32 courses with the subject HLTH, 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.
HLTH 1100Introduction to Public Health3
This course introduces agencies, facilities, and programs that play a role in the prevention of disease and the promotion of health in the public. Special emphasis is placed on the competencies needed for public health professionals to function in a variety of settings. Public health career opportunities are discussed. A Christian theological understanding of health is explored. (3 credits)
Examines the impact of health law and regulation on health care systems. Explores how to assess liability in the workplace, the impact of medical malpractice, risk management, and current ethical and legal dilemmas in the practice of medicine. Discusses how to manage the risk of the employer and patient through the use of medical records and specific behavior patterns, how to determine personal risk, religious factors impacting individual decisions in healthcare, and how to recognize potential litigious issues in the practice of medicine. (3 credits)
HLTH 2700Public Health Nutrition and Physical Activity (Meals, Movement, and Motivation)3
This course is designed to address associations between diet, exercise, lifestyle, and disease. Determinants of food habits and physical activity are addressed in relation to an individual’s cultural, sociological, psychological, spiritual, and economical reality. Nutrition policies are introduced to provide a deeper knowledge of policy documents, international agreements and regulations constituting the legal framework for national and international public health nutrition activities.
This course is an introduction to scientific writing, assessment instruments, data collection, research design, and statistical analysis. This will help prepare students to take the CHES exam. Students will be able to define plagiarism and recognize when it is present in their own writing and in the writing of others. They will also be able to propose, design, and conduct a small research project, work collaboratively and effectively with other people to meet a common goal, and present their research findings through written and oral communication. Students will understand their relationship between scientific and spiritual inquiry, the strengths and limitations of each, and the role of each in the pursuit of truth. (3 credits)
HLTH 4000Planning and Evaluation in Health Education3
This course provides the framework for skill development in organization, planning, and implementing comprehensive health promotion programs. Key topics include: planning models, needs assessment, intervention theories/models, budgeting, marketing, and implementation practices. This course meets some requirements for taking the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam.
This course provides a foundational and theoretical understanding of the social, emotional/mental, spiritual, physical, and lifestyle factors related to human behavior. Practical strategies are used to identify barriers to behavior and to enhance and improve health. This course will prepare students to take the CHES exam.
This course introduces agencies, facilities, and programs that play a role in the prevention of disease and the promotion of health in the public. Special emphasis is placed on the competencies needed for public health professionals to function in a variety of settings. Public health career opportunities are discussed. A Christian theological understanding of health is explored. (3 credits) This course must be taken within a student’s first year in the MPH Program.
This course covers a wide range of topics in environmental health sciences. Students will be provided with a general introduction to the core concepts of environmental health (i.e., exposure assessment, toxicology, epidemiology and risk assessment); and ways to examine the environmental health issues by applying core concepts. This course will also briefly introduce some methods to measure pollutants in the environment— mainly the air pollution, and effectively control environmental hazards; and it will introduce the concepts of endocrine disruption and how early developmental exposures to environmental chemicals may influence of human disease. Environmental health issues in both developed and developing countries will be presented. (3 credits) This course must be taken within a student’s first year in the MPH Program.
HLTH 5300Public Health Promotion and Disease Intervention3
The course addresses the core questions of public health science: What lies behind preventing people from becoming ill, and how are policy makers working to promote good health? Through background information on how major public health challenges are described, students will familiarize themselves with a number of theories and methods for health promotion and disease prevention. The course will have a particular emphasis on the health education and health communication via mass communication, as students will identify existing campaigns. Furthermore, students will draft the outline of a public health intervention of their own. (3 credits) Prerequisite: HLTH5000
This course provides students’ knowledge on the principles and methods of epidemiological understandings. Within this course the study of disease and ill health through patterns of occurrence in human populations is examined. The approaches of epidemiology in estimating the burden of disease, in making inferences about cause of disease, and in evaluating primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies are presented.
This course prepares students to critically evaluate research protocols in public health. Students must be prepared to design practical research methodologies to evaluate contributing factors of contemporary health issues with measurable goals and objectives. (3 credits) 120
HLTH 6600Public Health Program Planning and Evaluation
This is an introductory, graduate level public health program planning, development, and evaluation course that broadly addresses program planning models, process of program development and methods of evaluation in the area of public health. This course will be focused on the following three areas: (1) study of program planning models, (2) process of program development, and (3) methods of evaluation in public health settings. (3 credits) Prerequisite: HLTH5300
This course provides an overview of the top global health challenges and opportunities of today. Students will identify determinants of global health and examine intervention strategies. Particular attention will be paid to health systems issues, cross-cultural engagement, ethics, and international programs and policies.
HLTH 6900Current Issues in Public Health (Capstone)
This course will introduce students to current issues and controversies in public health such as HIV transmission risk behavior, poverty, globalization, gun control, healthcare access and obesity. Students will be able to describe various public health controversies, critically think through differing perspectives, and communicate conclusions. (3 credits) This course must be taken during the student’s last Term of the program.
