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A concentrated pre-professional work experience for those students preparing for a career in the Applied Health Sciences. Students must schedule placement one semester in advance.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 260, HLTH 295, HLTH 360, HLTH 361W, HLTH 380W, HLTH 454, HLTH 460, HLTH 480, HLTH 482W

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration

A concentrated pre-professional experience for those preparing for a career in chemical dependency counseling. All course work must be completed prior to placement. Student must schedule placement one semester in advance. Prereq: Completion of all Alcohol and Drug Studies required core courses.

Prerequisites:

Completion of all Alcohol and Drug Studies required core courses.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Alcohol and Drug Studies (BS)

An in-depth study on a topic of particular interest to the student and project supervisor.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

This course will explore current issues, controversies, and concerns affecting women's health. Relationships between social, cultural, psychological, environmental, and physical factors of women's health status will be examined.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

The focus of this course is on the foundations of ethics and professionalism for addictions professionals. The course will cover professional and ethical codes as well as topics related to continued development as a professional.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

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

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

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 addiction professionals and methods to deliver effective services.

Prerequisites:

HLTH 225

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

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.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

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

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

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Aging Studies (MS)

Promotes 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:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

The course examines the foundations of emotional health and explores methods for promoting and maintaining emotional health. 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:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS) | Exercise Physiology (MS)

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:

Health Science

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:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

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 discusses as to appropriate utilization. This course meets the criteria for Rule 25 training in Chemical Dependency Assessment.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

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

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

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:

Health Science

Programs:

Exercise Physiology (MS)

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, including the U.S. Constitution, that have shaped the healthcare system 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:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

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 in 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 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.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

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:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

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 for Rule 25 training in Chemical Dependency Assessment.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

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

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

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Modeling and Simulation (GC)

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:

Health Science

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Applied Health Science (MS)

Presents the overarching framework, principles, sciences, and core responsibilities associated with public health practice in the United States. It provides the necessary foundation for further studies related to specific disciplines (e.g., health education and promotion or nutrition and dietetics) associated with cross-cutting approaches of public health practice.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Overviews basic principles and applications of epidemiological concepts and methods in the study of public health problems in populations. The focus of the course is on the interpretation and assessment of epidemiologic research, both descriptive and analytic, and its application to public health practice and relevance to the key disciplines of public health. Examples of the use of the principles of epidemiology will be presented so that students will have sufficient understanding to apply such principles in future public health work.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS)

Examines and applies research methods common to public health topics. Course requires an extensive literature review as part of a research proposal.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Applied Health Science (MS) | Ethnic and Multi-Cultural Studies (MS)