BA Global and Community Health at University of California, Riverside

Programme overview

The BA in Global and Community Health examines social inequities and health with a focus on community-engaged approaches to health justice. Students learn to read and communicate statistical data, analyse links between local, national and global scales, and identify structural causes of health outcomes, using arts, humanities and social science methods.

Department: School of Education, Society and Human Development (SEHE) | Duration: 52 units (13 courses) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Riverside, CA, United States

What you will study

The major is 52 units (13 courses): lower-division courses include SEHE 002 Health Equity and Health Justice, a data analysis course, a health-related natural science course and a global health perspectives course; upper-division work includes SEHE 101 Community Research and Anti-Oppressive Methods, four Global and Community Health electives, a course on gender, race and structural inequities, and a capstone (SEHE 190 or SEHE 198-I).

Career pathways

Employment and postgraduate study in community-oriented health, including medicine and allied professions such as public health, health advocacy and health administration.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is to the University (and its college), not to the major unless stated. First-year applicants need a minimum 3.0 GPA (3.4 for non-California residents) in UC-approved A-G courses from grades 10-11, with required years in history/social science (2), English (4), mathematics (3), science (2), language other than English (2), visual and performing arts (1) and a college-preparatory elective (1); four of eight personal insight questions are answered; SAT/ACT scores are not considered. Applicants educated in a non-English-instruction system show English proficiency (for example TOEFL iBT or Duolingo 115 as listed on the admissions site). Source: admissions.ucr.edu/freshman (applies to the University, not specifically to this major).

Fall quarter entry (September); the first-year UC application is accessed from Aug. 1 and submitted Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Transfer admission is also for fall quarter. UCR operates on a quarter system.

UC Riverside operates a quarter system. Summer begins mid-June, Fall late September, Winter early January and Spring late March/early April. Most graduate programmes admit and begin in the Fall quarter only.

First-year applicants: the UC application opens Aug. 1 and is submitted Oct. 1-Nov. 30; admission notifications begin in March; the Statement of Intent to Register is due May 1; FAFSA/CA Dream Act priority deadline is March 2. UCR does not consider SAT or ACT scores in admission decisions or scholarships.

Transfer applicants: TAG applications are submitted Sept. 1-30; UC applications Oct. 1-Nov. 30; admission notifications begin in April; the Statement of Intent to Register is due June 1.

The UC application fee is $80 for each UC campus, with a fee waiver available through the application. Applications are made through the UC application.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.ucr.edu/apply

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