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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly HLT 6501) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ESL 025 The course will introduce the student to critical health issues within a humanistic, historical, and cultural framework. The student will understand the role of the individual and society in developing ethical values and their relationship to the study of health. The role of the health professional as a health care provider within our society will be emphasized. The student will explore and discuss the interrelationships among personal, communal, and social values, and will review universal issues such as: health and disease, nutrition and malnutrition, population and overpopulation, and their interdependence in the modern world.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly HLT 6503) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre/Co-requisite: ENG 091 or ESL 091 when offered in English; SPA 121 when offered in Spanish The student will demonstrate knowledge and use of various interpersonal skills in the area of human relationships by participating in small T-groups, role playing, and lecture-demonstrations. The student will also identify and analyze certain psychological concepts necessary to understand the dynamics of human behavior. Offered in English and Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly HLT 6526) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre/Co-requisite: ENG 110 The student will prepare for the clinical arena by demonstrating a knowledge of basic principles underlying patient care and develop the basic skills needed in the delivery of health care. The student will review, analyze, and discuss in depth the issues involved in malpractice, ethics, and the legal system as they pertain to the health profession, the health care provider, the patient, and his family.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly HLT 6518) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre/Co-requisite: ENG 091 or ESL 091 when offered in English; SPA 121 when offered in Spanish The student will examine and analyze various health organizations and their role in community health; the emerging role of community health workers in promoting health of neglected populations; the spread and control of communicable diseases; the community health structure and the principles underlying health behavior, learning , and change; theories of health behavior and practical models for community health worker interventions.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly HLT 6511) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre/Co-requisite: ENG 091 or ESL 091 when offered in English; SPA 121 when offered in Spanish The student will study and analyze the dynamics of human sexuality by exploring basic knowledge and attitudes related to human sexual behavior. Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases will be discussed. Students will improve their ability to educate and promote sexual health. Students will increase their comfort level with topics of human sexuality.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits, 2 hours Pre/Co-requisite: ENG 091 or ESL 091 when offered in English; SPA 121 when offered in Spanish This course offers first aid techniques leading to American Red Cross Certification. The students will be tested on their knowledge of and ability to administer proper care for injuries. Students will also be required to demonstrate their knowledge of preventative measures that can be taken to prevent injuries.
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1.00 Credits
1 credit, 1 hour Pre/Co-requisite: ENG 091 or ESL 091 when offered in English; SPA 121 when offered in Spanish This course provides instruction in the principles and skills of emergency first aid for respiratory failure and cardiac arrest in victims of all ages: Mouth-to-mouth breathing, CPR, and care for an obstructed airway. Upon satisfactory completion of this course, students will receive American Red Cross certification in basic life support.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly HLT 6510) 3 credits, 2 hours Pre/Co-requisite: ENG 091 or ESL 091 when offered in English; SPA 121 when offered in Spanish The student will study and analyze the dynamics of human sexuality by exploring basic knowledge and attitudes related to human sexual behavior Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases will be discussed. Students will improve their ability to educate and promote sexual health. Students will increase their comfort level with topics of human sexuality. Offered in English and Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly HLT 6524) 3 credits, 2 hours Pre/Co-requisite: ENG 110 This course will introduce the student to basic principles of medical word building and in developing an extensive medical vocabulary. The language of medicine will be enriched by using the body systems approach in an experiential context of the contemporary health care setting, as well as the art of critical thinking.
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly HLT 6530) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: ENG 091 or ESL 091 This course is an introduction to the major issues and concepts that deal with the study of the aging process. It will explore the demographic, social, and economic factors in aging as well as the effects of physical change and psychological behavior upon later life.
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