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  • HS 4450: Sex in Humans

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Provides a detailed explication of the anatomy and physiology of human sexuality and reproduction. Also included is an exploration of such issues as sexually- transmitted diseases, pregnancy and birth, contraception and abortion. Students learn to examine the biological issues in the social context of the meaning of sexuality in modern American society, and the use and misuse of sexual messages by major American institutions, including the media. Prerequisite: EMS.
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  • HS 4491: Human Ecology

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Examines adaptation of human populations to their environment. Includes: biological and cultural evolution; human diversity; population growth and regulation; the limiting resources of the environment; the ecology of disease; urban ecology and planning. Offered once a year. Prerequisites: BS2400-BS2410 or BS2100; EMS; permission of instructor.
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  • HS 4600: Health Promotion

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Combination of educational, motivational, organizational, political and economic supports designed to facilitate behavioral and environmental changes that improve or perfect health. Explores each aspect of the developing field of health promotion through lectures and discussions. Students gain understanding of theoretical framework supporting health promotion strategies and the materials and methods available for facilitating individual, organizational and societal change in health practices. Offered every other year. Prerequisite: EMS.
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  • HS 4610: Women & Health

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    A critical look at women's health issues from the pesrpective of the womens health movement; normal female reproductive anatomy and physiology ; medical and alternative views of womens health issues such as female sexuality; reproductive choices; women, AIDS and STDs pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering; infertility; women, aging and menopause; breast cancer; women as health care providers; research in women's health. Offered every spring Prerequisite: EMS.
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  • HS 4631: Mental Health

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Discusses the distribution of mental health disorders in the population; the relationship between mental health and social organization; the history of community institutions in coping with mental health; alternative ways in working with mental health problems in the community. Offered every year. Prerequisite EMS.
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  • HS 4650: Substance Use & Abuse

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Examines the psychological, physiological and sociological aspects of substance use and abuse in both legal and illegal contexts. Hypothesis in addictions and measures of law enforcement are examined both historically and internationally. Available treatment recources are reviewed. Offered once a year. Prerequisite: EMS.
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  • HS 4661: Health Education

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Designed to teach the basic techniques for determining the need for health education programs and the range of sources available for planning programs. Students analyze the methods and techniques employed in case studies of health education to evaluate the effectiveness of such programs. Offered once a year. Prerequisite: EMS.
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  • HS 4670: Biostatistics

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Basic principles of statics with emphasis on the analysis of vital statistcs. Focuses on the application of statistical tools to health data, estimation, inference, hypothesis testing, T-test, chi-square, and analysis of variance. Offered every fall. Prerequisite: EMS; MA0500
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  • HS 4700: Medical Anthropology

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Class aims to provide a working knowledge of anthropological concepts of disease and illness. Through reading, class discussions and films, students are encouraged to look beyond their cultural views of health and illness, using theoretical constructs from the social and behavioral sciences. Attention is paid to materials providing descriptions of non-Western disease and illness states, indigenous therapies, and health practices. The theoretical implications of these cross-cultural studies for health care issues in the U.S. are considered. Offered in demand. Prerequisite: EMS.
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  • HS 4740: Gerontology:Long Term Care

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Basic introduction to the provision of health, social, and financial services to the frail and elderly. In the first section of the of the course, recent changes in the demographic profile of the U.S. population are examined and the social, political, and economic consequences for historical emergence of nursing homes are examined; current financing and service delivery issues are explored. Alternative ways of caring for the frail and elderly are discussed. Offered every two years. Prerequisite: EMS
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