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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 2500; PERS 2430 or NUTR 3100 or NUTR 3300; or permission of instructor. An integrative approach dealing with issues related to the prevention of obesity in children and in adults. The course focuses on assessment of factors that affect weight management (eating behaviors, self-esteem, self-image, stress, nutrition and activity needs, and environment) and a variety of intervention strategies for weight management (behavioral, non-behavioral, and non-traditional approaches).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NUTR 3100 or PERS 2430. Explores physiological responses at the cellular level to inadequate and excessive nutrients in culturally diverse clients throughout the lifespan. The course incorporates advanced nutritional assessment. Emphasis is on providing nutritional support and dietary modifications for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, consistent with the cultural milieu.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PERS 2430 or NUTR 3100. A study of nutritional needs and factors that influence health from birth through old age. The course focuses on physiological and biochemical principles that provide the basis for nutritional requirements throughout the life cycle for optimal growth and development, maturation, and aging.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PERS 2430 or NUTR 3100, NURS 3220 or NURS 3250, or permission of the instructor. Focus is on involvement in community health and nutritional programs and problems. The course emphasizes application and utilization of tools to assess, analyze, and design programs to meet the nutritional and health needs of multicultural communities. It also explores the roles of research and government as they impact nutritional, health, and wellness programs.
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2.00 Credits
Examination of technological issues and decisions which involve ethical considerations to understand their impact on society, including the role of ethics in problem solving, safety and risk in design, and risk-benefit analysis, applied to global and regional issues.
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2.00 Credits
A study of ethical issues in the news media from various regions across the country and various nations with special emphasis on the pursuit of news (objectivity, conflict of interest, making or reporting news, investigative journalism), advertising, terrorism in the media, the reporter and personal ethics, and freedom of the press.
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2.00 Credits
Investigations of key ethical issues confronting concerned citizens. Major areas covered include reproductive choices, decisions about death, the health care provider-patient relationship, human and animal experimentation, and public policy decisions.
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2.00 Credits
An examination of the evolving concept of human rights and efforts to promote human rights throughout the world. The development of a global human rights regime is examined, as is the human rights situation in different countries and regions of the world. Contrasting cultural and ideological views of human rights are discussed. The development and current status of human rights in the United States and south Georgia are examined.
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2.00 Credits
Review of case studies in areas of the Arts involving censorship and other ethical issues.
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2.00 Credits
An examination of the nature of leadership from a local, regional, and global perspective. The course is designed to engage students in thinking critically about leadership. Students will actively communicate with fellow students and community leaders about the qualities and characteristics of effective leadership.
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