Health Science B.S.
Certificate Program
Certificates may be earned by regularly matriculated or extended learning students and denote successful completion of a prescribed program of study designed to a) impart specified professional/vocational/career competencies; or b) produce mastery of the content of a sub-field of an academic major (discipline); or c) provide exposure to the range of materials in a traditional or emerging interdisciplinary field. Certain certificate programs contain 600-level courses as requirements and/or electives. These 600-level courses may not be taken by undergraduate students. See Page 57 for additional certificate information.
Certificate in Ambulatory Care/Group Practice Management
Certificate requirements (36 units)
1. ACCT 211. Introductory Accounting I (4)
2. HSCI 415. Medical Care Organizations (4)
3. HSCI 436. Human Resources Management in Ambulatory Care/Group Practice Management (4)
4. HSCI 437. Information Systems as Applied to Ambulatory Care/Group Practice Management (4)
5. HSCI 438. Financial Management in Ambulatory Care/Group Practice Management (4)
6. HSCI 460. Strategic Planning and Marketing in the Health Care System (4)
7. HSCI 512. Clinical Operations of Ambulatory Care/Group Practices (4)
8. HSCI 513. Managed Care Systems (4)
9. MGMT 302. Management and Organizational Behavior (4)
Certificate in Community Mental Health
Certificate requirements (30 units)
1. HSCI 271. Introduction to Community Health (4)
2. HSCI 421. Community Mental Health (4)
3. PSYC 387. Community Psychology (4)
4. PSYC 390. Abnormal Psychology (4)
5. Fourteen units of electives chosen from the following in consultation with an advisor:
HSCI 364. Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse (4)
HSCI 399. Community Service Project (1-2)
HSCI 423. Health and Wellness of Older Adults (4)
HSCI 451. Principles of Epidemiology (4)
HSCI 470. Health Behavior (4)
HSCI 495A. Field Experience (5)
PSYC 201. Developmental Psychology (4)
PSYC 315. Communication Processes (4)
PSYC 329. Psychology of Adulthood and Aging (4)
PSYC 333. Drugs and Behavior (4)
PSYC 351. Behavior Modification: Principles and Applications (4)
PSYC 384. Personality and Social Development (4)
PSYC 385. Personality (4)
PSYC 386. Introduction to Psychotherapy (4)
PSYC 391. Psychopathology of Childhood (4)
SOC 355. Medical Sociology (4)
SOC 356. Sociology of Mental Illness (4)
Certificate in Gerontology
The Department of Health Science and Human Ecology participates in the interdisciplinary certificate in Gerontology. Details concerning this certificate are found under Sociology Certificate Programs, Page 311.
Certificate in Health Care Management
Certificate requirements (32 units)
1. ACCT 211. Introductory Accounting I (4)
2. HSCI 120. Health and Society: An Ecological Approach (4)
3. HSCI 415. Medical Care Organizations (4)
4. HSCI 460. Strategic Planning and Marketing in the Health Care System (4)
5. HSCI 490. Health Service Administration (4)
6. Eight units chosen from:
HSCI 271. Introduction to Community Health (4)
HSCI 511. Organization and Management of Long-Term Care Facilities (4)
HSCI 512. Clinical Operations of Ambulatory Care/Group Practices (4)
HSCI 513. Management Care Systems (4)
7. MGMT 302. Management and Organizational Behavior (4)
Please refer to the University catalog at http://catalog.csusb.edu for official information.