PUB HLT 50AIntroduction to Public Health I
Public Health · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Systematic exploration of history, philosophy, development, and scope of public health in U.S. and globally. Emphasis on scientific, social, and legal basis for public health practice, including strategies for advancing individual, community, and environmental public health. Survey of core public health functions and essential services with special focus on population health, health equity, environmental justice, and financing of health services.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
PUB HLT 50A
- PUB HLT 50BIntroduction to Public Health II
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.