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This course is required of all students enrolled in the pre-professional allied health concentrations.  This introductory course examines career opportunities, history and trends, and philosophical issues specific to healthcare.  Course content includes professional development, academic planning for graduate school, introduction to interprofessional education, and blood-bourse pathogen training. 

A study of nutritional status and the effect of eating habits and food consumption on society, families and individuals.

This is a one-semester course without lab that covers the structure and function of the human body on the cellular, systemic and organismal levels. Special emphasis is given to the skeletal, nervous, cardiovascular and respiratory systems.

A study of the structures and functions of the body, with special emphases on histology and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular and nervous systems.  Permission to retake the course during the fall and spring semesters after having earned a letter grade in or having officially withdrawn from the course must be granted by the department chair.

A study of the structure and functions of the body, with special emphases on the endocrine, circulatory, digestive, respiration, urinary and reproductive systems.  Permission to retake the course during the fall and spring semesters after having earned a letter grade in or having officially withdrawn from the course must be granted by the department chair.

This laboratory course introduces the students to hands-on exercises related to the structure and function of tissues, and the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems (including dissections of cats and brains as well as physiological concepts).  Permission to retake the course during the fall and spring semesters after having earned a letter grade in or having officially withdrawn from the course must be granted by the department chair.

This laboratory course introduces students to hands-on exercises related to structure and function of the endocrine, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, urinary and reproductive systems (including dissections of cats, hearts, and kidneys as well as physiological concepts).  Permission to retake the course during the fall and spring semesters after having earned a letter grade in or having officially withdrawn from the course must be granted by the department chair.

This course provides the student with a clear understanding of the profession and science of public health. Through didactic instruction and experiential service-learning, students will gain knowledge in the following foundational public health domains: the history and philosophy of public health; the concepts of population health; the science of human health and disease; and the factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities. Additionally, students will develop skills in critical thinking, networking, team work, oral and written communication, and professionalism.

By employing a biopsychosociocultural framework, this course introduces the student to the complex array of factors/determinants that influence human and population health and disease (e.g., socioeconomic, behavioral, psychological, biological, cultural, environmental). Using a system’s theory approach, it examines the underlying science of human health and disease and explores the various factors/determinants that contribute to human and population health.

This course explores global and cultural disparities in health; specifically food safety, water quality, air quality, vector-borne disease, occupational health, radiation, and unintentional injuries.

The content and lab activities in this course prepare students to work collaboratively, use critical thinking and make appropriate decisions about the care to provide in a medical emergency. The first responder skills taught include advanced first aid, single-responder-two-person responder and team CPR with AED training, administering supplemental oxygen, prevention of infectious disease transmission including OSHA bloodborne pathogen and exposure control planning. Lab fees required.

 

This course provides a foundation of major theories and models focused on the development, implementation, and evaluation of health education interventions. Theories and models focused on individual health behavior, interpersonal health behavior, and community behaviors will be addressed. The course focuses on public health issues, social determinants of health, health risk behaviors, and intervention strategies. The course includes trends in morbidity and mortality and factors that correlate with these trends. The course introduces data on health risks associated with behaviors such as smoking, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, and substance abuse and introduces various strategic approaches for developing behavioral interventions.

A course offered at the discretion of the Health Sciences and Human Performance Department. By permission of instructor and department chair. May include a practicum. May be taken for variable credit.

A course offered at the discretion of the Health Sciences and Human Performance Department. Subjects may focus on health science topics of current interest in the field or a topic that is of interest to a particular group of students.