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This course is required of all students enrolled in the pre-professional allied health concentration. This is an introductory course examining the various career opportunities (as recognized by the American Medical Association) within allied health. Content includes professional foci, educational requirements and career outlook, and philosophical issues in allied health,. Field experiences are integrated into the course content on the observational level. Students are required to provide documentation of current immunizations and health screenings, and to provide transportation to and from external field sites. Instructor consent is required to enroll in this course.
Credit Hours: 2
A study of nutritional status and the effect of eating habits and food consumption on society, families and individuals.
Credit Hours: 3
This is a one-semester course without lab that covers the structure and function of the human body on the cellular, systemic and organismal levels. Special emphasis is given to the skeletal, nervous, cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the structures and functions of the body, with special emphases on histology and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular and nervous systems.
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the structure and functions of the body, with special emphases on the endocrine, circulatory, digestive, respiration, urinary and reproductive systems.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites
HSC 230 or permission of instructor.
This laboratory course introduces the students to hands-on exercises related to the structure and function of tissues, and the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems (including dissections of cats and brains as well as physiological concepts).
Credit Hours: 1
Corequisites
HSC 230 or permission of instructor.
This laboratory course introduces students to hands-on exercises related to structure and function of the endocrine, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, urinary and reproductive systems (including dissections of cats, hearts, and kidneys as well as physiological concepts).
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisites
HSC 230.
Corequisites
HSC 231 or permission of instructor.
This course provides the student with a clear understanding of public health: the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health.
Credit Hours: 3