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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An integrative course providing a study abroad experience for Hillyer honors students. Course content and travel experience vary from year to year. Prerequisites: Second-year status, overall GPA of 3.0, and permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A work-learn program that combines the practical experience of employment in a health care setting with the academics of the University. This course is offered in conjunction with a number of clinical affiliates. Graded on a Pass/No Pass basis. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and 2.5 GPA.
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3.00 Credits
A general overview of the health care system in today's society. Working in teams, students investigate current health care issues and must demonstrate competency in oral and written communication and utilization of the library. Topics include health care systems, health care reform, medical ethics, universal precautions, AIDS, alternative medicine and the roles and responsibilities of allied health professionals. Prerequisite: ENHP 140 or permission of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
An introductory course for all firstyear students in the Department of Health Sciences. This course addresses issues of being a new college student as well as a student within the health professions. Topics related to health care are covered within the framework of providing students with skills essential for success as a college student (research, group work, inclass presentations, writing assignments, and class discussions). This fall semester is linked with a spring semester course that continues with topics related to professionalism, patient care, and health care system.
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2.00 Credits
This is the second semester of a two-semester course sequence addressing issues related to health care professions. Topics include the U.S. health care system, HIPPAA, complementary and alternative medicine, patient/ co-worker diversity, standard procedures, palliative care, emergency preparedness, and professionalism. Prerequisite: HS 140 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Lectures, laboratories, or workshops in various areas of health or biomedical science.
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3.00 Credits
Lectures on special topics in health care to increase the depth and breadth of understanding of the health care field for both health care majors and non-health care majors.
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3.00 Credits
A systemic study of the chemical basis for human physiology. Topics include nutrition, digestion, metabolism, endocrinology, growth, reproduction, and the function of major structures, including heart, lung, kidney, liver, muscle, and brain. Prerequisites: BIO 212 and 213, or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of pharmacology, including the description of the action, use, and toxicity of the major classes of drugs, and the nature of and therapy for the major diseases that are responsive to drug therapy. Classes of drugs include hormones, barbiturates, opiates, amphetamines, diuretics, anesthetics, and antibiotics. Diseases include cancer, heart disease, infection, schizophrenia, and arthritis. Prerequiste: CH 114, or CH 110 and CH 111.
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3.00 Credits
Individual work in the field of health sciences under faculty supervision. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and signature of division chairperson on the basis of a written prospectus submitted in advance.
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