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This course provides information on characteristic and classifying information, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, behavioral effects, and pharmacotherapy options for drugs of abuse. The course will focus on the application of topics in alcohol and drug professional settings.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 225

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Alcohol and Drug Studies (BS) | Alcohol & Drug Studies Minor

This course explores counseling theories and strategies and how they can be applied to clients in alcohol and drug treatment programs. The course also provides an overview of primary functions of addictions professionals and methods to deliver effective services.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 225

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Alcohol and Drug Studies (BS) | Alcohol & Drug Studies Minor

An in-depth review of significant current health concerns and controversies in health science using the elements of reasoning as the framework for critiquing the issues.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science Minor | Nutrition and Dietetics (BS)

This course provides School Health teaching majors the knowledge and skills they will need to be a part of a coordinated school health program team and teach comprehensive school health education in middle/junior and senior high schools.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 320

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Health and Physical Education (BS)

Explores the relationship of death concerns to the process of meaningful living. Uses a variety of learning strategies to examine death attitudes, values and related behaviors.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Aging Studies Minor | Applied Health Science Minor

To promote identification and analysis of environmental influences upon health status. Health concerns related to residential, occupational, and other environments are explored. Problems pertaining to air, water, solid waste, housing, land use, toxic waste, and sanitation are addressed.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Agribusiness and Food Innovation (BS) | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science (BS) Public Health | Applied Health Science Minor | Environmental Humanities Minor

Emphasis is on recognition of, and enhancing awareness about, how stress affects human health and performance. Stress management techniques such as relaxation, effective communication, cognitive-behavioral approaches, eating behaviors, regular exercise, and time management are explored.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science Minor | Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner | Health and Physical Education (BS)

The purpose of this course is to develop the knowledge and understanding of the causes, symptoms and methods of controlling and preventing chronic and infectious diseases. Primary and secondary prevention strategies will be identified. Emphasis will be placed on those behaviors that foster and those that hinder well-being.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Health Education & Promotion | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Athletic Training | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Occupational Therapy | Applied Health Science (BS) Public Health | Applied Health Science Minor | Health and Physical Education (BS)

This course investigates the physical and mental health concerns of the aging process. Explores specific health problems confronting older persons, and examines preventive health behaviors and health maintenance practices.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science Minor | Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Exercise Science (BS) Practitioner

This course is designed to provide students with practical knowledge and application techniques in assessing an individual with a chemical use/dependency problem. Various assessment techniques will be presented and discussed as to appropriate utilization. This course meets the criteria or Rule 25 training in Chemical Dependency Assessment.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 225

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Alcohol and Drug Studies (BS)

This course will explore transdisciplinary research design with emphasis related to the areas of allied health and nursing sciences and disciplines. Basic overview of research methodologies commonly utilized in health sciences and approaches to transdisciplinary research will be explored through review of original research. Students will be required to produce and revise scientific writing with specific focus on inter/transdisciplinary studies. Team-based problem centered research questions will be developed and investigated using transdisciplinary methodology with current health-related issues.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

An in-depth study of specific topics of current interest in the Health Science discipline.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science Minor

Examines the philosophy and rationale of current epidemiological practice. Requires the application of epidemiological techniques to selected health concerns. Explores the interaction of agent, host and environment with the emphasis on application of principles of prevention.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Health Education & Promotion | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Athletic Training | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Occupational Therapy | Applied Health Science (BS) Public Health | Applied Health Science Minor

Addresses the history, organization, influences, and delivery of healthcare in the United States (U.S.) and abroad. A focus will be on analyzing the factors that have shaped the healthcare system, including the U.S. Constitution, compared to other parts of the globe. Additional focus will be placed on the legal and social justice framework for urgent public health issues.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science (BS) Public Health | Applied Health Science Minor | Health Communication (BS)

This course focuses on the determinants of health, the concept of culture, and the intersection of health issues, culture, and health status. Linkages between health and development are addressed and research methods instrumental for identifying relationships between culture and health are discussed. The course examines diverse strategies for measuring health and explores how public health efforts (domestic and global) benefit from understanding and working with cultural processes. Emphasis is placed on the burden of disease, risk factors, populations most affected by different disease burdens, and key measures to address the burden of disease in cost-effective ways.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science (BS) Public Health | Applied Health Science Minor

An examination of the judicial system and the development, enactment and enforcement of laws as they relate to the public's health.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science Minor

The focus of this course is on assessment and treatment of persons with coexisting mental disorders as well as chemical dependency.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 225

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Alcohol and Drug Studies (BS) | Alcohol & Drug Studies Minor

Introduction to statistical analysis as applied to the health sciences. Examines concepts and methods of statistical procedures applied to health problems and issues.

Prerequisites:

MATH 110, STAT 154, Or any other mathematics course higher than MATH 110.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Agricultural Sciences (BS) | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science (BS) Public Health | Applied Health Science Minor | Biology (BS) Biomedical and Cellular Biology | Biology (BS) Organismal Biology and Ecology | Cognitive Science (BS) Biology | Cognitive Science (BS) Computer Science | Cognitive Science (BS) Philosophy | Cognitive Science (BS) Psychology

Behavior Change Foundations and Strategies (3 semester credits) is a course that focuses upon the complexity of health behavior change and the skills necessary for a health promotion professional to assess, plan, and evaluate behavior change interventions for individuals and communities. Health behavior change theories and strategies will be discussed. Topics covered in class will include: behavior modification, goal setting, self-management, coping skills, and social support. Emphasis will also be given to the impact of policy and environmental influences on behavior.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science Minor | Health Communication (BS) | Nutrition and Dietetics (BS)

This course includes health program evaluation and research, with emphasis on evaluation models and approaches, qualitative and quantitative methods, process and summative evaluation, logic models, and dissemination of results.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 380W

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Health Education & Promotion | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Athletic Training | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Occupational Therapy | Applied Health Science (BS) Public Health

Focuses on entry-level competencies related to the administration and management of health education programs. These include obtaining acceptance and support for programs, leadership, managing human resources, facilitating partnerships in support of health education, grant writing, and training individuals involved in the implementation of health education.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 380W

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Health Education & Promotion | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Athletic Training | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Occupational Therapy | Applied Health Science (BS) Public Health | Health Communication (BS)

The course examines approaches to promote health and prevent disease and injury, and explores other health related issues at the workplace. Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation strategies are addressed. Model programs are reviewed and analyzed.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science Minor | Management (BS) Human Resource Management

Supervise individual research or investigation in Health Science under guidance of a faculty mentor. Culminating research project with paper and/or presentation required.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science Minor

A university-based experience related to pedagogy for Health Science majors under the guidance of a faculty member. Faculty permission required.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

A seminar for students preparing for a career in Health Education. Emphasis on: reviewing coursework, identifying and securing an internship site, and exploring employment opportunities within community organizations, public health agencies, worksites, healthcare facilities, and educational settings for health education.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 380W

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training