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3.00 Credits
(3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr) F/W/Sp Students will take an in-depth look at their individual diet. Students will have the opportunity to analyze their current diet and prepare modifications that would improve it. Development of a diet that can improve physical performance and health will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
(3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr) F/W/Sp Students learn the theoretical and scientific basis for the various components of stress, the stress response and the relaxation response. Students learn how to recognize and cope appropriately with physical, occupational, social, school and environmental stressors. The course emphasizes achieving lifestyle balance and shows students how to develop and practice physiologic relaxation techniques and stress reduction methods.
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3.00 Credits
(3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr) F/W/Sp Introductory course in epidemiology and the use of elementary statistics for students in health-related studies. Designed to provide preparatory background for taking subsequent courses in epidemiology and health data analysis offered by the Department of Public Health. Introduces measure of disease frequency, analytical epidemiology, study designs, experimental design, and basic elements of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
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3.00 Credits
(3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr) F/W/Sp Provides students with an understanding of how social and individual factors and personal choices and behaviors contribute to health, premature death, disease and disability. Existing and emerging health problems and public health strategies and policies are examined.
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3.00 Credits
(3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr) F/W/Sp Provides first aid instruction and practice in skills that enable students to take care of themselves and to aid others in the event of an accident or illness.
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3.00 Credits
(3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr) F/W/Sp Provides a fundamental understanding of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted disease from a national and global perspective. The history, etiology, epidemiology and prevention strategies will be examined. The course will assist students in developing an understanding of diverse cultures, customs, attitudes, values and beliefs in the context of disease transmission and eradication.
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3.00 Credits
(8 class hrs/wk, 1 cr) F/W/Sp/Su Designed to teach the skills of CPR and relief of foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO) for victims of all ages. It is intended for participants who may need to perform CPR or airway obstruction techniques in a wide variety of settings.
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8.00 Credits
(8 hrs/wk, 1 cr) F/W/Sp/Su The Professional Rescuer course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device and oxygen), use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a wide variety of settings.
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3.00 Credits
(3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr) W Provides an overview of the mind body relationship and its effects on health and illness. Examines the social, psychological, cultural, attitudinal, behavioral and environmental factors that influence individual and public health.
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3.00 Credits
(3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr) W Considers the historical, philosophical and ethical foundation of health issues. Students explore contemporary values, issues and controversies surrounding current bioethical issues as they relate to the individual and societal health. Topics include treatment decisions, euthanasia, organ transplants, research on human subjects, genetic engineering, patients' rights, environment and distribution of resources.
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