This course provides an overview of the role of information systems in healthcare organizations. Emphasis in placed on understanding how evidence-based research is integrated into clinical decision-making and recognizing how information systems influence health outcomes. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. F, Spr

This course provides students with an overview of complex healthcare delivery systems within the United States. Students will be introduced to various structures of modern healthcare delivery including the roles of healthcare professionals within healthcare organizations. Basic concepts and current issues will be discussed to provide an understanding of how healthcare systems are organized, managed, and financed. Students will explore health promotions, disease prevention, health policy, and quality management in the healthcare marketplace. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing

Application of principles of basic nutrition throughout the life cycle. Emphasis is on the relationship to health and disease.

LCCN: CBIO 2703

This course provides students with an introduction to social and behavioral factors as determinants of health. Students explore theories of human behavior and group behavior, as well as health behavior change models. The course presents a comprehensive view of health and community concerns experienced by people. The inter-relationship of biological, socio-cultural, behavioral, environmental, and economic risk factors of population groups with disabilities are examined. Prerequisites: PSYC 2001 or SOCL 1001.

This course is designed as a capstone course for the student. The course concentrates on details of health science research design and evidence-based practice. Students are guided through a step-by-step approach to qualitative, comparative, and quantitative research designs. Students learn to design, interpret and analyze research findings applicable to healthcare. Prerequisites: MATH 1016, completion of all University Core Curriculum, and junior standing.

This course is designed to help students prepare for careers in healthcare by enhancing soft skills necessary to be successful healthcare professionals. Students will examine concepts of professionalism such as career planning, communication, personal image and interpersonal skills. In addition, students will learn how to create profession plans that require them to research career options and potential employers, job shadow with industries and design professional resumes. Particular emphasis is placed on practicing soft skills such as social networking, working with others, personal management, and verbal and non-verbal communication. Prerequisites: Junior standing or approval of program director.

This is a practicum performed in the student's senior year. Under supervision in an approved agency, the student will have the opportunity for on-the-job experiences. The practicum is project-based in that the student is expected to produce tangible output for the host organization. It is expected that the student will select a practicum site which is consistent with career intersts and objectives. Prerequisite(s): senior standing; Health Studies majors only; completion of all 2000 and 3000 HLST courses; completion of 90 credit hours towards Health Studies degree; minimum HLST GPA 2.75 with a 'C' or better in HLST courses, minimum overall GPA 2.0.

This course will provide an overview of leadership theories to prepare the student for a leadership/management role in healthcare. Prerequisites: junior standing.

This course describes the processes that healthcare organizations must implement to meet community needs. Students learn about management theory, as well as learning models taken from successful organizations relevant to healthcare delivery. Students will analyze the current healthcare system in the United States, using economic and administrative concepts and principles. Perequisites: junior standing.

This course is designed to bring awareness of the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. The course will examine differences existing within North America by probing healthcare system and consumers and examples of traditional health beliefs and practices among selected populations. Prerequisites: PSYC 2001 or SOCL 1001

U.S. legal structure and interplay between health law and ethics including legal, regulatory and ethical issues of consumers, practitioners, administrators and organizations. Prerequisite: Junior Standing