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Program Calendar

2021 – 2022 Academic YearBeginEnd
Fall Program Dates
Fall Full TermMonday, August 23, 2021Sunday, December 12, 2021
Fall 1Monday, August 23, 2021Sunday, October 17, 2021
Fall 2Monday, October 25, 2021Sunday, December 19, 2021
Spring Program Dates
Spring Full TermTuesday, January 18, 2022Sunday, May 8, 2022
Spring 1Tuesday, January 11, 2022Sunday, March 6, 2022
Spring 2Monday, March 7, 2022Sunday, May 1, 2022
Summer Program Dates
Summer 1 Monday, May 9, 2022Sunday, June 26, 2022
Second-year Campus VisitThursday June 2, 2022Friday, June 10, 2022
Summer 2
Monday, June 27, 2022Sunday, August 14, 2022
First-year Campus VisitMonday, June 20, 2022Friday, June 24, 2022
Academic and Administrative Holidays
  • Monday, September 6, 2021 (Labor Day)
  • Thursday, November 11, 2021 (Veteran’s Day)
  • Thursday, November 25, 2021 (Thanksgiving)
  • Friday, November 26, 2021 (Native American Heritage Day)
  • Thursday, December 23, 2021 (Winter Holiday)
  • Friday, December 24, 2021 (Winter Holiday)
  • Thursday, December 30, 2021 (New Year)
  • Friday, December 31, 2021 (New Year)
  • Monday, January 17, 2022 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
  • Monday, February 21, 2022 (President’s Day)
  • Monday, March 21 – Thursday, March 24, 2022 (Spring Break)*
  • Friday, March 25, 2022 (Cesar Chavez Day)
  • Monday, May 30, 2022 (Memorial Day)
  • Monday, June 20, 2022 (Juneteenth)
  • Monday, July 4, 2022 (Independence Day)

*Spring Break only applies to Spring Full Term courses

Fall 2021

Course TitleUnitsClass
Number
INTER
HPM
EPI
PHW200G: Health and Social Behavior
3
29598Required 1st year courseRequired 1st year courseRequired 1st year course
PHW250: Epidemiological Methods I
3
32243Required 1st year courseRequired 1st year courseRequired 1st year course
PHW250B: Epidemiologic Methods II
4
29662ElectiveElectiveRequired
PH252: Epidemiological Analysis
4
29629ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option
PH W251: Intro to R for Public Health
2
33030ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option

We strongly recommend registering during Phase 1. Refer to CalCentral for your enrollment dates.

Exam Dates can be found in the course syllabi, available on the Curriculum and Advising page.

Important dates:
  • August 20, 2021, Deadline to add fall 1 courses with program approval.
  • August 23, 2021, Online courses instruction begins. Course sites open at 9:00 am Pacific Time.
  • August 27, 2021, Deadline to drop fall 1 courses with program approval. (Residential Only)
  • September 3, 2021, Deadline for all students to drop classes without a fee. $10 fee charged for each class dropped after this date.
  • September 10, 2021, Deadline to become “officially registered” (tuition and fees paid, no blocks). $150 Late Registration Fee after this date.
  • October 8, 2021, Deadline to change grading option
Academic and Administrative Holidays:
  • Monday, September 6, 2021 (Labor Day)
  • Thursday, November 11, 2021 (Veteran’s Day)
  • Thursday, November 25, 2021 (Thanksgiving)
  • Friday, November 26, 2021 (Native American Heritage Day)
  • Thursday, December 23, 2021 (Winter Holiday)
  • Friday, December 24, 2021 (Winter Holiday)
  • Thursday, December 30, 2021 (New Year)
  • Friday, December 31, 2021 (New Year)
Course TitleUnitsClass
Number
INTER
HPM
EPI
PHW212: Foundations of Global Health
3
29624ElectiveElectiveElective
PHW220M: Health Policy Methods
3
29667ElectiveRequired 2nd year courseElective
PHW224: Organizational Behavior and Management in Health Care
3
29483ElectiveRequired 2nd year courseElective
PHW260: Infectious Disease
3
29494ElectiveElectiveElective

We strongly recommend registering during Phase 1. Refer to CalCentral for your enrollment dates.

Exam Dates can be found in the course syllabi, available on the Curriculum and Advising page.

Important dates:
  • August 20, 2021, Deadline to add fall 1 courses with program approval.
  • August 23, 2021, Online courses instruction begins. Course sites open at 9:00 am Pacific Time.
  • August 27, 2021, Deadline to drop fall 1 courses with program approval. (Residential Only)
  • September 3, 2021, Deadline for all students to drop classes without a fee. $10 fee charged for each class dropped after this date.
  • September 10, 2021, Deadline to become “officially registered” (tuition and fees paid, no blocks). $150 Late Registration Fee after this date.
  • October 8, 2021, Deadline to change grading option
Academic and Administrative Holidays:
  • Monday, September 6, 2021 (Labor Day)
Course TitleUnitsClass
Number
INTER
HPM
EPI
PHW213: Global Health Ethics
3
32242ElectiveElectiveElective
PHW226A: Health Economics
3
29601ElectiveRequirement Alternative (W226C)Elective
PHW236A: Regulatory Science, Drug Development and Public Health
3
29636ElectiveElectiveElective
PHW253: Outbreak Investigation
3
29661ElectiveElectiveElective

We strongly recommend registering during Phase 1. Refer to CalCentral for your enrollment dates.

Exam Dates can be found in the course syllabi, available on the Curriculum and Advising page.

Important dates:
  • October 22, 2021, Deadline to add fall 2 courses with program approval.
  • October 25, 2021, Online courses instruction begins. Course sites open at 9:00 am Pacific Time.
  • October 29, 2021, Deadline to drop fall 2 courses with program approval. (Residential Only)
Academic and Administrative Holidays:
  • Thursday, November 11, 2021 (Veteran’s Day)
  • Thursday, November 25, 2021 (Thanksgiving)
  • Friday, November 26, 2021 (Native American Heritage Day)
  • Thursday, December 23, 2021 (Winter Holiday)
  • Friday, December 24, 2021 (Winter Holiday)
  • Thursday, December 30, 2021 (New Year)
  • Friday, December 31, 2021 (New Year)

Spring 2022

Course TitleUnitsClass
Number
INTER
HPM
EPI
PHW142: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
4
23413Required 1st year courseRequired 1st year courseRequired 1st year course
PH215: Anti-Racist and Racial Justice Praxis Student Elective
(Residential course with required (online) synchronous sessions.
No required attendance on campus.)
3
33322ElectiveElectiveElective
PHW200F: Introduction to Environmental Health Sciences
2
23412Required 1st year courseRequired 1st year couresRequired 1st year course
PHW200G: Health and Social Behavior
3
30735Required 1st year courseRequired 1st year couresRequired 1st year course
PHW241R: Intermediate Biostatistics for Public Health
4
33208ElectiveElectiveRequired
PHW250: Epidemiologic Methods I
3
30475Required 1st year courseRequired 1st year couresRequired 1st year course
PH252C: Intervention Trial Design
2
30118 (Lect)
33305 (Disc)
ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option
PH271K: Introduction to Data Management and Programming in SAS for Public Health
(Residential course with optional (online) synchronous sessions.
No required attendance on campus.)
2
33037ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option

We strongly recommend registering during Phase 1. Refer to CalCentral for your enrollment dates.

Exam Dates can be found in the course syllabi, available on the Curriculum and Advising page.

Important dates:
  • January 18, 2022, Online courses instruction begins.
  • January 28, 2022, Deadline for all students to drop classes without a fee. $10 fee charged for each class dropped after this date.
  • February 4, 2022, Deadline to become “officially registered” (tuition and fees paid, no blocks). $150 Late Registration Fee after this date.
  • February 25, 2022, Deadline to change grading option
Academic and Administrative Holidays:
  • Monday, January 17, 2022 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
  • Monday, February 21, 2022 (President’s Day)
  • Monday, March 21 – Thursday, March 24, 2022 (Spring Break)*
  • Friday, March 25, 2022 (Cesar Chavez Day)
  • Monday, May 30, 2022 (Memorial Day)
  • Monday, June 20, 2022 (Juneteenth)
  • Monday, July 4, 2022 (Independence Day)

*Spring Break only applies to Spring Full Term courses

Course TitleUnitsClass
Number
INTER
HPM
EPI
PHW206A: Nutrition Assessment
3
33036ElectiveElectiveElective
PHW219: Social & Behavioral Health: Intro to Survey Methods
3
23415ElectiveElectiveRecommended 2nd year course
PHW222A: Biomedical Innovation Policy
3
33178ElectiveElectiveElective
PHW225A: Introduction to Applied Implementation Science
1
33323ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option
PHW226C: Economics of Population Health
3
23420ElectiveRequirement Alternative (W226A)Elective
PHW226F: Cost Effectiveness Analysis
1
23462ElectiveRecommended 2nd year courseElective
PHW272A: Intro to GIS for Public Health
3
23461ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option

We strongly recommend registering during Phase 1. Refer to CalCentral for your enrollment dates.

Exam Dates can be found in the course syllabi, available on the Curriculum and Advising page.

Important dates:
  • January 7, 2022, Deadline to add spring 1 courses with program approval.
  • January 11, 2022, Online courses instruction begins. Course sites open at 9:00 am Pacific Time.
  • January 15, 2022, Deadline to drop spring 1 courses with program approval. (Residential Only)
  • January 28, 2022, Deadline for all students to drop classes without a fee. $10 fee charged for each class dropped after this date.
  • February 4, 2022, Deadline to become “officially registered” (tuition and fees paid, no blocks). $150 Late Registration Fee after this date.
  • February 25, 2022, Deadline to change grading option
Academic and Administrative Holidays:
  • Monday, January 17, 2022 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
  • Monday, February 21, 2022 (President’s Day)
Course TitleUnitsClass
Number
INTER
HPM
EPI
PHW218: Evaluation of Health and Social Programs
3
23414Recommended 2nd year courseElectiveElective
PHW225B Implementation Science Case Studies in Low and Middle Income Countries
1
33324ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option
PHW227A Health Care Finance
3
23542ElectiveRequired 2nd year courseElective
PHW272C: Applied Spatial Data Science for Public Health
3
23530ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option
PHW277 Applied GIS for Public Health Practice
3
23574ElectiveElectiveElective

We strongly recommend registering during Phase 1. Refer to CalCentral for your enrollment dates.

Exam Dates can be found in the course syllabi, available on the Curriculum and Advising page.

Important dates:
  • March 4, 2021 Deadline to add spring 2 courses with program approval.
  • March 7, 2022, Online courses instruction begins. Course sites open at 9:00 am Pacific Time.
  • March 11, 2022 Deadline to drop spring 2 courses with program approval. (Residential Only)
  • February 4, 2022, Deadline for all students to drop classes without a fee. $10 fee charged for each class dropped after this date.
  • April 22, 2022, Deadline to change grading option
Academic and Administrative Holidays:
  • Friday, March 25, 2022 (Cesar Chavez Day)

Summer 2022

Course TitleUnitsClass
Number
INTER
HPM
EPI
PHW200E: Introduction to Health Policy and Management

Campus Visit Dates:
Monday, June 20 - Friday, June 24, 2022

3
14693Required 1st-year courseRequired 1st-year courseRequired 1st-year course
PHW289: Interdisciplinary Seminar

Campus Visit Dates:
Thursday, June 2- Friday, June 10, 2022


3
14694Required 2nd-year courseRequired 2nd-year courseRequired 2nd-year course
PHW257: Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response
3
14702ElectiveElectiveElective

Exam Dates can be found in the course syllabi, available on the Curriculum and Advising page.

Important dates:
  • May 6, 2022, Deadline to add summer 1 courses with program approval.
  • May 9, 2022, Online courses instruction begins. Course sites open at 9:00 am Pacific Time.
  • May 13, 2022, Deadline to drop summer 1 courses with program approval. (Residential Only)
  • June 3, 2022 Deadline for all students to drop classes without a fee. $10 fee charged for each class dropped after this date.
  • [TBD] Deadline to become “officially registered” (tuition and fees paid, no blocks). $150 Late Registration Fee after this date.
  • June 17, 2022, Deadline to change grading option
Academic and Administrative Holidays:
  • Monday, May 30, 2022 (Memorial Day)
  • Monday, June 20, 2022 (Juneteenth)
Course TitleUnitsClass
Number
INTER
HPM
EPI
PHW205: Program Planning and Development
3
14736RecommendedElective Elective
PHW206: Maternal and Child Health Nutrition
3
14715ElectiveElective Elective
PHW219: Social & Behavioral Health: Intro to Survey Methods
3
15802ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option
PHW220M: Health Policy Methods
3
15803ElectiveRequirement OptionElective
PHW223: Strategy in Health Care Organizations
3
14739ElectiveRequired (2nd year)Elective
PHW268: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) for Health and Development
3
15804ElectiveElectiveRequirement Option

Exam Dates can be found in the course syllabi, available on the Curriculum and Advising page.

Important dates:
  • June 24, 2022, Deadline to add summer 2 courses with program approval.
  • June 27, 2022 Online courses instruction begins. Course sites open at 9:00 am Pacific Time.
  • July 1, 2022, Deadline to drop summer 2 courses with program approval. (Residential Only)
  • July 1, 2022 Deadline for all students to drop classes without a fee. $10 fee charged for each class dropped after this date.
  • [TBD] Deadline to become “officially registered” (tuition and fees paid, no blocks). $150 Late Registration Fee after this date.
  • August 5, 2022, Deadline to change grading option
Academic and Administrative Holidays:
  • Monday, July 4, 2022 (Independence Day)