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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
FALL/WINTER/SPRING The course provides the participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to work as a first responder. In an emergency, first responders help sustain life, reduce pain and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until more advanced medical practitioners can arrive. The course content and activities will prepare participants to make appropriate decisions about the care to provide in an emergency. The course teaches the skills a first responder needs to act as a crucial link in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system.
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1.00 Credits
FALL/WINTER This course is designed to introduce potential majors to the Health and Fitness profession as well as describe the major's expectations and requirements for being admitted into the program and becoming certified as a K-12 Health and Fitness instructor.
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3.00 Credits
FALL/WINTER This course is designed to be an introduction to health and wellness. Foundations are laid in nutrition, physical activity and fitness, stress management, substance abuse, disease and injury prevention, sexually transmitted diseases and environmental health issues, among others. In addition, skills are taught to enhance the student's ability to make health behavior changes.
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3.00 Credits
FALL This course consists of a study of human behavior in the context of drug use, abuse and addiction. There will be discussions on the physiology of drug consumption, as well as the physical, emotional, psychological and social affects of various groups of drugs (depressants, stimulants, opiates, hallucinogenics and narcotics). Prescription drugs, over the counter drugs, steroids and other supplements will also be discussed.
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1.00 Credits
FALL/WINTER/SPRING This course examines the nature and function of the medical language and the building of medical words from word roots, prefixes, suffixes and combining forms. This course will prepare students who are entering into medical-related fields of interest.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the department chair. Special studies in health education or community health. Selected topics vary according to student and faculty interest.
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4.00 Credits
SPRING This course covers methods and procedures used in teaching health in elementary, junior and senior high schools. It provides an opportunity for practice teaching and development of teaching units for the classroom.
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4.00 Credits
SPRING [satisfies cultural and gender diversity university graduation requirement.] This course will explore the unique personal and social concerns regarding women's health. Emphasis will be placed on the social and health related issues that women face throughout the lifecycle. Discussion will include the effect of gender stratification in the workforce, gender roles in the family unit, female depiction in the media, substance abuse, body image, pregnancy and sexuality and other issues that affect women's mental, physical and emotional health. Historical dimensions of women's health will also be explored, including contributions from historically noteworthy women.
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4.00 Credits
FALL This course provides an overview and introduction to basic concepts of personal and community health problems, including mental health, nutrition and weight control, diseases, physical fitness, aging, death and dying, sex and reproduction. It also considers health fundamentals important in making healthrelated decisions.
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3.00 Credits
FALL/SPRING This course is an introduction to the field of applied nutrition. The course content brings together information from a variety of fields - biochemistry, exercise physiology, nutrition, medicine and physiology. The students apply that knowledge to understand how what we eat affects not only sport performance but also personal health.
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