| 100. Introduction to Allied Health Professions
Semester and hours by arrangement. One credit. Open
only with consent of instructor.
Overview of health professions, team approach to
health care delivery. |
| 101.
Health and Wellness
Either semester. Three credits. Open to all
students in the University.
Wellness, holistic health, mind-body connection,
health and wellness models, mental wellness, positive self-concept,
preventing heart disease and cancer, licit and illicit lifestyle drugs,
stress management, diet, nutrition, weight control, aerobic and anaerobic
exercise, healthy lifestyle behaviors, applications to
life. |
| 102.
Peer Health Eduaction
Fall semester. Three credits.
This course fosters skills that will prepare the
student to function effectively as a peer health educator. Content
includes leadership and communication skills, and a working knowledge of
health-related topics such as stress management, body image, body art,
sexuality, and other contemporary issues. |
| 115. Introduction to the Health Professions
Semester and hours by arrangement. Three
credits.
Introduction to the Allied Health professional
curriculum through special topics. |
| 200. Drugs
and Society
Either semester. One credit. Two class periods for
seven weeks. Priority given to Allied Health and Education
students.
Overview of drugs in America, co-dependence, the
role of the counselor, psychological and physiological addiction, cocaine,
heroin, marijuana, psychoactives, over-the-counter drugs, prescription
drugs, AIDS. |
| 202.
Clinical Biomechanics
First semester. Three credits. Open only to
Orthotics and Prosthetics Students.
An introduction to fundamental biomechanical
principles through a review of concepts from applied physics with an
application to technically relevant problems. |
| 203. Aging: Implications for Health Professionals
Either semester. Three credits. Three hours of
lecture.
Age-related physiological changes and pathologies,
psychological function in health behaviors and care, role change and
transition, health care issues, therapeutic
relationships. |
| 204. Conversational Spanish for the Health
Professional
Either semester. Three credits. Three hours of
lecture. Open to Allied Health students and students in other
health-related fields (i.e. nursing, nutritional sciences, pharmacy);
others with consent of instructor.
Basic conversational skills, medical terminology,
patient/client interviewing skills, cultural factors affecting health care
delivery. |
| 215. Critical Health Issues of Asian Americans
(Also offered as AASI 215). First semester. Three
credits. Palaniswamy
Examination of critical health issues affecting
Asian American sub populations. Topics to include gender specific health
problems; cultural issues; and health care issues. |
| 216.
Asian Medical Systems
(Also offered as AASI 216.) Second semester. Three
credits. Palaniswamy
Examination of traditional medical systems of Asian
origin and their prevalence in the United States. Topics to include
popular medical systems: Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese,
Indian and Japanese Herbal Medicine; the values and beliefs of different
models. |
| 220.
Cancer and Your Health
(Formerly offered as CYTO 220.) First semester.
Three credits. Three hours of lecture. Prerequisite: One course in Biology
or concurrent enrollment in a Biology course.
This course introduces cancer risk education,
causes, early detection, prevention, and public
education. |
| 236. Issues for Women and Health
Semester and hours by arrangement. Two
credits.
A study of current issues related to women as
providers and consumers of health care. |
| 241. Research for the Health Professional
Either semester. Three credits. Three hours of
lecture. Prerequisite: A course in statistics or consent of the
instructor. Open only to Allied Health majors; others with consent of
instructor.
Research questions/hypothesis, finding and using
research literature, ethical considerations, research design, sampling,
measurement, reliability and validity, descriptive and inferential
statistics, computer analysis of data, evaluating research, reviews of
literature and proposals. |
| 241W. Research for the Health Professional
Prerequisite: A course in statistics and English
105 or 110 or 111. |
| 242. Counseling and Teaching for the Health
Professional
Either semester. Three credits. Three hours of
lecture. Open only to Allied Health and Nutritional Science students;
others with consent of instructor.
Learning theory and counseling strategies; role of
health professional as teacher and counselor; communicating with special
groups, individuals and groups. |
| 243. Health Care Issues for the Health
Professional
Either semester. Three credits. Three hours of
lecture. Open only to Allied Health students; others with consent of
instructor.
Individual, community and institutional health care
needs and issues from a bio-medical and socio-cultural point of view. The
health care delivery system; health and its relationship to poverty,
ethnicity, life-cycle events, ethics, etc. |
| 244. Management for the Health Professional
Either semester. Three credits. Three hours of
lecture. Open only to Allied Health and Nutritional Science students;
others with consent of instructor.
Basic management principles and concepts of
planning, organizing, supervising, controlling and evaluating in health
care environments. Leadership, motivation, supervision, time management,
labor relations, quality assurance/proficiency, financial
management. |
| 280. Safety and Health Management
First semester, alternate years. Three credits.
Three hours of lecture.
This course encompasses the principles of managing
occupational safety and health programs from development, implementation
through evaluation. |