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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Provides students with current, accurate, and documented information concerning substance use disorders in society. Special attention will be given to reasons for substance abuse, overview of addictions, family systems related to substance abuse, intervention strategies when working with patients/clients with substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, and preventing relapse.
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3.00 Credits
Exposes students to the psychological aspects of injury, illness, and rehabilitation. The importance of interdisciplinary healthcare and treating the entire person is emphasized. Students are introduced to psychological factors that influence the rehabilitation process including, motivation, confidence, anxiety, and pain. Goal setting techniques, relaxation training, mental imagery, social support techniques, and pain management techniques are covered.
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3.00 Credits
Teaches students the communication skills necessary to implement health education programs at the group and community levels. Course content includes communication and learning theories, educational sessions and presentations, coalition-building, communicating with media, and facilitating groups. Students will apply and practice oral communication concepts within the context of public health/health education.
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3.00 Credits
Teaches students the communication skills necessary to conduct health education on the interpersonal level. Course content includes communication and learning theories, developing written patient education materials, individual and small group educational sessions, motivational interviewing, and patient advocacy. Students will apply and practice oral communication concepts within the context of public health/health education.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces basic epidemiologic concepts and methods including infectious disease, environmental epidemiology, and psychosocial/behavioral epidemiology. Content includes how to analyze and interpret epidemiologic data/findings and apply the findings in the prevention and control of acute and chronic disease and health-related events.
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3.00 Credits
Develops skills relating to the development and implementation of robust health education and promotion programs. Emphasis is placed upon systematic application of commonly used planning models in health programming. Strategies for effective needs and resource assessment, collaborative community processes, intervention planning and design, and successful implementation will be reviewed.
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3.00 Credits
Provides students the fundamentals of fitness assessment, exercise prescription, and sports nutrition from a Health Science perspective. Students will develop and apply the skills required to perform a fitness assessment and subsequent exercise prescription in the physically active population. Course content also includes the nutritional requirements for optimal exercise performance.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the dynamic and rapidly changing field of health. Selected health topics drawn largely from the current popular and professional literature will be presented, evaluated, analyzed, and discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Orients students to implementation and evaluation in health education and public health settings. The emphasis is placed on skills related to implementation, evaluation design, measurement, and using evaluation outcomes for decision-making. Qualitative and quantitative assessments are included to provide the learner with a variety of tools to assess the efficacy of health programs.
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3.00 Credits
Provides students in health-related professions an investigation into the relationship between human biomechanics and musculoskeletal injury. The course examines the coordination of movement and the forces placed on various tissues of the body by physical activity, specifically in athletics and industrial work environments. Students explore various injury prevention and treatment interventions and are exposed to clinical problems in orthopedics, rehabilitation, and epidemiologic research.
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