Overview

The mission of the Department of Public Health (formerly Health Education) at San Francisco State University is to promote health and health equity at the individual, community, and structural levels through transformative education, research, scholarship and service, all of which value diversity, engage communities and are grounded in cultural humility.

At the Child and Adolescent Development- Concentration in Early Care and Education program offered at San Francisco State University, students engage with a curriculum grounded in public health competencies of social determinants of health, epidemiology, health policy, community organizing, health and power inequities, public health programming and practice in the field. They also build skills to support their agency as informed and engaged participants in a democracy; these include, but are not limited to, oral and written communication skills, quantitative, scientific and information literacy, critical thinking, critical consciousness, cultural humility, teamwork, leadership and creative problem solving. This public health foundation prepares students for a broad range of roles and types of jobs where they may use knowledge, skills and values gained from their public health training to address public health challenges of the 21st century and to advocate for and build healthy communities.

Program Learning Outcomes

Identify effective strategies for advocacy and community organizing to improve health and health equity.
Explain behavioral, biological, social, environmental, economic, policy and systems level factors influencing public health.
Communicate orally, in writing and visually, coherently and persuasively in the context of public health using multiple platforms.
Describe qualitative and quantitative research, including assessment, evaluation, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Plan interventions using research and theory to improve population health and reduce health inequities.
Analyze the influences of social policy and health systems on population health.
Demonstrate professional skills including teamwork, leadership, cultural humility, community engagement, and critical reflection.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Human Biology
Algebra and Statistics for Social Justice
Statistics for Social Justice
Data Analysis in Education
Elementary Statistics
Quantitative Reasoning in Psychology
Public Health Biology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-30 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

San Francisco, United States

Disciplines

Education Childhood Studies Educational Leadership View 176 other Bachelors in Childhood Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete and submit the CSU Application
Students will be required to submit official, original or certified/attested copies of all original academic documents in the original language of issue
Applicants who are presently attending a college or university in the United States must, in addition to their international records, submit official transcripts of all work completed and in progress
Applicants must be qualified to enter a university in their home country and have a good scholastic record from an accredited/recognized school
All applicants for admission to the University must pay a $55.00 application fee
English language proficiency

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

8256 USD / year

≈ 8256 USD / year
Out-of-State

8256 USD / year

≈ 8256 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

8256 USD / year

≈ 8256 USD / year

Additional Details

Out-of-State and International students must pay $444.00 PER UNIT in addition to the tuition fees

Living costs

San Francisco

United States

2206 - 4119 USD / month

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