

Modality: Synchronous at CSULB

Date: F 1:00 PM-3:45 PM; Aug 26 - Dec. 17

Instructors: Dr. Brian Kwan

In this course, students will learn Public Health Informatics & Standards, which is a multidisciplinary field that combines public health, computer science, information technology, and digital health interoperability standards to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of public health efforts. It involves the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to collect, manage, analyze and disseminate health-related data to support public health research, policymaking, planning, and surveillance. Students will leverage and harness technology for better and more equitable public health outcomes. This entails learning and understanding the busines and policy models that can put technology into practice, overcome community-specific barrieres to technology uptake, and create outcomes. The course has a case study format with each case covering an important technology which plays a part in advancing public health. The applications are standards and informatics; mental health apps in the community; application of AI/ML/NLP in public health; bio-surveillance, and devices and lifestyle. Students will become capable of improving the health of the public by innovating with technology. 

Course: CIVENG 190

Modality: Synchronous at UC Berkeley

Date: F 10:00 AM-12:45 PM (Lab Asynchronous)

Instructor: Dr. Raja Sengupta and Gora Datta

Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.

Course: GEOG 371(Sec 01,02,03,04)

Modality: Asynchronous (Sec 01 and 02); Synchronous (Sec 03 and 04)

Date: Tue 6:00 PM-7:50 PM

Instructors: Dr. Steven Steinberg and Dr. Sheida Lakshimi Steinberg

OR

Course: HSC 460B

Modality: Synchronous at CSULB

Date: F 1:00 PM-3:45 PM; Aug 26 - Dec 17

Instructors: Dr. Brian Kwan

This course introduces public health informatics and technology. Students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of public health, including the history and structure of public health in the United States. An overview of public health information systems and data will be explored and how they support public health.

Course: HSC 260

Modality: Asynchronous at CSU Long Beach

Date: May 28^th-July 5th

Instructor: Professor Monica Montano

Students will understand and apply public health informatics and technology focusing on health/healthcare disparities. Students will procure, create, clean, manage, and analyze data to answer public health questions. Health informatics standards will also be introduced.

Course: STAT/ PH 306

Modality: Synchronous at CSU East Bay

Date: May 29^th-Aug 2^nd M/W 7:00PM-9:40PM

Instructor: Dr. Jack Newsom

Equivalent courses at CSULB: BME 440, CECS 456, IS 470, HCA 416, HSC 403, STAT 491

In this course, students will learn Public Health Informatics & Standards, which is a multidisciplinary field that combines public health, computer science, information technology, and digital health interoperability standards to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of public health efforts. It involves the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to collect, manage, analyze and disseminate health-related data to support public health research, policymaking, planning, and surveillance. Students will leverage and harness technology for better and more equitable public health outcomes. This entails learning and understanding the busines and policy models that can put technology into practice, overcome community-specific barrieres to technology uptake, and create outcomes. The course has a case study format with each case covering an important technology which plays a part in advancing public health. The applications are standards and informatics; mental health apps in the community; application of AI/ML/NLP in public health; bio-surveillance, and devices and lifestyle. Students will become capable of improving the health of the public by innovating with technology. 

Course: HSC 460A

Modality: Synchronous at CSU Long Beach

Date: July 8^th-August 16^th T/TH 4:00PM-6:45PM

Instructor: Dr. Gora Datta, Michelle Zackson

Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.

Course: PH167A

Modality: Asynchronous at UC Berkeley 

Date: June 17th - August 9th 

Instructor: Dr. Charlotte Smith 

OR

Course: HSC 460B 

Modality: Asynchronous at CSULB 

Date: July 8 - Aug 16

Instructor: Prof. Monica Montano

This course introduces public health informatics and technology. Students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of public health, including the history and structure of  public health in the United States. An overview of public health information systems and data will be explored and how they support public health.

Course: HSC 260-01, HSC 201

Modality: Synchronous at CSU Long Beach

Instructor: Dr. Brian Kwan.

Students will understand and apply public health informatics and technology focusing on health/healthcare disparities. Students will procure, create, clean, manage, and analyze data to answer public health questions. Health informatics standards will also be introduced.

Course: STAT/ PH 306

Modality: Synchronous at CSU East Bay

Instructor: Dr.Jack Newsom.

This course is to familiarize students with the principles, methods, & techniques necessary to apply GIS in public health settings. Weekly readings, discussions, case studies are presented to introduce the application of GIS technologies; maps for visualizing clusters, mobile phone-Apps for data collection, & spatial analyses such as proximity analysis or site suitability. The course includes assignments aimed & at acquiring experience on the use of GIS for infectious disease control, disease cluster detection, environmental justice, health services data mapping, & spatial risk assessment. Culminating project: Story Map where students use maps they’ve created as well as additional narrative text images & optional videos for community health education or policy.

Course: CIVENG 190

Modality: Synchronous at UC Berkeley.

Instructor: Dr. Raja Sengupta and Gora Datta.

Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.

Course: PH177A

Modality: Asynchronous at UC Berkeley 

Instructor: Dr. Charlotte Smith

OR

Course: GEOG 371 

Modality: Asynchronous/Synchronous at CSULB 

Instructor: Dr. Steven Steinberg and Dr. Sheida Lakshimi Steinberg