Health Science (H S)
90. Health Science (3)
Meets general education requirements. Significance of basic health problems
applicable to the young adult and to society. Field assignments may be required.
100. Community Health (3)
Prerequisite: H S 90. Public health services as they affect the community;
investigation and analysis of community health problems.
102. Public Health Statistics (3)
Prerequisite: ELM Exam; intermediate algebra. introduction to descriptive
and inferential statistics as applied to evaluation and research in allied
health. Central tendency and dispersion; central limit theorem; hypothesis
testing; ANOVA; correlation, non-parametric methods. Interpretations of
public health statistics. Field assignments may be required.
103. Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care (3)
American Red Cross Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care course; safety
factors in daily living; disaster preparedness programs, emergency care
including closed chest heart massage, artificial respiration and emergency
childbirth instruction. Certificates issued when requirements are met.
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.
106. Occupational and Industrial Safety (3)
Application of safety and accident prevention measures that provide a basis
for insight into the hazards of occupational and industrial situations.
Field work required.
107. Occupational and Industrial Health (3)
Concepts of occupational health as they pertain to appraising and controlling
environmental health hazards; occupational diseases, chemical, biological,
and physical agents that produce organic or systemic damage. Problems in
toxicology, measurement instruments, and evaluating health hazards. Field
trips required.
108. Radiological Health and Safety (3)
Problems with ionizing radiation in the work environment. Biological effects
of exposure, radiation monitoring, data interpretation, and radiation protection.
Field trips required.
110. Habit Forming Substances (3)
The misuse and abuse of chemical substances by humans; includes the psychological,
social, and physiological effects.
120. Elementary School Health Science Education (3)
Designed for the multiple subject teacher credential candidate (nonhealth
science major) to meet current California legislative requirements including
CPR Certification. Focus upon the methods, processes, and content used in
the elementary schools for the teaching of health science. Student evaluation
based on expected competencies.
121. Secondary School Health Science Education (2)
Designed for the single subject teacher credential candidate (nonhealth
science major) to meet current California legislative requirements including
CPR certi fication. Focus upon the methods, processes, and content used
in the secondary schools for the teaching of health science. Student evaluations
based on expected competencies.
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.
130. Rural Health (3)
Health problems of rural areas including community medical services, medical
facilities, federal, state, and local legislation and administrative problems.
140. International Health (3)
History and evaluation of programs of international health organizations;
health problems on a world scale.
152T. Topics in Health (1-3; max total 12)
Analysis and investigation of selected areas in school and community health,
public health, and health and safety with some topics including laboratory
experiences.
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.
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.
161. Environmental Health I (3)
Basic principles and concepts of environmental health with a particular
emphasis on health hazards. Environmental health organizations; communicable
disease and environment; contamination control, water, air, sold waste and
noise. Field assignments may be required.
162. Environmental Health II (3)
Basic principles and concepts of environmental health with a particular
emphasis on health hazards. Radiation, food, rodent control, managing special
environments, planned environments, value systems and community organizations.
Field assignments may be required.
163. Public Health Administration (3)
Principles of public health administration, fundamentals of organization,
and administration in public health.
165. Directed Group Study in Environmental Health (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)
180. Human Sexuality (3)
Human sexuality as it pertains to the individual, school, family, and community.
(2 lecture, 3 field hours)
185F. Fieldwork in Health (1-3; max see below)
Repeatable to 3 units in any one area, maximum total 6. Prerequisite: completion
of 24 units of the health science major. Provides practical experience in
a community work setting. CR/NC grading only.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
(See Course Numbering System.)
Health Science (H S)
205. Seminar in Safety Problems and Programs (3)
Prerequisite: H S 105. Development, organization, and administration of
safety programs; individual research, analysis, and evaluation of pertinent
problems. Field assignments are required.
210. Seminar in Health Services Administration (3)
Prerequisite: H S 163. Individual research, analysis, and evaluation of
the organization, administration, and legal aspects of health programs.
Field assignments are required.
220. Seminar in Physical Handicaps (3)
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. Field assignments are required.
223. Seminar in Health Science Education (3)
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. Field
assignments are required.
231T. Seminar in Population Analysis (3; max total 9)
Individual research, analysis, and evaluation of a topic: epidemiology,
demography, vital statistics.
232T. Seminar in Preventive Medicine (3; max total 9)
Individual research analysis, and evaluation of a topic: chronic disease,
gerontology, and medical care programs.
233T. Seminar in Health Organizations (3; max total 9)
Individual research, analysis and evaluation of a topic: local, state and
national organizations; voluntary health agencies; and international health.
234T. Seminar in Community Health (3; max total 9)
Individual research, analysis, and evaluation of a topic: sex education,
drugs, and consumer health. ..
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. Seminar in Community Health Organization (3)
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. Field
assignments are required as an integral part of the course work.
280. Seminar in Techniques of Health Research (3)
Research methodology, identification of health research problems, use of
library resources, data gathering, and processing; writing a research report.
285F. Fieldwork in Health (1-4; max total 10)
Planning, implementation, participation, evaluation in selected areas: safety,
school health, community health, physical handicaps, occupational health,
and environmental health.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
298. Project (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: advancement to candidacy for M.S. in Health Science. Individual
research projects in health science; weekly independent and group conferences.
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; repeatable with different
topics)
Topics in community health, environmental health, health services, and occupational
safety and health for teachers, health professionals, and others.