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Students explore the determinants of health; theories of health behavior; the nature and history of health education; and the role of the health educator as a professional in the school, work, clinical, and community settings to promote health and prevent disease.

Students examine the intensity and magnitude of health problems due to HIV and AIDS. Students explore the nature of HIV, its transmission and progression, and the management of AIDS. The course focuses on prevention of the spread of AIDS among school-age children and young adults and addresses the economical, sociological, and ethical issues of AIDS.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.

Students apply the epidemiological, biostatistical methods of investigation to international, national, state, and local health issues. Additionally, the historical and philosophical foundations of community health are presented with an orientation to current health programs, medical care trends, and health problems experienced by diverse populations.

Students study consumer goods and services as related to the health of individuals, their families, and their communities. Marketing principles for health promotion and current health care bioethical issues are addressed.

Students study diseases shared in nature between animals and man. Emphasis is placed on how these diseases exist in natural environments, modes of transmission, and methods of control and prevention. Students explore infectious agents and the clinical signs that they cause in both humans and animals. Note: Students who have taken ANSC 4398 may not take AGRI 5397.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

Student study diseases shared in nature between animals and man. Emphasis is placed on how these diseases exist in natural environments, modes of transmission, and methods of control and prevention. Students explore infectious agents and the clinical signs that they cause in both humans and animals.
Prerequisite: ANSC 1319 with a grade of C or better and junior standing.

Students explore a variety of health issues, which influence the well-being of an individual throughout the life cycle. The student is given an opportunity to develop a personal philosophy of wellness and self-responsibility for health through self-assessment, investigation of factors affecting one's health, and the examination of behavior modification strategies.

A course for those who wish to acquire knowledge of Red Cross emergency and preventive measures. Successful completion leads to CPR, first aid, and responding to emergency certification. Students may also become instructors through additional American Red Cross training. (Also listed as KINE 2330).

This course provides medically oriented students with the cognitive skills they need to understand the foundations of medical technology for health professionals. The content of this course focuses on the prefixes, suffixes, and roots of medical terms that are associated with multiple disease processes, medical protocols, and the human anatomical system.

Students study the factors which influence the consumer marketplace for health related products and services. Topics may include fraud and quackery, advertising, health care professional services, alternative medicine, consumer protection agencies, and consumer protection through self-responsibility.

Students address health issues and problems that various ethnic groups face in the United States. Cultural differences in health behaviors, health care access, and promotion and prevention programs are emphasized.

Introduction to the relationship between the human body and disease, both communicable and non-communicable. Includes historical aspects of various diseases, etiology, prevention and control, prevalence, symptoms, and treatment.

Students are presented a comprehensive and research-based discussion and application of all formats of group exercise instruction. These formats include lifestyle-based, dance-based, equipment-based, and mind-body classes. The students are presented foundational knowledge for group exercise instructors.
Prerequisite: KINE 2119 or concurrent enrollment.

Students are presented an overview of statistical measures used in the health sciences. The problems-based course provides students with hands-on applications of statistical software that is oriented to authentic health issues and cases. An emphasis is placed on the application of statistical tools to answer and solve real-world public health related questions and problems.
Prerequisite: MATH/STAT 1370.

Students are prepared with the knowledge, skills, core values, and professional dispositions that they need to work in one of the diverse areas of public health.
Prerequisite: 55 credit hours completed.

Students are provided with a comprehensive survey of the components, organization, and management of the US health care system. Topics of the course may include the historical perspectives, structure, operations, economic indicators, and current/future directions of the U.S. health care delivery system.
Prerequisite: 55 credit hours completed.

Students examine the basic epidemiological tenets, research techniques and technologies, findings of association and causation, distribution of diseases, and those factors that explain such distributions. Emphasis is placed on the interactions of biological, social, and economic factors in relation to accessibility of health services and geographical variations in health risks. Must have 60+ hours.
Prerequisite: MATH/STAT 3379 or 1342 or 1370.

Students engage in a survey of the use of program planning models and health behavior theories in the wellness setting as well as assessment and evaluation processes for wellness management programs.
Prerequisite: 55 credit hours completed.

Students explore the use and misuse of drugs and their effects on the health of individuals.

Students focus on the causes of and approaches to physical, social, mental, and emotional health problems among young people. Emphasis is placed on creating an environment in which children and adolescents can learn to make prudent decisions regarding health related behaviors. .

Students are presented the foundations of accident prevention and injury control. Applications are made to motor vehicle, home, recreational, and occupational safety.

Students focus on the formation of intimate relationships: family, marriage, and friends. Individuals are directed into the study of their personal backgrounds, lives, and dreams in preparation for marriage, including problems of relationships: rape, battering partners, sexually transmitted diseases, and divorce.

Student engage in an exploration of different modalities of communicating health issues and information to audiences in different settings. Emphasis is given to listening, writing and speaking skills. Students learn how to make effective presentations using computer applications to design print and visual aid materials.
Prerequisite: HLTH 1360.

Students examine international, environmental, and public health concerns through the interaction of the environmental triad: Population, poverty, and pollution. Students examine national policy responses to mitigate and adapt to environmental concerns, and how these policies may differentially impact human health.
Prerequisite: HLTH 3350 or permission of the instructor.

Students are provided an introduction to research methodology, evaluation, and statistical analysis with direct application to health education and health promotion. Students learn how to apply these techniques to writing a grant proposal.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.

Students address the skills and resources needed to implement and facilitate specific interventions within a comprehensive wellness program. The development and delivery of programs including tobacco management, weight control, nutrition, physical activity, workplace safety, disease prevention, and other applicable interventions are addressed.
Prerequisite: Junior Standing.

Students are prepared in the essential health policy and law as well as the policies and legal issues impacting health care and public health systems. The methods used to formulate health policies and laws are included, as well.
Prerequisite: Junior Standing.

Students are prepared with innovative and best practice technological applications to support human health by individuals, professionals, care delivery organizations, and communities. Internet-based health resources, smart phone/mHealth applications, telehealth, health-related social networks, and policies to connect people and technologies securely across health care ecosystems are applied.
Prerequisite: HLTH 3350.

Students are provided an overview of economic principles and analysis tools as applied to the health care industry. Traditional market-based economic theories are examined along with the significant role that government entities play in health care. Course topics may include health care supply, demand, elasticity, risk, cost, pricing, and insurance costs.
Prerequisite: Senior Standing, HLTH 3355, and ECON 2302 or ECON 2301.

Bilingual Health Care Studies students are prepared with advanced health care concepts, resources, and skills related to patient navigation by applying Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in various health care settings with an emphasis on the integration of patient navigation into, and through, the US health care system. Students evaluate topics related to patient navigation background and history, discuss the National Standards for CLAS in Health Care, and examine the roles and responsibilities of an effective culturally and linguistically competent patient navigator.
Prerequisite: HLTH 1360, HLTH 3391, Senior standing.

Students are provided with the fundamentals of health law and ethics. The course explores the multi-faceted aspects of employer-employee relations in the health care setting and the legal ramifications associated with patient relations, patient care, and medical records. In addition, the students explore and analyze the issue of ethics in contemporary health care situations.
Prerequisite: HLTH 1360, HLTH 3355, Senior standing.

Students are provided with an in-depth approach to the social, economic, environmental, cultural, and intellectual issues that determine the health status of global populations.
Prerequisite: Junior Standing.

Students are provided with practical experience in wellness programming and leadership skills that are necessary to successfully complete an internship in the wellness management field. Students are provided with job acquisition skills in resume development, interviewing techniques, and the job search process.
Prerequisite: Senior Standing.

Students engage in an overview of the political, social, economic, and cultural variables affecting the health of a community. Topics may include foundations of community health, health resources, health through the life span, governmental and voluntary programs, and international health initiatives.
Prerequisite: 55 credit hours completed.

Students investigate community environmental health problems. Topics may include population problems, housing, sanitation, air and water pollution, and other environmental health issues. An emphasis is placed on school-community action programs to conserve the environment.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.

Students explore the critical elements of grant development which include the acquisition, implementation, budgeting, and evaluation processes associated with successful grant writing. Students integrate program planning methods, needs assessment protocols, surveillance data applications, community organization techniques, and health behavior change strategies into a viable grant proposal related to their field of study.
Prerequisite: Senior standing and HLTH 3350, 3361 and 4387.

Students engage in a directed individual study of an approved field problem in health and/or allied fields.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval.

Students are prepared for their professional internship. Course content focuses on the contemporary areas of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating health programs; communicating health needs; serving as a resource person; and coordinating health needs in a community.
Prerequisite: 12 hours of Health.

Students are provided with opportunities to demonstrate assessment, organization, group process and program planning skills in a health community setting.
Prerequisite: HLTH 4393 with a C or better.

Students focus on epidemiology and its applications to healthcare facility quality and safety with an emphasis on the complex issues related to healthcare quality and safety, and the effects of policies on health quality and safety.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

Students focus on current environmental health issues that are fundamental in the field of public health. Students learn to apply and analyze the complex issues related to environmental health with a focus on research and policy implications.

Students study the major factors which determine health or illness, including how populations respond to various determinants of health including lifestyle, heredity, environment, and health care resources.

Students study all of the factors influencing growth and development with a consideration of the special problems, including developing family life, sexuality issues, intimate relationships, and the cultural impact they have on society.

Student are presented a value education approach to the prevention of drug use and abuse is along with personal, family, community and school factors influencing drug use. The origins and derivations of drugs are explored. The mental, emotional, physical, social and physiological effects from the use of drugs are analyzed.

This course examines the relationship between social justice and public health through the analysis of the social determinants of health in at-risk populations. Students describe, measure, and evaluate the consequences of societal injustices; critically analyze public policies, interventions, and services; and apply community-based methods for reducing population health inequities.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Public Health Program, or permission of instructor.

This course provides an integrative framework for analyzing the mental, physical, social, and health issues of immigrants, refugees, and migrant populations. Students analyze population health issues facing these diverse groups; the effect of their home country on their level and quality of health; the cultural, social, and religious barriers to health; the ramification of war zones and humanitarian crises; the effect of man-made and natural disasters in their home country; and the legal and economic constraints to health and social services in the US and other countries.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Public Health Program, or permission of instructor.

This course focuses on the role and importance of epidemiology in public health research and practice, and investigates the pathways and mechanisms in which diseases are transmitted within populations of people and communities. The course applies epidemiological principles to the investigation of disease outbreaks and their source, injury related data, and the prevention of the future recurrence of the disease through universal measures. Students will integrate epidemiological terminology, research methods, critical thinking, and basic analyses into disease distributions in the public health sector. Diseases discussed range from sudden-onset infectious diseases to non-infectious chronic diseases.
Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Public Health Program.

Students are introduced to the domain of health care administration and management. Topics discussed in the course may include organizational theories, leadership strategies, human resource constructs, ethical issues, and marketing initiatives. The content of the course serves as a foundation to the graduate programs in Health.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

Students engage in a laboratory experience built around research on motivational concepts as they influence changes, perception, attitudes, values and behavior. Diffusion patterns, group discussion, decision-making, and interviewing techniques will be covered. Attention is given to the selection, use, and evaluation of media, materials, visual aids, press, radio, mass media, etc.

Students study the history, philosophy, and practices of Health Education. Exploration and application of behavioral science concepts and methodologies to community health education and in-service training of health professionals. Case studies and other practice models are used.

This course is designed for the individual who will assume some type of supervisory position in health promotion or sports management. The course's focal point involves exposure to administrative skills required of those who serve in a leadership capacity.

Students engage in a discussion of health promotion issues for the elderly, including physical assessment, chronic care, health care maintenance, psychological adaptation, nutrition, and other current topics.

Students are introduced to foundational concepts in the domain of health care quality and safety. The fundamental topics discussed in the course may include the elements of patient safety and satisfaction, measures for improving organizational and patient quality, accountability standards, and the system approach for continuous improvement. The course is intended to be taken during the graduate student's first year in the program.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

Students study the management and mitigation of risk in the health care environment. Topics may include process analysis using Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), root cause analysis, and the reporting of data relating to risk management. The management constructs of monitoring and reporting, risk prevention, and communication strategies to minimize risk and injuries in the health care environment are also covered.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, admission to the program, and HLTH 5371.

Students study research techniques, identification of problems, research designs, and data gathering procedures. Students develop a proposal for a research project.

Students study the principles of advanced statistical techniques and measurement theory with emphasis upon their applications to Health, Kinesiology, and related areas.

This applied biostatistics course focuses on the development and application of statistical reasoning and methods in addressing, analyzing, and solving problems in public health; health care; and biomedical, clinical and population-based research. The course provides students with the ability to comprehend, analyze, interpret, and apply statistical concepts for exploring, describing, reorganizing, and analyzing public health data to obtain insight about populations from which data were drawn. Students examine data description and exploratory data analysis used in health-related journals, develop and design medical and health studies, analyze and articulate the role of statistical inference in public health and medical studies, and apply statistical methods for evaluating the association of factors with health outcomes. Credit: 3.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of one college level course in statistics with a grade of "C" or higher prior to enrollment, or with approval of instructor.

The student with specific interest and background experience in a specialized area will have the opportunity to apply theoretical concepts in a laboratory situation. The student may have practical experiences in a clinic, agency, special school or other types of institutions.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Graduate Coordinator.

Students are provided an in-depth study of digital technologies in health information management systems. Topics discussed in the course may include approaches to data acquisition, storage systems, retrieval constructs, analysis of information, and technological use to provide information to drive decisions that address opportunities and problems in health care organizations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

Students analyze health problems, policies, and challenges beyond national boundaries that require cooperative actions of global partners and multilateral agencies. Students investigate current and emerging global health priorities, infectious diseases, poverty, political conflicts, manmade and natural disasters, emergencies, health inequities, health system reform, and major global initiatives for disease prevention and health promotion. The course content and assignments provide students with the comprehensive contexts for linking the global developmental issues to social justice.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Public Health Program, or permission of instructor.

Students explore and analyze select financial management topics commonly used in nonprofit health care organizations including health care related economics principles, not-for-profit accounting statements, and financial project selection techniques. Credits: 3.

Students focus on the quality and safety reporting requirements that foster continued improvement and financial efficiencies by making publicly available report cards and rankings of providers. Students access, manipulate, and create customized reports on health service delivery settings as requested by federal and state governmental entities and accreditation organizations. In addition, students prepare plans of action to manage public perception of report cards and to lead evidence-based organizational initiatives for improvement of quality and safety measures. Credit 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

This phase of the thesis investigation includes the completion of the review of the related literature, formulation of the research design and procedures and related pilot studies. Some data collection may also occur, and the thesis symposium must be completed to the satisfaction of the advisor and members of the thesis committee. Variable Credit (1 to 3).

This phase of the thesis work includes the completion of the data collection, as well as the actual writing and defense of the thesis. Variable Credit (1 to 3).

This course is designed to provide students with the competencies required to be successful in the health grant writing process. The course discusses the procedures to locate appropriate funding agencies and requests for proposals, the process of interpreting the grant instructions, and the methodology necessary to complete the required sections of the grant narrative. In addition, the course includes an introduction to the electronic grant submission process and the forms required by funding agencies.
Prerequisite: HLTH 5355 and HLTH 6396, or permission of instructor.

Students examine the impact of managed care, the dynamics of competition in the healthcare industry, and the role of government in medical care. Students investigate forces pressuring for change in healthcare, and the reasons why the health system has evolved to its current state. Emphasis is placed on the role of the Affordable Care Act (2010) and how healthcare reform and related legislation and regulation influences the manner in which the public pays for and receives its medical services.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Public Health Program, or permission of instructor.

In this advanced course in health care quality and safety, students use a systems approach to examine quality philosophies and frameworks with a focus on design, validation, quality measure applications, metrics for processes and outcomes, benchmarking concepts, strategic quality management, and the management of human factors.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, 3 Hours of Statistics, and HLTH 5371.

Students focus on advanced theoretical concepts and applications in the areas of leadership, organizational development, team building, change management, and the particular challenges involved with leading change in health care organizations. The effects of the culture of change initiatives are examined as well as approaches to motivating organizations to create more openness to the capacity of change through competent leadership.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

This culminating course is designed to integrate all of the contextual material from the coursework included in the MS in Health Care Quality and Safety program. Emphasis is placed on the assimilation and application of health information, organizational processes, continuous improvement constructs, and operational and patient safety strategies. This course includes a student capstone project that focuses on assessment, planning, and evaluation about an emerging healthcare quality and safety issue. HLTH 6384 serves as the comprehensive exam component for the MS in Health Care Quality and Safety Degree. Students must earn a "B" or higher in the course to be eligible for graduation.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, admission to the program, completion of HLTH 5355, HLTH 5371, HLTH 5373, HLTH 5378, HLTH 5384, and HLTH 6373.

Students engage in a comprehensive review of the components of health program planning with emphasis on the socio-economical, cultural, and political factors that influence the health status of a community. Emphasis is focused on a comprehensive approach to health program planning and behavior change models.

Students engage in a professional field experience conducted in an approved setting for health education within the medical community, workplace or school setting. The 300 hour practicum is facilitated under the supervision of a qualified health educator or approved preceptor. HLTH 6397 serves as a comprehensive exam component for the MPH program. Students must earn a "B" or higher in the course to be eligible for graduation.

Students examine childbearing families and women's health in normal and high-risk situations and the role of the nurse in meeting health needs of women, families, and their newborns. Supervised clinical experiences and/or simulation experiences in the application of the nursing process in meeting these health needs are offered and promotes the acquisition of skills in caring for women, families, and newborns during uncomplicated and/or complicated health experiences in a variety of settings.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing program.