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3.00 Credits
In this course the critical role of communication within public health is explored. The application of health communication theory to practice including risk communication, health literacy, and cross-cultural issues are examined. Using evidence-based thinking, a foundational understanding of theoretical and applied considerations in developing communication strategies designed to impact health and health behavior is developed.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the field of health education as it relates to Public Health. Theories, practices, and principles of health promotion and disease prevention within U.S. and global communities are discussed using an evidence-based thinking approach. The role of the Health Educator in assessing and planning for community based health challenges is explored.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide a foundation for understanding the organization of the U.S. healthcare system. The role of public health in the administration of health care services and strategies to improve healthcare efficiency are critically examined. Also addressed is the quality and cost of health care and how policy, planning, ethical issues, and public and private systems can and do impact the health of individuals and populations.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the impact of the environment on human health and explores strategies used by public health professionals to minimize negative environmental effects. Environmental health hazards, exposure pathways and control, and the influence of climate change on individual and population health are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
A general introduction to philosophical issues and the methods of philosophical investigation. The course may be essentially historical in its approach or essentially problem-focused. Readings may be drawn from 'big names' in the history of philosophy (e.g., Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Hume, Mill, and others) or from contemporary 'state-of-the-discipline' sources, or from both. Issues will include some from the following, among others: freewill and determinism; ethical relativism v ethical objectivism; the existence and rationality of belief in the existence of a god; the mind and body problem and the problem of other minds; the nature of persons and the possibility of artificial persons (thinking computers); applied philosophy issues such as the problem of abortion, the problem of same-sex marriage, the problem of death penalty.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the history of the philosophical examination of ethics from ancient Greece through contemporary thought in Western Philosophy will examined. Attention will also be given to non-Western ethical traditions (Confucianism, Buddhism, for example) that began even earlier than well-documented Western ethics. The substance of dominant varieties of objectivist views such as virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics will come under our scrutiny. Similar attention will be given to relativist/subjectivist opposition to these various objectivist views. An on-going focal point for all of the inquiries in the course will be the "debate" between supporters of objectivist views and supporters of "anti"-objectivist views as this "debate" has progressed through history. The course will also include discussion of the proper relation between the government and the diverse substantive ethical perspectives of individuals in a society such as the United States that is intentionally ethically pluralistic.
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3.00 Credits
This course will discuss and practice the fundamentals of both informal and formal logic: the analysis of arguments, the uses of language, definitions, recognizing and disarming fallacies, and the rules of valid deductive inference in terms of both classical syllogistic logic and a brief introduction of the basics of modern formal logic.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the needs of the health care consumer and the provider alike. Stemming from a philosophical base, this course will examine controversies emerging from rapid technological advances and modern health care practice. Conflicts discussed range from the person's right to choose or refuse a particular course of treatment to issues of euthanasia, genetic research, and human experimentation. Students are encouraged to participate in discussions of ethical problems reported in the popular media and to develop a personal decision-making system which can be applied to a variety of ethical issues. Emphasis is on critical analysis and the incorporation of theory to ethical deliberations. The course is interactive, therefore, open discussion format and familiarity with use of the computer is essential.
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3.00 Credits
An examination and study of the historical backgrounds and present day vitality of the major living religions of the world. Special attention will be focused on the study of ideas, cultic and ethical practices, and philosophical systems of: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Islam, Confucianism, Shintoism, Judaism, Sikhism and Taoism.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a one-semester, algebra-based overview of topics in introductory physics designed for students in the life sciences. Topics include basic principles of motion, mechanics, statics, work and energy, fluid mechanics, sound and waves, thermal physics, electricity, magnetism, light, and optics. The weekly laboratory is designed to reinforce material introduced in lecture.
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