9 courses with the subject HEA, 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.
HEA 101Introduction to Health Sciences - Pathways to your Future1
Online Credit Hours Introduction to Health Sciences is a survey course designed to create awareness and provide knowledge of the history, current trends, educational requirements and career options in the health sciences. Students explore and compare health science career options such as: healthcare management/administration, public/community health, nutrition and dietetics, exercise science/wellness, and occupational/physical therapy and examine the educational requirements and pathways needed in these areas.
This course presents issues relevant to today’s health conscious society and contemporary approaches to maintaining good health. Discussions focus on such topics as stress, hypertension, nutrition, smoking, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, depression, and AIDS.
COM 098 or EAP 060 and EAP 050 Semesters Offered: All
HEA 119Personal Nutrition1
This one-credit course enables students to learn basic nutrition principles and apply them to their own eating practices. Topics include energy and weight control, exercise, supplements, food safety, food labels, and dining out. Learn the latest about fat, sugar, complex carbohydrates, sodium, and fiber. Discover how to get more or less of each. Students will do a limited evaluation of their own eating habits based on the new Food Guide Pyramid and some basic nutrient analysis. Evaluation is followed by problem-solving methods for improving your eating behavior. Finally, students will become familiar with current reliable sources of nutrition information.
COM 098 or EAP 060 and EAP 050 Semesters Offered: All
HEA 130Health Care Professionalism1
This course will introduce the health care student to professional behavior in the patient care setting. Course topics include a discussion on professionalism in health care, the relationship between the patient and the health professional, and respectful interaction between the patient and the health professional.
This course will enable the health care professional to access information on the Internet relevant to their defined interest areas. Each student will develop skills through application of demonstrated techniques of internet research.
This course introduces the student to the fundamental principles of human nutrition, including the biochemistry of nutrients in the body. The practical skills of selecting an adequate and safe eating plan as part of a healthy lifestyle are taught. Related concepts and activities include: food records, the RDAs, food labels, the Food Guide Pyramid, weight control, exercise, and cultural food practices. Students also examine reliable nutrition resources and learn ways to discern myths of food faddism.
Appropriate reading level score on placement tests, high school Biology and Chemistry (provided it has been no longer than 5 years since graduation) or BIO 120 and CHE 120 Semesters Offered: TBA
HEA 200Introduction to Pharmacology2
Basic pharmacologic principles will be introduced. Pharmacologic principles related to the use of selected major classifications of drugs and implications for health care providers relative to the administration of those drugs will be addressed. Pharmacology-related issues will be integrated in course content.
BIO 250 or PNP 110 , COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: Summer
HEA 205Global Health3
Credit Hours This course examines the social, political, environmental, and economic determinants of health disparities in diverse cultures and populations. The course introduces students to the language of global health: the burden of disease, epidemiology, cost-effectiveness, and health systems. By exploring patterns of health and welfare disparity, students will analyze the rationale for and modes of intervention to improve global health. Students will study the impact of acute and chronic disease patterns, including epidemics, pharmaceutical access, physical and mental health resources, nutrition, and maternal and child health. Students will further explore how globalization has shaped health policies and practices by applying information from global disease patterns and population dynamics to identify resources and recommend policies to expand health equity globally.
COM 121 English Composition I with a “C” or higher. Semesters Offered: Spring
HEA 220Clinical Implications of Laboratory Tests1
This course is designed for allied health students who wish to increase their understanding of clinical laboratory tests. The course will cover the reasons tests are ordered and the interpretation of lab results in order to provide better patient care. The course will include medical terminology, clinical laboratory personnel, specimen collection, safety, infection control, and frequently ordered lab tests. Case studies will be used to correlate laboratory data with disease states.
