If you practice healthy living, hear everything that is said, enjoy your leisure, live in a community with a local government, have meaningful relationships, and feel safe, your life has been touched by Health and Human Services. Our diverse programs produce career professionals who help all of us negotiate the demands that come with living in a diverse, dynamic society.
Graduates of our academic programs leave CSULB with a strong liberal arts foundation and the ability to begin a professional career with the competencies and skills necessary to succeed. We offer academic programs that focus on
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Health – Communicative Disorders, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Radiation Therapy, and Recreation Therapy
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Wellness – Gerontology, Health Science, Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Recreation and Leisure Studies
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Social and Consumer Services – Child Development and Family Studies, Criminal Justice, Fashion Merchandising,
Health Care Administration, Hospitality Foodservice and Hotel Management, Professional Studies, Public Policy and
Administration, and Social Work
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Teacher Preparation – Career and Technical Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health Science, and
Kinesiology
Our mission – Connect Discover Educate – represents our commitment to quality of life for all.
Discover
The College of Health and Human Services supports innovative, creative, and ongoing discovery of knowledge, of excellence, and of lifelong learning. Some examples of Discover follow.
Who We Are
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The Department of Social Work is third in the nation among non-doctoral-granting programs (U.S. News and World
Report of Schools of Social Work)
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The Health Care Administration accelerated master’s degree program ranks 13 th in the nation (Modern Healthcare)
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The Radiation Therapy bachelor’s degree program in the Department of Health Science is the only one in California
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The Department of Communicative Disorders was the first four-year institution in California to implement a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communicative Disorders
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The Department of Nursing has the largest program in the California State University system
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The Department of Criminal Justice has the second largest program in California
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The Department of Kinesiology is considered among the top three programs in the California State University system
(size, quality and quantity of curriculum, extra-curricular programs)
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The Therapeutic Recreation program is the largest in California
Some of Our Larger Research Endeavors
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$1.86m grant to study parolee re-entry success when controlling for drug and alcohol use
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$693,630 grant to investigation determinants of smoking prevalence among Cambodian Americans
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$165,000 for projects to reduce the spread of HIV and diabetes
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Investigations designed to reduce lower back pain
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Four-year, $875,000 grant to examine age-dependent changes in motor learning capabilities
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$24,260 agency-supported grant to study the performance of a product sold over-the-counter to untrained users
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Four-year, $56,000 grant for a cross-cultural study of obesity in the U.S. and Brazil
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$1.75m to provide innovative and state-of-the art training to Children’s Social Workers in Los Angeles county
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$4.5m in awards to Social Work for training and research
Educate
The College of Health and Human Services fosters the educational development of diverse students, faculty, and staff. We actively participate in and advocate for student success through our Academic Advising and Resource Center, accredited academic programs, 27 student groups, 13 honor societies, and nationally recognized faculty scholars. Our student-centered
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teaching is reflected in a 82 percent graduation rate for native students and our 69 percent graduation rate for transfer students, well above the national average. Some examples of Educate follow.
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The College of Health and Human Services Academic Advising and Resource Center is a visionary program designed to provide students with comprehensive advising for all aspects of degree completion. Advising and Resource Center staff are trained in general education advising by the university; they are trained in discipline advising by department faculty. The result is a one-stop-shopping location where students can get help with all aspects of completing a degree. Further, the center frees faculty to focus on mentoring and career guidance.
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The College of Health and Human Services is an active participant in study tours. o Students go to Taiwan to study global issues in hotel and restaurant management o Students go to New Zealand to study families in cross-cultural perspectives o Students go to Italy and Greece to study leisure in contemporary society o Students go to Europe to study the fashion industry o Students go to Tanzania and the Figi Islands to study health care o Students attend the University of Leicester (UK) to study comparative forensic science investigation techniques o Students attend the University of Wales Institute (Cardiff, Wales, UK) in the oldest exchange program at
CSULB o Students participate in an academic exchange program with Brazil o Students participate in the Bio Technical Organization International Convention, provide security and train attendees on various security measures o Students went to Belize to lead townspeople in a strategic planning process so that they can make an informed choice about their involvement in tourism
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Licensure/Professional Examination Pass rates of Graduates o Physical Therapy graduates have a 100 percent pass rate for the licensing examination o Communicative Disorders graduates have a 100 percent pass rate for the speech-language pathology national examination o Therapeutic Recreation graduates have a 97 percent pass rate (first time test takers) for the ARRT examination o Nursing graduates have a 92.16 percent pass rate (first time test takers) for the Registered Nurse license examination o Dietetic Intern graduates have a 97 percent pass rate (first time test takers) for the Registered Dietitian examination
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Employment of Graduates o For the last ten years, 100 percent of MA graduates in Communicative Disorders have been employed within one month of graduation o 95 percent of the Recreation Interns get jobs at their internship agencies o 85 percent of Health Care Administration graduates get Health Care Administration jobs o 85 percent of the Physical Therapy graduates get jobs upon graduation o 100 percent of the Nursing graduates get jobs on or before graduation o 79 percent of the Criminal Justice graduates get jobs upon graduation o 100 percent of the Radiation Therapy graduates get jobs upon graduation; some Southern California firms will only hire CSULB Radiation Therapy graduates o 16 of the city managers in California are graduates of the CSULB Public Policies and Administration program
Connect
The College of Health and Human Services encourages community connection in two ways. We perceive that, as a college, we are a community and that we are a component of a broader university community. Within the college community, we foster a sense of belonging, partnership, and camaraderie. As good citizens of the academy, we actively participate in faculty governance and work collaboratively on campus issues such as general education. In addition, we perceive that we are a part of the broader Long Beach and state of California community. Our collaboration with agencies, businesses, and other noneducation entities are an important part of our identity. Represented, in part, by our 2008-2009 $4m in development dollars
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to date, our very successful community collaborations have allowed us to expand opportunities for college students and faculty while providing California with career professionals as well as support services. Some examples of Connect follow.
Please see the sections in this notebook titled, CHHS Centers, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and CHHS and the
Community
Current Departmental Academic Program Collaborations
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Master of Science degree in Nursing and Public Health
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Master of Science degree in Kinesiology: Exercise Physiology and Nutrition
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Shared courses in Family and Consumer Sciences and Gerontology
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Shared courses in Professional Studies and Public Policy and Administration
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Shared courses in Emergency Services Administration and Public Policy and Administration, Geography,
Communication Studies, and Criminal Justice
Additional Community Collaborations
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The Nursing Department partners with Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach Veterans Administration
Medical Center, and Hoag Hospital to provide resources (money, facilities, and volunteer faculty) to meet the nursing shortage through the expansion of the number of nursing students the department can prepare from 36 majors to 90 majors.
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The Physical Therapy Department o Partners with 250 clinical facilities in Southern California, providing interns who contribute to the health care of the community o Teaches a fall-prevention exercise and education course for the residents of Leisure World, Seal Beach o Partners with Egypt on a Post-polio Syndrome project
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The Criminal Justice Department o Provides an accelerated Master of Science program to Southern California justice professionals o Provides continuing education to California forensic investigators o Is partnering with the “Rethinking Greater Long Beach” consulting group to create a “Long Beach Community
Database” to be housed at CSULB
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The Public Policy and Administration Program has a partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Works and the City of Long Beach to provide a successful graduate program for Southern California working professionals
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The Recreation and Leisure Studies Department provides 90 student interns a year to municipal recreation programs, senior centers, health care settings, campus recreation programs, non-profit organizations, commercial recreation settings, and outdoor camps and programs
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The Communicative Disorders Department has three faculty members who volunteer as speech-language pathologists at the Los Angeles Mission and Anne Douglas Center
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The Family and Consumer Sciences Department is engaged in a collaborative effort with the Long Beach Veterans
Administration Hospital to build a child care center at the hospital and offer child care services to CSULB and VA employees
Welcome to the College of Health and Human Services, an innovator and leader in community connections, the discovery of knowledge, and the education of diverse students in health, wellness, social and consumer services, and teacher preparation professions. We are looking for a visionary, creative 21 st century colleague to guide us forward in our quest for excellence.
May your visit with us increase your understanding of our mission and goals.
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