Health Science (H S)
48. First Aid (2)
Standard and advanced Red Cross first aid courses; safety Factors in daily
living; civil defense programs. Certificates issued when requirements are
met.
90. Principles of Healthful Living (3)
Meets general education requirements. Significance of basic health problems
applicable to the young adult and to society.
91. Health Information (1)
Meets General Education requirements. Not open to students with credit in
H Sc 90. A synthesis of scientific knowledge from the contributing disciplines
that relate to an understanding of health problems.
105. Environmental Safety (3)
The physical environment as it relates to accidents and safety; investigation
and analysis of factors involved in the areas of home, school, industry,
recreation and traffic; human factors; accidents by type, age groups, and
occupations.
110. Habit Forming Substances (3)
The misuse and abuse of chemical substances by humans; includes the psychological,
social, and physiological effects.
123. Advanced Health Science (3)
Health science in the public school curriculum, with emphasis on current
health problems; the determining factors in teaching content; school health
programs.
148. Teaching First Aid (1)
Prerequisite: current standard and advanced Red Cross first aid certificates.
Preparation for Red Cross standard and advanced first aid instructor's certificates.
Certificates issued when requirements are met.
155. Epidemiology of Disease (3)
Modern concepts and principles of epidemiology; interaction of all agents,
host, and environmental factors of communicable and noncommunicable diseases;
problems of the aged.
156. Source Materials (2)
Prerequisite: H Sc 123. Exploration, evaluation, and teachng materials
in health.
157. Community Health (3)
Public health services as they affect the community; investigation and analysis
of community health problems.
158. Public Health Statistics (3)
Prerequisite: H S 155 or permission of instructor. Public Health statistics
and principles of epidemiology; methods of investigating epidemics, collecting
of data, analysis and reports.
159. Environmental Sanitation (3)
Prerequisite: H S 158 or permission of instructor. Fundamentals of housing,
heating, ventilation, lighting, water supply, waste disposal; insect and
rodent control; control of milk and other food supplies.
161. Observation or Feld Experience in School Nursing (2-8; max total
8)
Prerequisite: full approval for admission to credential programs. Observation
or experience in school nursing practices.
162. Principles of Audiology (3)
(See Sp Corr 162)
163. Public Health Administration (3)
Principles of public health administration, fundamentals of organization,
and administration in public health.
165. Directed Group Study in Sanitation (3)
Prerequisites: H S 161, 162. Problems of environmental health studied through
field trips, observations, demonstrations, and seminars. (2 lecture, 2 lab
hours)
170. Driver Education and Training (3)
Prerequisite: H S 105, senior standing, valid California driver's license.
Materials, equipment, and procedures for driver education and training including
training with simulators. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
(See Course Numbering System.)
Health Science (H S)
205. Safety Problems and Programs (2)
Prerequisite: H S 105. Development, organization, and administration of
safety programs; individual research, analysis, and evaluation of pertinent
problems. Field assignments are required.
210. Administration of the School Health Science Program (2)
Prerequisite: H S 163. Individual research, analysis, and evaluation of
the organization, administration, and legal aspects of health programs.
Field assignments are required.
220. Physical Handicaps (2)
Prerequisite: H S 123. individual research, analysis, and evaluation of
the cause, treatment, and educational implication of crippling conditions,
including cerebral palsy of preschool and school-age children; rehabilitation
and adjustment problems.
223. Advanced School Health Education (2)
Prerequisite: teaching experience. individual research, critical analysis,
and evaluation of the health science program; curriculum materials, and
special techniques relating to instruction, services, and environment.
240. Seminar in International Health (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Review and critical analysis of
programs of multilateral agencies functioning in international health; major
health problems and their sociological, political, and economic relationship
to a specific geographic region.
257. Community Health Organization (2)
Prerequisite: H S 123, and 157. Individual research, analysis, and evaluation
in relation to educational aspects of community health programs; group procedures;
community organizations; selection, development, and use of media.
280. Problems in Health (2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Problems in health studied through
observation of school situations; review of the literature; trends.
285F. Fieldwork in Health (1; max total 10)
Planning, implementation, participation, evaluation in selected areas: safety,
school health, community health, physical handicaps, occupational health,
and environmental health.
298. Seminar in Health Education (4)
Prerequisite: advancement to candidacy for M.A. in Education; B average
on 24 units of M.A. program including A Ed 220 and 6 units on Fresno campus.
Research in solution of problems in health education. Individual research
papers required; weekly group discussions, weekly individual conferences;
and hours arranged.
299. Thesis (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion,
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.
(See Course Numbering System.)
Health Science (H S)
302. Selected Topics in Health (1-3)