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Health Courses
HLTH 2020: Introduction to Public Health
Examination of the forces that have influenced current health delivery systems, health practices, and trends. Introduction of population and public health theories and models. General systems theory is introduced.
HLTH 2030: Health Care Systems Overview
Introduction to the American healthcare delivery system, including its foundation, primary characteristics, resources, and processes. Fee-for-service, managed care, and integrated care organizations are discussed, and access, cost, and quality of care are considered.
HLTH 2400: Determinants of Health Behavior
Analysis of health behaviors based on psychological, social, cultural, and environmental factors. Introduces health behavior theories. This class also featured the literature review paper seen in the health artifacts section.
HLTH 2980: Human Health and Disease
An overview of behavioral, biological, and psycho-social factors associated with major human diseases and conditions, with an emphasis on best health practices.
HLTH 3150: Social Epidemiology
Exploration of the current problems and issues associated with the health of population groups. The interrelationships of biological, sociocultural, behavioral, environmental, political, and economic risk factors and the health and illness patterns of those in population groups are examined.
HLTH 3400: Health Promotion Program Planning
Students develop skills to conduct community health needs assessments and to plan and evaluate theoretically grounded health promotion intervention programs for diverse populations. Best practices for specific health behavior change interventions are identified.
HLTH 3800: Epidemiology
Introduces epidemiological principles and methods used in the study of the origin, distribution, and control of disease.
HLTH 4000: Determining Best Practices
Provides students with the opportunity to learn how systematic reviews of human research shape health policy recommendations.
HLTH 4700: Global Health
Deepens students' knowledge of global health and how public health work is conducted internationally. Introduction to assessment of international health needs and designing, implementing, managing, and evaluating public health programs in international settings.
HLTH 4900: Research and Evaluation Strategies for Public Health
Discussion of research in health. Focuses on analysis of reported research. Ethical, moral, and legal issues are discussed
Spanish Courses
SPAN 2010: Intermediate Spanish
Intermediate course to practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Grammatical structures and basic vocabulary are reviewed systematically. Includes literary and cultural perspectives.
SPAN 2020: Intermediate Spanish
A continuation of SPAN 2010.
SPAN 3020: Intermediate Spanish Grammar & Composition
Intensive review of Spanish structure, verbs, idioms, and vocabulary with an introduction to syntax and stylistics through controlled and free composition.
SPAN 3050: Intermediate Spanish Conversation/Composition 1
Practice in spoken Spanish with emphasis on vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, and comprehension. Includes written work to increase accuracy and assignments in the language laboratory.
SPAN 3080: The Hispanic World: Latin America
Introduction to the significant aspects of the culture of Spanish-American countries. Emphasis is placed on the development of the political, economic, geographical, social, and artistic aspects of Spanish America from the indigenous period to the present.
SPAN 3110: Survey of Spanish-American Literature
Literary movements, influences, authors, and works from the Colonial period to the present.
SPAN 3150: Spanish for Health Professionals
Medical concepts and terminology in Spanish; designed for students who plan to work in professions related to public health care.
SPAN 4090: Comprehension Writing in Spanish
Study of stylistics in addition to grammar review; writing paragraphs, short compositions, and creative papers in Spanish on both fiction and non-fiction topics.
SPAN 4180: Technical Spanish for Health Management Professionals
Technical health communication course in Spanish with emphasis on managerial and business aspects of the international health industry.
SPAN 4190: Health & Hispanic Community
Study of cultural aspects of health and health services in Hispanic populations.
Humanities Courses
ANTH 2010: Introduction to Anthropology
Offers a four-field overview: primates and human biological origins; the development of agriculture and complex societies in the archaeological record; contemporary human societies cross-culturally; and the relationship between languages and cultures. An anthropological perspective on contemporary human problems is also presented.
ANTH 3910: Medical Anthropology
Offers an introduction to medical anthropology, emphasizing the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective in studying health, illness, and medicine; provides a survey of major theoretical frames, concepts, and methods in the field; and attends to the application of anthropology in medicine, nursing, and public health in the emerging global context.
SOC 2010: Introduction to Sociology
Sociological perspective: the study of contemporary groups, organizations, and societies in terms of human social behavior, social change, social structure, and social institutions.
SOC 4330: Globalization Social Change
Examination of the social and historical causes of development and underdevelopment. Various sociological theories of development are reviewed. Selected countries are examined in an international context.
Science Courses
CH 1010: General Chemistry
Introduction to the elementary concepts of chemistry through classroom and laboratory experience. Emphasizes chemical reactions and the use of symbolic representation, the mole concept and its applications and molecular structure.
CH 1020: General Chemistry
A continuation of CH 1010.
BIOL 2220: Human Anatomy & Physiology 1
Basic introductory course in integrated human anatomy and physiology covering cells and tissues; integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems; sensory organs. Physiology is stressed.
BIOL 2230: Human Anatomy & Physiology 2
A continuation of BIOL 2220.
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