Students who pursue the Scholarly Concentration in Community Health solely or in conjunction with an application (e.g., Women's Health, Global Health, Prevention Research, REACH Health Equity & Social Justice), are required to complete a total of 12 coursework units. Students undertaking both a Foundation Area and an Application Area complete 6 units in each area. *See Explore Courses for complete course descriptions.
Overview of Required Courses
1. PEDS 250: Advancing Health Equity: Exploring Social Determinants of Health and multi-sector Solutions (3 units)
- Note: If a student has successfully completed a masters in public health or a similar masters degree they may discuss opting out of PEDS250 with the SCCH Directors. Students must still take 3 units of coursework to fulfill the 12 unit scholarly concentration requirement.
2. AND one 3 unit methods courses:
- MED 247: Methods in Community Assessment, Evaluation and Research (3 units)
- PEDS 202C: Qualitative Research Methods and Study Design (3 units)
- PEDS 202A and 202B: Practical Applications for Qualitative Data Analysis (Aut, Win; 2 course series; 3 units each)
- HRP 258: Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Clinical Research (3 units)
- Note: If a student believes another methods course is more applicable to their project, please discuss with the SCCH Directors prior to taking the course and include justification for why this course is needed to conduct the scholarly project.
- Note: Student may not take multiple 1-2 unit methods courses to fulfill this requirement
3. AND a selection of elective courses totaling 6 units. Course options include, but are not limited to:
- BIOE 375: Biodesign and Entrepreneurship for Societal Health (MED 236)
- EDUC 193P: Peer Counseling at the Bridge
- EMED 134: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health
- FAMMED 245: Women and Health Lecture Series
- HRP 272 (CHPR 227): The Science of Community Engagement in Health Research
- INDE 215: Queer Health and MedicineINDE 280: Student Community Outreach and Physician Support (S-CORPS)
- INDE 290: Walk With Me: A Patient and Family Engaged Exploration of Health & The Health Care System
- LAW 808D/SUSTAIN 329: Policy Practicum: Smoke: Wildfire Science and Policy Lab
- MED 212: Methods for Health Care Delivery Innovation, Implementation, and Evaluation
- MED 219: Housing Equity & Intro to Community-led Case Management
- MED 237: Health Law: Improving Public Health
- MED 242: Human Rights and Health
- MED 243: Citizen Science Theory to Practice: Advancing Community-Driven Solutions for Health
- MED 244: Introduction to Integrative Medicine
- MED 268: Tackling Asian-American Health Challenges
- MED 269: Health Equity Advancement and Leadership Through Community Engagement (HEAL-CE)
- MED 282: Early Clinical Experience at the Cardinal Free Clinics
- MED 296: Being Mortal: Medicine, Mortality and Caring for Older Adults
- PEDS 220: Covid-19 Elective
- PEDS 229: Reducing Health Disparities and Closing the Achievement Gap through Health Integration in Schools
- PSYC 225: Mentorship and Clinical Engagement in Child/Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry
- SPANLANG 110SL/HUMRTS 110: Advanced Spanish Service Learning: Campus Workers' Health and Empowerment Outreach
- SURG 234: Service Through Surgery: Surgeons with an Impact
Note: Students also may choose to build on their course work in the pursuit of a Master’s degree in Public Health, as a joint degree program between Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley. Any course taken in pursuit of a joint degree will count toward the 12 elective units.