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  • BS 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 protect health. Explores each aspect of the developing field of health promotion through lectures and discussions. Students gain understanding of the theoretical framework supporting health promotion stratagies and the matierals and methods available for facilitating individual, organizational, and societal change in health practices. Offered every other year. Prerequisites: ECII placement
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  • BS 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: ECII placement
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  • BS 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. Hypotheses in addictions and measures of law enforcement are examined both historically and internationally. Available treatment resources are reviewed. Offered once a year. Prerequisite: ECII placement
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  • BS 4651: Toxicology

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Neurological approach to environmental toxins. Overview of neuroanatomy, physiology, basic pharmacology, and synaptic phenomena. Environmental neurotoxins covered include: acrylamide, cadmium, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, lead, mercury, organophosphates and organochloride pesticides, hexachlorphene, aluminium, carbon disulfide, isoniazid and, and selexyed drugs and biological toxins. Experimental design for toxicity studies and epidemiological considerations are also discussed, and various animal models presented. Offered on demand. Prerequisites: BS2400,BS2410,CP2120,CP2130 with a "C" or better;instructor permission
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  • BS 4661: Health Education

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Designed to teach the basic techniques for determing the need for health education programs and the range of resources 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 every fall. Prerequisites: MA0500 or equivalent; ECII placement or equivalent
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  • BS 4680: Environmental Health

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    This course takes an intergrated approach to the development of a basic understanding of the impact of the environment on health. It examines chronic and infectious diseases in relation to modern life styles. A new section examines the AIDS epidemic in relation to the environment. Other topics that are covered include air pollution in the general industrial environment; water pollution; the effects of pesticides and food additives; synthetic organic chemicals such as PCBs and dioxins as environmental estrogens; health effects of radiation and safety of nuclear energy. Satisfies elective requirement for B.A. in Biology. Prerequisite: ECII placement or equivalent
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  • BS 4700: Medical Anthropology

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Aims to provide a working knowledge of anthropological concepts of disease and illness. Through reading, class discussion, 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 every other year. Prerequisites: EC II placement.
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  • BS 4710: Mammalian Paleontology

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    No course description available.
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  • BS 4750: Aging & Social Welfare

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Examines history of social welfare programs concerned with the elderly in the U.S.; the organizations that have been significant in influencing social welfare policies on the elderly; participation of senior citizens in shaping such policies. Issues such as senior citizen housing, social security, and medicare are examined in historical perspective. Case studies are used to highlight the ongoing experiences of the elderly and the impact of governmental policy on the daily lives of older people. Offered every year. Prerequisites: EC II placement.
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  • BS 4760: Health Systems Mgmt & Planning

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Introduces basic management and planning concepts and the application of these concepts to the health field. Attention is paid to systemwide considerations, e.g., methods of health care regulation and cost containment, as well as to techniques and concepts used in managing health care organizations. Managerial and regulatory process is emphasized. Students are encouraged to relate organizational capabilities to the larger social, political, and economical environment. Offered every other year. Prerequisites; EC II placement.
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