4 courses with the subject HOS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HOS 150Introduction to the Health Professions — Fall2
A survey course that introduces the student to professions in the health care field. Specific professions will be explored through the use of lectures, discussions and guest speakers. General concepts relating to health care will be covered, including ethics, interdisciplinary communication, organization of health care institutions, professionalism, patient/resident rights and the continuum of health and illness.
HOS 300Fundamentals of Occupational Science — Spring3
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of occupational science with a supporting focus on the history and philosophy behind the discipline. The concept of occupation will be explored through theory, assessments, policies and practices which support the field. Observation, interview and narrative will be used as tools to better understand the meaning of occupation. The focus of this course is on understanding occupation and context at the level of the individual and group settings.
This course provides an introduction to basic epidemiologic principles, including measurements of disease occurrence, study designs and calculation of risk. Lecture material is supplemented with exercises and discussion of examples from the epidemiologic literature and presentations of epidemiologic studies by guest speakers. The course is organized around several core themes, including the importance of disease prevention programs that address multiple health risks, the link between poverty and disease susceptibility, and the challenge of evaluating health benefits and cost-effectiveness. The course readings discuss current issues such as genetic determinism as a paradigm in wellness promotion, adolescent health promotion, teen pregnancy prevention strategies, racial differences in cancer epidemiology, strategies for reducing youth violence, HIV/ AIDS prevention, domestic violence education and prevention strategies, and the future of women’s health research.
This course offers an opportunity for students at an advanced level of study in a bachelor degree program and in good academic standing to undertake an independent project under the supervision of a faculty member. A maximum of 6 credits of independent study at the 253
