100-Level Courses
HLTH 100 : Introduction to Public Health.
(1:1:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to public health professions including exploration of current issues, job opportunities, the essential public health services, and an overview of the public health major. |
200-Level Courses
HLTH 201 : Contemporary Issues for Student Athletes.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Eligibility issues for intercollegiate student athletes. Skills relating to academic performance and career selection. |
HLTH 276R : Exploration of Teaching.
(3:ARR:ARR)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Major area preadmission requirements. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Field-based initial teaching experience directed at helping prospective teachers experience demands and opportunities associated with teaching secondary students. |
300-Level Courses
HLTH 310 : Chronic Diseases: Prevention and Control.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Pathogenesis, epidemiology of major chronic diseases, health costs to society, at-risk populations, population-based prevention, and related best-practice interventions. |
HLTH 311 : Infectious Diseases: Prevention and Control.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBio 205. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Human infectious disease risk factors; bacterial, viral, and parasitic agents; pathology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control; communicable, vector-borne, zoonotic, and bioterror diseases of public health. |
HLTH 320 : Advanced First Aid and Safety.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | In-depth coverage of first aid procedures for injuries and sudden illness. Leads to first aid and CPR certifications. |
HLTH 322 : Environmental Health.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | Environmental factors as determinants of human health: ecosystem and population dynamics; biological, chemical, and physical hazards; risk assessment; economic, political, cultural, and genetic factors. |
HLTH 330 : Principles and Practices of Health Promotion.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to the health promotion profession, emphasizing current issues, professional preparation and employment, as well as the philosophy and foundations of professional practice in various settings. |
HLTH 335 : Health Behavior Change.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 330. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Understanding health behavior change theories for individuals and populations. Practical application of related models and theories. |
HLTH 361 : School Health for Elementary Teachers.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Preparing for the role as a health educator, emphasizing skill-based teaching methods and acquisition of teaching resources. |
HLTH 370 : Consumer Health.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Current consumer health issues; selecting proper health products, services, and information; sources of consumer health protection. |
HLTH 381 : Health Education Teaching Methods.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 200, 276R; fingerprinting and FBI clearance. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Teacher and student activities required for conceptual learning in health science. |
HLTH 383 : Mind/Body Health.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theories and research on the effect of emotions and attitudes on health: how negative emotions increase disease susceptibility and positive emotions encourage immune strength, health, and healing. Behavioral medicine and complementary and alternative health practices also presented. |
400-Level Courses
HLTH 421 : Secondary Health Education Curriculum and Practicum.
(4:3:ARR)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 200, 276R, 381. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Implementing meaningful, engaging instruction for secondary students in health education; program planning and evaluation; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance. Practicum required. |
HLTH 422 : Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 311, 420. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Key elements of public health preparedness and response to the variety of natural, technological, and man-made disasters occurring routinely on a global basis. |
HLTH 424 : Occupational Health and Safety.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 420. |
| DESCRIPTION: | In-depth focus on workplace health and safety through a multidisciplinary approach to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and prevention and control of workplace-related illnesses and injuries. |
HLTH 436 : Sexuality Education in the Curriculum.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | Preparing prospective teachers to teach sexuality education related to health curricula. Maturation, family health issues, parenthood, interpersonal skills, and related pedagogy issues. |
HLTH 437 : Methods in Health Promotion.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 330, 332. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Health promotion methods, interventions, and strategies that influence behaviors and advance public health practices within communities. |
HLTH 438 : Social Marketing.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 330, 332, 437. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Social marketing, including formative research, audience analysis, segmentation, marketing mix, strategies, pretesting; application to health promotion and public health. |
HLTH 439 : Program Planning and Evaluation.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 330, 322, 437, 438. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to needs assessment, program development, implementation, and evaluation in health promotion and public health. |
HLTH 440 : Computer Applications in Epidemiology.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, even years. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 345, Stat 221. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to the basics of SAS and EXCEL focusing on the set of commands useful for data-reporting, data-management, formatting and graphics, and data-analysis. Topics include tables and regression models for epidemiologists (cumulative-incidence, case-control, and incidence rate data). |
HLTH 441 : Clinical Trials.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 345, Stat 221. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to methods used in the design, interim monitoring, and analysis of clinical trials, including the impact of patient exclusions and other causes of incomplete data. Concepts and principles emphasized. Main focus on randomized Phase III (comparative) trials. |
HLTH 442 : Special Topics in Epidemiology.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, odd years. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 345, Stat 221. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Topics include environmental epidemiology, statistical methods in epidemiology, social epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, categorical data analysis, applied longitudinal analysis, survival analysis, and life table methods. |
HLTH 443 : Field Epidemiology.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 345, Stat 221. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Applying epidemiologic methods, including outbreak investigation; surveillance systems and methods; and infectious disease epidemiology to unexpected health problems when a rapid on-site investigation is necessary for timely intervention. |
HLTH 444 : Organization and Administration of Driver and Traffic Safety Education.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| DESCRIPTION: | Organization, administration, and supervision of high school driver education programs. |
HLTH 445 : Driver and Traffic Safety Education.
(4:2:4)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 444. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Prepares teachers to instruct classroom and behind-the-wheel phases of driver education. |
HLTH 450 : Women's Health Issues.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Overview of selected health topics affecting women's health status. Primary emphasis on steps to enhance personal health and fulfill divine roles from childhood through adulthood. |
HLTH 460 : Substance Abuse and Addictive Behavior.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | Physiological, psychological, sociological, and legal implications of drug use and addictive behaviors, emphasizing nature, cause, treatment, and prevention. |
HLTH 480 : International Health.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Identifying disease patterns in "developing" countries, exploring the social and cultural context of health, and reviewing behavior change strategies for improving well-being. |
HLTH 490 : Current Issues in Public Health Education.
(2:2.0:0.0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Health science major; junior or senior status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Contemporary research, literature, and views as applied to public and international health. |
HLTH 498 : Career Preparation in Health Promotion.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Hlth 330, 332, 335, 437, 438, 439. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Preparation for employment in health promotion within public health settings, graduate school, and the certified health education specialist exam. |
| NOTE: | For senior-level public health education majors within six-months of graduation. |