Community Health (BS)

Lifespan development from conception through adulthood, with emphasis on family influences. Recognition of individuality within the universal pattern of development.

Major areas of theory and research in psychology. Requires participation in department-sponsored research or an educationally equivalent alternative activity.

Health care ethics emphasizing analysis and ethical decision making at clinical and health policy levels for health care professionals.

Focuses on effective communication practices in health-related fields, emphasizing communicating professionally with both scholarly and workplace audiences. In addition to providing a foundation in workplace communication, emphasizes information and technology literacy to help students become proficient in collecting, analyzing, interpreting and synthesizing information using appropriate tools, sources and styles.

Strategies, techniques and genres for developing and presenting information intended for business and other workplace audiences.

Studies the structure and function of the human body. Topics include cells, tissues, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, and nervous system. Cannot be used for major credit in the life sciences.

Elements of general chemistry. Adapted to the needs of students in nursing and kinesiology and those preparing for general chemistry. Recommended for General Studies credit. Cannot be used for major credit in chemical or biochemical sciences.

Studies the structure and function of the human body. Topics include cardiovascular, respiratory, lymphatic/immune, endocrine, renal, digestive, and reproductive systems. Cannot be used for major credit in the life sciences.

Provides foundational knowledge for leading health innovation. Organized around the Seven Pillars of Innovation: innovation process, leadership structure, outcomes, evidence-based practice, finance, policy, and technology and communication. Emphasizes principles of health innovation, in addition to characteristics, skills and knowledge required for the innovator.

Explores the role of technology in achieving the Triple Aim: improved quality, improved patient experience and decreased cost. Compares and contrasts tools of technology that hold the potential to advance innovation in health care. Examines the relationship among the users, their behaviors and technology and how this interaction advances communication, automation, organization and standardization.

Provides a framework for understanding community health concepts.

Chemical, biologic, biochemical, and psychological processes used in study of structural and functional alterations in health with selected therapeutics.

Explores basic concepts of qualitative and quantitative research design utilizing methods of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.

Assesses needs, assets and capacity for health education at the individual, family and community levels.

Examines the interdependent relationship between the health of the environment and the health of communities. Includes a focus on specific communities, as well as agencies and laws involved in the health of communities.

Methods of clinical and scientific inquiry. Focuses on the application of an evidence-based practice approach.

Prepares students to use best practices for health communication that promote consumer health literacy.

Explores the impact of the current U.S. health care system on the health of individuals, families and communities.

Prepares students to assume a leadership role in health promotion in communities.

Provides the opportunity to explore the health status of communities and to develop strategies for community health improvement.

Introductory microbiology, emphasizing basic principles of microorganisms (bacteria, protozoa, algae, fungi, and viruses) and the role they play in health, ecology, and applied fields. May not be used for Microbiology credit unless a diagnostic test is passed. Both MIC 205 and MIC 206 must be taken to secure General Studies Gold SCIT credit or General Studies Maroon SG credit.

Principles and lab techniques used in identifying and handling microorganisms. Both MIC 205 and MIC 206 must be taken to secure General Studies Gold SCIT credit or General Studies Maroon SG credit.

Introduces nutritional concepts with an emphasis on evidenced-based guidelines and practices. Students explore the macronutrients and micronutrients in food, how these nutrients are utilized by the body and their effect on overall health and disease. Also discusses what makes a 'healthy diet,' dietary eating patterns, energy balance and body weight. Students learn techniques to assess the credibility of nutrition information in the media, on the Internet and in scientific journals. Additional topics also include cultural aspect of food, food sustainability and food safety.

The leader's role in bringing about significant organizational and societal change with special attention to group and organizational behavior dynamics, establishing a vision, mobilizing and empowering individuals and groups, and assessing outcomes of the change process in a variety of settings.

Explains individual and population-level health outcomes and behaviors based on various health theories and models. Applies health theories to inform clinical outcomes by exploring different influences on behavior: individual, interpersonal, community, systems and policies. Provides an in-depth look at how health is shaped from social and cognitive constructs.

Teaches social work students how to use and interpret descriptive and inferential statistics in social work practice. May be repeated for credit.

Basic concepts and methods of statistics, including descriptive statistics, significance tests, estimation, sampling, and correlation.

Descriptive and inferential statistical methods for analysis of social data. Computer applications.

Patterns of social change, resistance to change, and change-producing agencies and processes.