This request is to change the current undergraduate Community Health program. This request includes changes in prerequisites, core requirements, program requirements, and courses in three minors: Community Health, Exercise Science, and Aging and Adult Studies. Reduced major requirements hours from 45 to 33. Increased hours in minors by 6 hours each. Increased electives from 3 to 9 hours. No change in total program hours. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Corequisites: HSC 3500; HSC 4730. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to health education as a discipline and as a profession. The interpretation of concepts, purposes, and theories of health education will be discussed. The impact of societal value systems on health programs will also be addressed. Strategies to select effective health education materials ans to communicate health information will be emphasized. Strategies and techniques will be practiced, and the benefits of fostering communication between healthcare providers and consumers will be reviewed. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Prerequisites: none. In this course, students will study how acute and chronic bouts of exercise changes the structure and function of the human body. Emphasis will be given to the effects of exercise on health related fitness, the training of athletes, and the enhancement of sport performance. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Corequisites: 9 semester hours of 3-400 level HSC courses. This course provides an overview of physiological, psychological, and sociological aspects of human sexuality throughout the lifespan including gender, family life, relationships, reproduction, sexual behavior, STDs/HIV, safer sex, and sexual coercion. Planning, implementing and evaluating school and community sexuality education programs are included in the course. Policy issues that affect sexuality education are also addressed. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Corequisites: 9 semester hours of 3-400 level HSC courses. The purpose of this course is to examine educational planning and program implementation involved in facilitating the development and maintenance of mental and emotional health. Communication skills effective for the helping professional are also addressed. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Corequisites: HSC 3XXX (Foundations of Health Education). This course will use the results of a health needs assessment to set the program planning process in motion. An emphasis will be placed on the development of logical and sequential program plans that are based on measurable and appropriate objectives. Field experience is required. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Corequisites: HSC 33500; HSC 4730; HSC 3XXX (Foundations of Health Education). This course examines methods and instruments used to assess individual and community needs for health education. Emphasis is placed on learning to obtain health related data, distinguishing between behaviors that foster and those that hinder well-being, and inferring needs for health education on the basis of obtained data. Content will also include physical, social, and emotional health appraisal techniques. Field experience is required. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Corequisites: HSC 3XXX (Foundations of Health Education); HSC 3XXX (Health Needs Assessment); HSC 3XXX (Planning Health Programs); HSC 3XXX (Instructional Methods). This course addresses procedures used to evaluate the effectiveness of health programs. Included in the course is a review of evaluation methods, standards of performance, and available standardized evaluation/assessment instruments. Emphasis will be on process, outcome, and impart evaluation. Field experience is required. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Corequisites: HSC 3XXX (Foundations of Health Education); HSC 3XXX (Health Needs Assessment); HSC 3XXX (Planning Health Programs). This course provides a focus on educating individuals about healthful behaviors and motivating the adoption of a healthy lifestyle, whatever the setting. Included in the course are the methods, techniques, and resources used to implement health education programs. Field experience is required. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Corequisites: 9 semester hours of 3-400 level HSC courses. This course is a study of issues related to the prevention continuum, including primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Substance use, misuse, abuse, and dependency, as well as violence, are addressed. The focus of the course is the application of substance abuse/dependency and violence prevention programs in a variety of settings. Field experience is required. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

Prerequisites: none. This course provides an examination of chronic, acute and contemporary diseases. Included in the course are the mode of transmission, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, prevention, control, and treatment for each disease. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

This course is being terminated because of significant changes in content and course title.

This course is being terminated because of significant changes in content and course title.

This course is being terminated because of significant changes in content and course title.

This course is being terminated because of significant changes in content and course title.