H 210 Introduction to the Health Care System

3 credits

Provides tools to understand and critically assess the health care delivery system, its components, and the challenges created by its structure. The health care system will be considered from the perspective of several main players [e.g., patients, hospitals, doctors, health plans]. (Bacc Core Course)

H 225 Social and Individual Health Determinants

4 Credits

Overview of the macro (social/system/environmental) and micro (individual) contributors to premature disease, disability and population health. Selected behavioral theories supporting health risks and strategies for the prevention of premature disease/disability and the promotion of health.
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
Available via Ecampus

H 320 Introduction to Human Disease

3 credits

Fundamental principles relating to etiology, nature, prevention, and control of communicable and noncommunicable diseases in human populations. Special emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion in the high risk diseases of modern, industrialized society.

H 422 / H 522 Health, Aging, and Control of Chronic Disease

4 credits

Epidemiology of the major chronic diseases, risk factors, potential methods of prevention/intervention, ethical issues, and efficacy of current methods of prevention and control. Emphasis on adult populations and public health services, policies, and programs at the local, state, and federal levels designed to promote healthy aging. PREREQ: Nine credits of health course work.

H 432/ H 532 Economic Issues in Health & Medical Care

3 credits

Application of economic principles to the health care field: the demand for medical care and insurance, health care suppliers, health care markets. PREREQS: (ECON 201 or ECON 201H) and H 210 and H 457 and junior standing.

H 436 Advanced Topics in Health Care Management

3 credits

Covers how health services are governed and organized; how health care organizations assess and adapt to change; constraints/opportunities in shaping organizational performance; leadership; strategic decision-making and the use of evidence-based management in health care. PREREQS: H 210 and H 250and junior standing.

H 458 / H 558 Reimbursement Mechanism

3 credits

Introduces and analyzes the different types of health care reimbursement methodologies used in the U.S. health care system. PREREQS: H 210 and junior standing.

H 476 Planning and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs

4 credits

A systematic approach to planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion programs in public agencies, community settings, work sites, educational settings, and health care settings. (Writing Intensive Course) PREREQ: Senior standing.

H 536 Healthcare Organization Theory and Behavior

3 credits

Administrative practice in health care settings with emphasis on long-term care and acute care services. Provides a framework for health care systems and managerial process and roles. Focus on operations, planning, marketing, human resources, finance, productivity and control as well as emerging trends in health services.

H 576 Program Planning, Proposal Writing in Health, Human Services

4 credits

Planning and preparing of proposals for program initiation, financing, delivery and evaluation in health-related settings; emphasis on funding sources, community, individual, and organizational support. PREREQS: 9 credits of graduate course work in public health.

HDFS 314 Adult Development & Aging

4 credits

Advanced theories and research related to developmental changes and stability in early, middle, and late adulthood. Gender issues, personality, cognition, and adaptation. PREREQ: Sophomore standing.

HDFS 461 Program Development and Proposal Writing

4 credits

Principles of program development and evaluation applied to the development of a proposal for a human services program; analysis of needs and resources, identification of empirically-based strategies, and assessment. (Writing Intensive Course) PREREQS: HDFS 360 [D-]

HDFS 462 Skills for Human Services Professionals

4 credits

Exploration of collaborative, strengths-based methods to resolve individual, family, and community problems. Application of ethical standards to case study, with emphasis on the values of human dignity and social justice. Development of basic helping skills within an empowerment framework. PREREQS: HDFS 107 [C-] and HDFS 209 [P] and junior or senior standing, Human Services option specialization.

HDFS 465 / H 565 Topics in Human Development and Family Sciences

3 credits

Topics and issues in human development and family sciences. Examples: children and the law; gender and families; parenting; aging; relationship development across the lifespan. May be repeated for credit. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 18 credits. PREREQ: 6 credits of HDFS, SOC, or PSY.

HDFS 518 Adult Development and Aging

4 credits

Study of theories, concepts, and issues related to biological, cognitive, social, and emotional development throughout adulthood. Covers life transitions, stress-related growth, optimal aging, wisdom, and developmental methods. PREREQS: 15 quarter credits of behavioral and social sciences.

HDFS 617 Advanced Topics in Adult Development & Aging

3 credits

Advanced critical study of theory and research related to specific topics of social and emotional development and stability in adulthood, including later life. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits.

KIN 132 Introduction to the Allied Health Professions

1 Credit

Overview of allied health professions including physical and occupational therapy, physician assistant, nursing, athletic training and others. Discuss job responsibilities, employment opportunities and educational requirements.

KIN 434 Applied Muscle Physiology

3 credits

Skeletal muscle structure, function, and metabolism; applications to muscle fatigue, exercise training, inactivity, and aging. PREREQS: KIN 324 [C-] or EXSS 324 [C-]

KIN 437 Physical Activity, Aging and Chronic Disease

4 credits

Addresses the consequences of primary and secondary aging from an individual and public health perspective. Physiological changes associated with aging and chronic disease, functional assessment of older adults, and exercise prescription for older adults with and without chronic exercise will be emphasized. PREREQS: (KIN 324 [C-] or EXSS 324 [C-] ) and (KIN 325 [C-] or EXSS 325 [C-] )

NUTR 325 Nutrition Through the Life Cycle

3 credits

Nutritional needs and concerns in pregnancy and lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adult and later years. PREREQS: ( (NUTR 240 [C-] or NUTR 225 [C-] ) and NUTR 241 [C-] ) and /or equivalent, junior standing recommended.

NUTR 423 / NUTR 523 Community Nutrition

4 credits

Meeting nutritional needs in community settings; nutritional status of individuals and groups; programs of public and private agencies and industry; intervention techniques. Roles of community nutritionist. PREREQS: NUTR 325 [C-]

PHL 444 / PHL 544 Biomedical Ethics

4 credits

Application of ethical principles and decision-making processes to selected problems in medicine, health care, and biotechnology. Special attention given to end-of-life choices, reproductive rights and technologies, organ transplantation, research ethics, genetic engineering, and allocating scarce resources. An interdisciplinary focus that draws on social, legal, economic, and scientific issues in ethical decisions in medicine.

PHL 455 / PHL 555 Death & Dying

3 credits

A multidisciplinary study of cultural, philosophical, and religious perspectives on death, dying and grieving. Not offered every year. PREREQ: 6 credits of philosophy or sophomore standing.

PSY 350 Human Lifespan Development

4 credits

An introduction to physical, social, cognitive, and linguistic development with an emphasis on theory and methodology. PREREQ: PSY 201 and PSY 202. (SS)

SOC 355 Death and Dying

4 credits

An overview of cross-cultural and historical attitudes and practices around end of life, death and dying. Assessment of contemporary legal, professional, cultural and technological issues surrounding end of life/death and dying. PREREQS: (SOC 204 [D-] or SOC 204H [D-] )

SOC 432 / SOC 532 Sociology of Aging

3 credits

Examination of the social significance of age, position, and problems of the elderly in society; discusses the societal and individual consequences of an aging population; explores social theories of aging. PREREQ: SOC 204 or SOC 204H.