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1030  Substance Use/Abuse (2)
   Introduction to incidences and effects of alcohol and other drug use and abuse; subpopulations at risk.

1950  First Aid and Emergency Care (3)
   Advanced first aid skills that are applicable to accidents, injuries and illnesses seen commonly at home, work, recreation or while traveling. CPR is included. Certificates in advanced level first aid and adult, child, and infant CPR are awarded upon successful completion of this course. Basic first aid is not required to enroll in this class.

3000  Human Sexuality (3) Cross listed as WM ST 3000.
   Integrates biological, behavioral, and sociocultural factors in study of human sexual behavior. Balanced, scholarly, and thought-provoking examination of personal and social-sexual issues.

3010  The Science of Sexuality (3) Fulfills Social Science Integration.
   Explores the biological, sociological, philosophical, psychological, and cross-cultural perspectives of human sexuality. An emphasis on studying published research associated with sexual topics. No credit for students who have taken H EDU 3000.

3030  Medical Terminology (3)
   Language of health care is explored, from prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms through surgical and diagnostic terms. This class is helpful to anyone going into the health field including management, clinical areas, insurance, and technical fields.

3050  Community Health Issues (3) Fulfills Social Science Integration.
   Major public-health problems, their causes, and resources for dealing with them. Students will look at the social and political implications of public-health issues.

3070  Community/School Health for Professionals (3) Prerequisite: Admittance to Undergraduate Health Promotion and Education Program.
   Introduction to health issues in community and school settings. Assessing potential problems and solutions. Examination of the student's role as a health professional.

3090  Health Education in the Elementary School (2)
   Elementary education requirement. Relating the concerns and constraints of a comprehensive health education program to the elementary school setting. Primary focus is incorporating health education into the K-6 classroom.

3100  Smoking Cessation (2)
   Development of skills for conducting and being certified in smoking-cessation programs in corporate and community settings.

3150  Health and Human Relations (2) Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Experiential class on dynamics of and interaction among love, relationships, and health. Exercises for enhancing personal development and relationship skills.

3160  Stress Management (3)
   Exploration of the biopsychospiritual nature of stress, the healthy and unhealthy effects of stress in life, and exploration of strategies to manage and grow through stress.

3190  Death and Dying (2)
   Introduction to death and dying. Philosophical, legal, religious, moral, and social issues. Strategies related to personal growth and awareness.

3350  Understanding Eating Disorders and Body Image (3) Cross listed as WM ST 3350.
   Insight into the underlying biological, psychoemotional, and social causes of eating disorders and body image concerns.

3400  Health Concerns of Women (3) Cross listed as WM ST 3400.
   Social-political analysis of women's health care. Women's roles as providers, consumers, patients, and clients. Tools for surviving in a predominately patriarchal system. Exploration of biological and psychological systems.

3500  Introduction to Driver Education (2)
   Study of the content of the driver education curriculum. Basic course required by state for certification of teachers of driver education.

3510  Driver Education (2)
   Management, scheduling, and placement issues within the driver education curriculum, as well as acquisition of resources will be covered.

3700  Environmental Health (3)
   Overview of the many facets of environmental health problems, issues, and programs. Field trips are taken to various program sites.

3750  Advanced First Aid Refresher (3)
   Allows students who have already taken an advanced first aid class to refresh that information and recertify. Students must have previously taken an advanced first aid class.

3780  Advanced Cardiac Life Support (2)
   Trains health care providers in advanced cardiac life support following the American Heart Association guidelines.

3850  Selected Topics (1 to 3)
   Various selected health topics; current issues.

3910  Driver Education Instructor Internship (8) Prerequisite: H EDU 3500 or 3510
   Hands-on experience in practical teaching situation. Taken under supervision of certified instructor.

3920  Individual Study (1 to 3)
   After consultation with designated faculty, students fill out a contract and pursue individualized course of study to develop skill and in-depth knowledge in specialized area of health education.

3950  First Aid Instructorship (2) Prerequisite: Advanced First Aid class.
   Learn to teach first aid to a variety of audiences. Teaching methods are applied to complex information and skills attainment. Students must be currently certified in advanced or higher first aid to take this class. Students will teach in H EDU 1950 labs.

3960  Wilderness Medicine Conference (1.5)
   Offers students credit for information and experience gained from the annual Pre-Hospital Wilderness Medicine Conference.

3970  Wilderness EMT Module (4) Prerequisite: EMT certification or higher.
   Expands the skills covered in an EMT basic class and applies them to wilderness and rural areas where the 'golden hour' is usually an impossibility. Emphasis is on extended care and transport with minimal equipment. This is an excellent course for EMTs who respond to emergencies in remote areas.

3980  Wilderness First Aid/Responder (3)
   Designed for people who spend time in the wilderness or remote settings, or who lead others into the wilderness. Covers the topics and skills taught in advanced first aid or first responder courses and applies them to the wilderness setting.

4160  Stress Management Instructors (3)
   Prepares individuals by providing background from which the development and application of stress management programs can be accomplished and evaluated.

4180  Prevention: Substance Abuse and Violence (3)
   Prevention theory and application with an emphasis on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and violence. Implications for treatment will be discussed.

4200  Foundations of Health Education and Promotion (3) Prerequisite: Admittance to Undergraduate Health Promotion and Education Program.
   History, terminology, work settings, credentialing, journals, agencies/organizations, professionalism, ethics, and behavior change theories associated with the field of health education/promotion.

4210  Program Planning and Methods (3) Prerequisite: H EDU 4200 and 4300. Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Experience assessing needs, writing objectives, selecting methods, and learning activities for health-education programs in various settings.

4220  Program Evaluation in Health Education (3) Prerequisite: H EDU 4210 and statistic class. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course.
   Developing stategies for evaluating the success of health education programs; implementing data collection and analysis through the use of the SPSS statistical package.

4230  Health Teaching in Secondary Schools (4) Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Overview of comprehensive school health programs with emphasis in secondary school curriculum, teaching methods, materials, and techniques in health education.

4250  Facilitating Healthy Behavior (2)
   Health counseling approaches and theories; group processes and strategies pertinent to health education.

4300  Introduction to Research and Assessment (3) Prerequisite: Statistic class.
   Introduction to assessment instruments, data collection, research design, and statistical analysis. Current research in health education.

4310  Health Promotion/Marketing (3)
   Health promotion and marketing concepts as they relate to health education program planning. Experience in specific marketing strategies.

4350  Personal and Interdependent Resiliency (3)
   Exploration of concepts and skills that lead to personal and interdependent resiliency including couples, families, corporations, and communities. Experientially based for personal application and skill development for self understanding, resilient paradigms, directioning, and adaptation.

4600  Health Education Practicum I (3) Prerequisite: H EDU 4210. Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Practical experience in preparation and presentation of health related topics. Designed for health education majors in preparation for internship and jobs.

4610  Health Education Practicum II (3) Prerequisite: H EDU 4210.
   Practical experience in implementing programs on campus or in the community. Designed for health education majors in preparation for internship and jobs.

4790  Health Service Administration (3)
   Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting in public and private health-care organizations including hospitals, clinics, public-health departments, and voluntary organizations.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3) Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on an Honors degree.

5010  Metaphysical Health (2)
   Designed to help health and social service professionals integrate methaphysical principles and techniques into their personal and professional life when promoting health and well-being. Practices such as meditation, visualization, intuition, and creative expression will be explored as potential resources for positive health.

5050  Health Concerns in the Developing World (3)
   Contemporary international health concerns focusing on the developing world.

5100  Health Care in the United States (3)
   Organization and financing of U.S. health-care system; evolution of roles played by provider and consumer organizations in meeting community needs; changing health status of Americans; and proposals for improving health-care delivery system.

5190  Drug Abuse Prevention for Multiethnic Youth (3) Recommended Prerequisite: H EDU 1030 or Knowledge of Drug Pharmacology.
   Advanced drug and alcohol prevention course with emphasis on school-, community-, and family-based education, behavioral skills training, and other prevention approaches in the general population and multi-ethnic youth and families. Course includes examination of ethnic concepts, issues in ethnic research, and ethnic differences in drug use and abuse.

5200  Emergency Preparedness (2)
   Emergency planning with emphasis on individual and community preparedness. Topics include first aid, communications, structural assessment, light search and rescue, fire suppression, disaster psychology, and hazard mitigation.

5300  Diversity and Health (3) Cross listed as WM ST 5300. Fulfills Diversity, Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Introduction to life experiences of diverse populations with an emphasis on gay men, lesbians, and people of color. Students look at personal internalized prejudices and rethink how to deliver culturally, racially, and sexually sensitive health-education programs.

5350  Eating Disorders: Prevention and Treatment (3) Cross listed as FD NU 5350.
   Examines prevention of eating disorders focusing on current prevention programs and research. Creation of pilot prevention program will be required.

5370  Health and Optimal Aging (3) Cross listed as GERON 5370.
   Meets with GERON 6370. Central issues involved in promoting healthful behavior and quality of life among older adults are explored and bring together the influences and contributions of theory, research, and practice as applied in gerontological health promotion and wellness. Content includes health promotion and wellness programming, the theoretical foundations of behavior change, lifelong learning and development, and relevant research findings pertaining to the health and well-being of older adults.

5450  Health Care Financial Management (3)
   Emphasis on critical financial issues in an era of health-care reform, oriented toward the needs of caregivers and managers in health service organizations.

5480  Seminar: Alcohol and Drugs (1 to 3)
   Summer workshop for community leaders and those interested in drug issues.

5750  EMT Recertification (4) Prerequisite: EMT certification or higher.
   This class is designed for EMT's to review their knowledge of pre-hospital emergency care and practice pre-hospital emergency skills not frequently performed. Verifying skill proficiency and continuing medical education units to apply for State recertification may be achieved with attendance to lectures and practical labs. The new State recertification practical exam may be taken at an additional cost.

5800  Special Projects (1 to 15)
   Timely topics related to the theory, planning, or application of health education.

5950  Emergency Medical Technician Training (9) Prerequisite: Advanced CPR Certification.
   This class prepares students to become knowledgeable and effective pre-hospital emergency care providers. You will be trained in airway and breathing management beyond BLS guidelines, automatic defibrillation of patients in cardiac arrest, recognizing and treating shock, bleeding control and bandaging, fracture management and splinting, spinal immobilization, and proper handling of patients. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be eligible for state and national EMT certification.

5951  EMT Training Contract (9)
   This course follows the current guidelines to prepare students for Utah Certification as an EMT and qualifies the student to take the Utah EMT Basic Certification exams. The focus is on skills and equipment likely to be used as an ambulance or hospital based EMT.

5960  EMT Training: Noncertification (9) Prerequisite: Advanced CPR Certification.
   This class prepares students to become knowledgeable and effective pre-hospital emergency care providers who are not seeking certification as an EMT. You will be trained in airway and breathing management beyond BLS guidelines, automatic defibrillation of patients in cardiac arrest, recognizing and treating shock, bleeding control and bandaging, fracture management and splinting, spinal immobilization, and proper handling of patients. State and national EMT certification is not offered to students in this class.

5970  EMT Intermediate (6) Prerequisite: EMT basic.
   Expands the EMT-Basic's skills to include advance management of hypoprofusion, airways, and drugs/medications. Utah state certification is possible after successful completion of this class; however, students may take this course for knowledge and experience and not certify.

5980  Wilderness EMT (9)
   Designed for outdoor leaders, search and rescue teams, backcountry rangers, rural ambulance drivers and attendants who provide emergency care in remote settings. Topics to address the issues involved in extended care and introduces backcountry rescue techniques.

5990  Health Education Preceptorship (3 to 6) Prerequisite: H EDU 4210.
   Student, preceptor, and faculty design learning experiences to integrate competencies into existing community situations.

6000  Professional Preparation in Health Promotion (3)
   Introduces students to the health-education profession, its history, role, and ethics. Students will be introduced to the role of the profession, scholarship, and leadership within the discipline and future directions in health education.

6010  Theoretical Foundations of Health Education (3)
   Major psychological and social theories as they apply to health education. Basic cognitive, behavioral, and developmental theories will be emphasized as the foundation for other major health behavior theories and models.

6020  Transpersonal Health and Advanced Stress Management (3)
   Current and future stress-management applications for people with an emphasis on transpersonal approaches. Special emphasis will be on philosophy, optimal experience, and meditation from an East-West cross-cultural perspective.

6040  Resiliency Applications (3)
   Exploration of the theory, research, concepts, and skills that lead to personal and interdependent resiliency.

6060  Instructional Methods in Health Education (3)
   Principal educational strategies in health-education practice, including but not limited to lecture-discussion, skill development, simulation and games, behavior change, and classroom- management techniques.

6070  Computer Applications (3)
   Techniques and application of multi-media computer methodologies as they apply to health education programs.

6080  Strategic Planning and Social Marketing in Health Promotion (3)
   Analysis of different planning models; development of a health-education plan utilizing assessment, objectives, methods, and evaluation.

6100  Evaluation Practicum (3) Prerequisite: H EDU 6550.Recommended Prerequisite: H EDU 6080.
   Developing process and outcome evaluation models and plans, selecting measures and evaluation designs, implementing data collection, reduction, and analysis, and evaluating barriers and success in implementation. Actual development and implementation of a program evaluation with a community agency.

6180  Prevention: Alcohol, Tobacco, Drugs, Violence (3)
   Prevention theory and application with an emphasis on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and violence. Prevention strategies with diverse age and ethnic groups. Implication for treatment.

6250  Health Theories in Individual Behavior Change (3) Recommended Prerequisite: H EDU 6010.
   Introduction to applying psychological theory and techniques that help individuals change health-related behavior.

6260  Health Theories in Group Behavior Change (3)
   Application of theory and group techniques in order to facilitate specific health-related behavior change.

6500  Grant Writing for Health-Related Disciplines (3)
   Provides health educators and other human-service personnel with knowledge and practical skills to understand the grant-writing process, seek appropriate funding channels, write grant proposals, and conduct grant reviews. Actual development of a concept paper and full grant proposal will be completed by students.

6550  Introduction to Research Methodology (3) Cross listed as ESS 6550.
   Research process, design, and publication; critical review of standards for research.

6560  Experimental Design and Analysis (3) Cross listed as ESS 6560.

6570  Research Issues (3) Prerequisite: H EDU 6550.
   This course assists students who are in the process of conducting research, preparing for presentations at national/regional meetings, and for writing and submitting manuscripts for publication. Design and measurement issues associated with research will be explored.

6660  Health Services Administration Seminar (2) Cross listed as POL S 6880.
   Capstone seminar designed to integrate HSA Program's diverse course contents. Speakers include health administrators from community agencies.

6790  Health Service Administration (3)
   Opportunity for students to develop selected managerial competencies practiced by entry-level administrators and provider/professional-managers in health services organizations.

6810  Senior Vice President's Health Sciences Leadership Forum I (2) Cross listed as CMDIS 6810, OC TH 6810, FD NU 6810, ESS 6810, PRT 6810, PH TH 6810.
   This is the first course in a two-course sequence. This is a prestigious seminar series, in which select health professions' students have an opportunity to gain in depth knowledge of health care issues and trends. Students will be invited to participate in active discussions with local and national leaders, as they enhance their leadership and civic knowledge and skills, as well as learn about other health professions and the process of working within a multidisciplinary team. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to interact and be mentored by the deans of each of the Health Sciences colleges.

6812  Senior Vice President's Health Sciences Leadership Forum II (2) Cross listed as CMDIS 6812, OC TH 6812, FD NU 6812, ESS 6812, PRT 6812, PH TH 6812.
   This is the 2nd of a two-course sequence, and continues the discussion of the 1st course.

6920  Individual Study and Research: Master's Level (1 to 3)
   Master's students may contract with a faculty sponsor to work on an independent learning project to enhance their academic interests. Projects may include work experience, research, or independent study.

6970  Thesis Research: Master's (1 to 6)
   Master's students who write a thesis will complete a research proposal, IRB review, collection and analysis of data, and oral presentation of a completed thesis to a graduate committee.

6980  Faculty Consultation: Master's (1 to 3)
   Supervised individual instruction with graduate faculty.

6990  Master's Practicum (1 to 6)
   Nonthesis students will participate in a community or agency project applying theory, program planning, evaluation, or research techniques. Supervisory committee approval required.

7920  Independent Study: Research (1 to 3)
   Doctoral students may contract with a faculty sponsor to work on an independent learning project to enhance their academic interests. Projects may include work experience, research, or independent study.

7970  Dissertation (1 to 14)
   Doctoral students will complete a research proposal, IRB review, collection and analysis of data, and an oral presentation of a completed dissertation to a graduate committee.

7980  Faculty Consultation: Ph.D. (1 to 3)
   Doctoral students who have completed all required coursework may continue academic pursuits in consultation with individual professors.

7990  Continuing Registration (0)
   For graduate students not enrolled in courses or thesis/dissertation hours, working off campus, to maintain graduate status without an official leave of absence.