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The College of Health and Human Services is committed to educating and preparing human service professionals to become innovative practitioners and leaders. The College promotes the integration of teaching, research, policy, and public service in an interdisciplinary context. Knowledge, skill, and caring provide the foundation for educating a diverse workforce of the future who effectively serves multicultural urban communities. The College strives to be student-centered, faculty and staff focused, and community minded.
With more than 70 full-time and numerous part-time faculty members plus 26 staff members, the College serves approximately 6000 undergraduate and graduate majors in academic disciplines within its Departments and Schools.
What's New


- Dr. Walter Zelman takes Public Health students to Sacramento. Here they are with Assemblyman Gil Cedillo who grew up in Boyle Heights and represents the area of CSULA.
CSULA Chapter of Men in Nursing is inducted at the Research Day. Present are: Dr. Courtney Lyder - Dean of Nursing at UCLA and keynote speaker, Jane Hook- Faculty Sponsor, Javier Exebio- Past Immediate President of the CSULA Chapter of Men in Nursing , Xun (Edward) Wang - President of the CSULA Chapter of Men in Nursing, Dr. Cynthia Hughes - Director of the School of Nursing, and Beatrice Yorker- Dean of College of HHS.
- Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center, which houses our School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics is now posted as the top story for Science & the CSU CLICK HERE for the blog article
- College of Health & Human Services RAAC (Resource Allocation Advisory Committee) Members 2011/12
Dr. Eleanor Ferguson-Marshalleck, Chairperson
Dr. Dany Frankl, Faculty, member of University RAAC Committee
Dr. Peter Ivory, Faculty, Communication Disorders
Dr. Walter Zelman, Department Chair, Health Science
Mazen Subeh, Student Representative
Fall Meeting – October 19th 2011, 3:15 p.m., Location FA 260.
Administrative Procedures 212 - "This committee is appointed by and advisory to the dean of each college on issues regarding the resource allocation request of the college. The committee must consist of five (5) members including a college administrator appointed by the dean to serve as chair, as well as representation from faculty, department chairs, and students."
Click here for further information on Adminstrative Procedure 212 - The College of Health & Human Services is proud to host the next Weight Watchers at Work series. So far, our CSULA members have lost a total of 384 pounds!! Join us every Tuesday @ 12:30 p.m. in the Applied Gerontology Institute
- The College of Health & Human Services is proud to announce that the Department of Health Science has changed it's name to the Department of Public Health
- The College of Health & Human Services is proud to announce our School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics Master of Science Degree in Criminalistics program was awarded full accreditation by Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC)
- Grade Appeal/Academic Grievance Policy & Form
- University Calendar
- Student Services
- Give Us Your Comments!
Spotlight
An article by Dr. Valentine Villa (School of Social Work) recently published in a special edition of the Gerontologist is dedicated to the aging of the Baby Boom population. The research represents the first comprehensive analysis of the health of the Latino boom population. The article reports that Latino Baby Boomers are likely to experience health and economic inequities similar to their parents as they enter the ranks of the elderly population. Click here to see the article
Criminalistics Program hosts timely event on serial arsonists - Click here to see the article

Department of Public Health,Senior Culminating Project Health and Healthcare at CSULA: A Needs Assessment - Paper | PowerPoint



"Thinking outside of the ‘nutritional’ box" Student Dietetic Association launches Farm Box Program at Cal State L.A.
- Dean's Message
- California Forensic Science Institute
- 2011-12 HHS Resource Allocation Advisory Committee Approved Budget
Dean Yorker attends Pipeline to Careers in Public Health workshop at the Kennedy Krieger Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Applications for Junior or Senior CSULA students to attend a Summer long institute providing mentoring at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Johns Hopkins Medical Center will be available shortly.
Dr. Walter Zelman - LA Times Opinion Commentary

Congratulations to Dr. Walter Zelman, Chair of the Department of Health Science, on his appointment as Chair of the Board of Governors of L.A. Care - Largest Public Health Plan in the Nation, click here to see the article.
Professor Christine Dy runs the Locomotor Training Lab in the School of Kinesiology and Nutritional Science, a division of the College of Health and Human Services at Cal StateLA Click here to see the KTLA-5 News Video! In the Lab, Kinesiology students gain hands-on experience working with individuals with spinal cord injury during step training exercise. The students learn how to provide therapy while spinal cord injured clients benefit from rehabilitation training. Click here to see more info!
Program Impaction (effective Fall 2011)
Program impaction means that the number of applications from fully eligible students to a designated major far exceeds the number of spaces available in that major. However, students can still be admitted to the major if they meet the supplementary admission criteria.
The following are impacted undergraduate programs/majors at Cal State L.A.:
- Child Development
- Criminal Justice
- Pre-Nursing/Nursing
- Nursing (for Transfers)
- Social Work
For specific information regarding the supplemental admissions criteria for each major, please visitwww.calstatela.edu/univ/admiss/impaction/program_impaction_0910.pdf.
The following are academic programs in the College of Health and Human Services that lead to employment for which passage of a California licensing examination is required. Please follow the links for further information for these examinations.
BS Nursing, MS Nursing: CA Nursing license:
http://www.rn.ca.gov/
BS Nursing, MS Nursing: National Nursing license NCLEX:
https://www.ncsbn.org/nclex.htm
MS Social Work: Social Work LCSW license:
http://www.bbs.ca.gov/app-reg/lcs_requirement.shtml
BS Communication Disorders: Speech-Language-Pathology Assistant (SLPA) License
http://www.slpab.ca.gov/licensees/slpa_faq.shtml








