Health Courses
Only want to take one class with a focus on sustainability rather than a minor or major? You can still take a variety of courses within the curriculum that also count towards General Education Credit, Issues credit, or may be required within your major.
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Health and Physical Education
HPE 195 - Introduction to Teaching Health and Physical Education
This course will introduce prospective teachers to the profession of health and physical education. Students will develop an understanding of the national standards, engage in lesson/unit planning, observe effective teaching behaviors and discuss the history and philosophy of HPE. Students will engage in off-campus observations of teachers in PK-12 settings. Offered fall semester.
HPE 207 - Personal Health and Wellness
Provides students with the knowledge, skills, and ability to assess personal health status and reduce risk behaviors. Social and behavioral models facilitating physical activity, health, and wellness are explored. Students will analyze physical, social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and environmental wellness. Fulfills General Education Foundations - Social and Behavioral Sciences.
HPE 260 - Methods of Teaching Outdoor Pursuits
This course will prepare prospective teachers with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to teach a variety of outdoor pursuits to PK-12 students. Topics may include navigation, survival skills, rock climbing, fishing, and snowshoeing. Cooperative learning and outdoor education curricular models will be featured throughout this course. Offered winter semester.
Public Health
PH 500 - Introduction to Public Health
Introduction to the history, philosophy, current concepts, practice, and administration of public health in the United States.
PH 505 - Social/Behavior Public Health
This course examines the broad foundation in public health theory and tools for its application within the larger scope of public health research and practice. The course will provide an understanding of how both social and behavioral theory is essential in the creation of effective intervention approaches. Course offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the MPH program.
3.000 Credit hours
PH 520 - Environmental and Occupational Health
Presents basic concepts of environmental health and occupational health. Students will explore the biological, chemical, and physical factors from the environment (community and occupational) that impact the health of the public at a global and local level. Topics covered include air and water quality and industrial hygiene. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Public Health program.
PH 540 - Public Health Law and Ethics
This course investigates elements of legal and ethical theories in public health. Students will use a case study approach to scrutinize ethical and legal issues in public practice, administration, and research. Course offered spring/summer semester.
Prerequisite: Admission to the master of public health program. 3.000 Credit hours
PH 606 - Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Environmental and occupational epidemiology will introduce students to the epidemiologic methods utilized in studying health effects of environmental and occupational agents. This course will also provide students with an understanding of how these agents affect the health of workers, as well as the health of the community. Offered summer semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Public Health program.
PH 623 - Food, Health, and Justice
This course provides students with an introduction to the urban food movement. Concepts such as access to food, quality of food, affordability of food, and food-related policies are explored through both traditional and nontraditional learning opportunities, leaving students with a unique perspective of food in the urban environment. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Public Health program.
PH 630 - Health and Disease Disparities
Presents patterns, causes, and possible solutions to health disparities. The course will identify the role of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status in health research and access and utilization of health services. Course offered winter semester.
Prerequisite: Admission to the master of public health program.
3.000 Credit hours
PH 633 - Public Health and Environmental Impact Assessment
The course will emphasize related concepts, theory, assessment methods, and integration and evaluation of models to examine contamination due to air, water, and soil pollution. Offered summer semester. Prerequisite: PH 520.
PH 634 - Environmental Justice
This course addresses the unequal burdens of environmental contamination and health disparities affecting marginalized communities across the U.S. and internationally. Environmental health/justice theories and illness and disease related to environmental atrocities will be discussed. Offered summer semester. Prerequisite: PH 520.
PH 645 - Global Environmental and Occupational Health
This course addresses environmental and occupational health in respect to developed, emerging, and less developed countries. Students are educated from an international perspective to analyze global trends in core areas of environment-human interaction with emphasis on vulnerable populations. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: PH 520.
PH 660 - Public Health in a Global Setting
This course will compare the practices and venues of public health education in a global setting to those within the United States. It will include extensive hands-on public health experiences in health education design, program planning, implementation, evaluation, resource availability, and application of research principles. Offered summer semester.
Physician Assistant Studies
PAS 572 - Hospital Community Experience I
The first course in a three-part series. This course is designed to expose students to a variety of health care related hospital and community experiences. Learning opportunities may include, but are not limited to, long-term care, clinical job shadowing, public health, research, and virtual and simulated patient experiences. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the physician assistant studies program.
PAS 573 - Hospital Community Experience II
The second in a three-part series. Designed to provide students with continued exposure to a variety of health-care related hospital and community experiences. Learning opportunities may include, but are not limited to, long-term care, clinical job shadowing, public health, research, and virtual and simulated patient experiences. Offered summer semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the physician assistant studies program.
PAS 574 - Hospital Community Experience III
The third in a three-part series. Designed to provide students with continued exposure to a variety of health-care related hospital and community experiences. Learning opportunities may include, but are not limited to, long-term care, clinical job shadowing, public health, research, and virtual and simulated patient experiences. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the physician assistant studies program.
Occupational Safety and Health
OSH 300 - Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health
An overview of safety and health concepts (accidents, legal accountability, hazard recognition/remediation, countermeasures, and risk) as they apply in a variety of occupational settings.
OSH 310 - Hazard Recognition and Control
A study of general and mechanical hazards found in the workplace and methods of controlling them to limit employee exposure.
OSH 316 - Health and Safety Techniques
Laboratory experience designed to expose students to various monitoring tools used in the development and maintenance of a comprehensive safety program in an occupational setting.
OSH 326 - Principles of Industrial Hygiene
A study of industrial hygiene methods, measurement, and equipment.
OSH 350 - Behavioral Aspects of Safety
An examination of various pathways in psychology, their impact on the individual, on safety, and the application of basic psychological principles in the safety profession.
OSH 410 - Ergonomic Safety Engineering
An examination of various ergonomic engineering and human factors engineering methods used by safety specialists to reduce injury producing work conditions. Topics covered include systems safety analysis, fault tree analysis, MORT, as these tools relate to an effective ergonomic program.
OSH 414 - Environmental Safety and Health Regulations
A study of laws addressing environmental pollution and hazardous waste management. (3-0-0) 3 cr
OSH 416 - Advanced Industrial Hygiene
A study of laws addressing environmental pollution and hazardous waste management.
OSH 440 - Safety and Health Program Development
An examination of the concepts and tools used in safety program development and implementation for a variety of work settings
OSH 460 - Environmental Compliance Applications
Instruction in the professional management of environmental regulations, utilizing classroom and practical applications. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: OSH 414 or permission of instructor.
OSH 485 - Field Case Study
A field study conducted in a selected industry. The student will be expected to identify a cooperating company and conduct an investigation addressing a safety or health problem, including development of appropriate countermeasures. The study will produce a paper following a modified research format. Credits repeatable to a maximum of three credits. Prerequisite: Permission of OSHM advisor.
OSH 490 - Internship in Occupational Safety and Health Management
A structured opportunity for students to make practical application of classroom theory to an actual work situation. Prerequisites: Permission of intern advisor and admitted to the OSHM major.
OSH 495 - Safety and Health Administration
An integrative exploration of the administrative function of a comprehensive safety program with emphasis on operations analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation.