This course provides students with an overview of the healthcare delivery system, including the roles of healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations. Through the use of didactic and experiential techniques, the students will explore issues regarding healthcare insurance, people who are uninsured and underserved, managed care, and changes in the healthcare marketplace. It also discussed the role of health promotion, disease prevention, and the uses of alternative and complementary medicines. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

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 is a professional development course, as well as preparation for Health Science Practicum II. Students select an agency and develop personal goals and objectives appropriate to the setting, population, and health issues. Under supervision in an approved agency, students have the opportunity for on-the-job experiences. Students have the opportunity to "shadow" individuals who are performing their jobs on a daily basis. The organization can involve the student in productive activities, which benefit the agency and enhance the student's learning experience. The practicum is generally performed in the student's junior year. Prerequisite(s): College of Health Sciences majors only, ENGL 3024 or BUSN 3005. F, Sp, Sum

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 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 or 1002.

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 provides an understanding of the principles of human motor development and the study from infant through adolescence and into adulthood. Prerequisites: BIOL 1014, BIOL 1015, PSYC 2001, Junior Standing or approval of the program director.

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

This course will offer students a comprehensive, relevant perspective on interprofessional leadership and management as related to healthcare. Students will explore interprofessional concepts and stress application to healthcare settings. The student will gain knowledge of various types of leaders, principles of teamwork pertinent to healthcare quality and safety improvement systems. The emphasis is on values and ethics of interprofessional practice, roles, and responsibilities, interprofessional communication skills and team work to manage outcomes and improve quality.

This course develops the skill of selecting and applying a research model to a problem in healthcare.

This course introduces core concepts and principles of interprofessional leadership, teamwork, change management, creativity and innovation.

This course emphasizes the integration of leadership thinking and behavior with strategic planning in healthcare.

This course addresses the role of research in health professional practice including conduct of research, research sources utilization, and principles & models of EBP. Emphasizing critical appraisal of healthcare research and research from other scientific disciplines as evidence, knowledge development activities address translation of research in practice, the evaluation of practice, and activities aimed at improving the reliability of healthcare practice and outcomes for individuals and populations. Students will examine issues, organizational factors, and healthcare outcomes with an emphasis on inter-professional teams as related to their practice area.