Course Descriptions
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Core Courses
PCH
500 - Foundations of Public Health
Nature and scope of public health; basic concepts and principles for
professional practice; development of a context for further study Prerequisite: departmental permission for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 504 -
Introduction to Community Health Education
Foundations and principles of discipline and other profession-related
issues. Preparation of community health educators to communicate health
information and to act as resource persons. Prerequisite:
departmental permission required for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 510 - Ecological Determinants of Health
Ecological analysis of forces that affect personal and community health status.
Prerequisite: departmental permission for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 515 -
Biostatistics
The statistics of rates and proportions and the parametric and
non-parametric tests associated with their estimation. Intended for
those individuals in the fields of public health, clinical services, and
other human service professionals. Prerequisite: departmental permission required for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 516 -
Public Health Research
Scientific inquiry in public health; research proposal development;
interpretation and application of research literature. Prerequisite: departmental permission required for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 520 -
Health Behavior
Review of biological, epidemiological and psycho-sociol bases of
health-related behaviors. Prerequisite: departmental permission required for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 548 -
Public Health Administration
Health service managers and their roles, management functions and
process, budgeting, organizational culture, leadership, and motivation. Prerequisite: departmental permission required for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 551 -
Epidemiology
Methods of identifying risk factors and determining effects of disease
on human populations. Prerequisite: departmental permission required for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 564 -
Health Systems and Policy
Review of biological, epidemiological and psycho-social bases of health-related behaviors. Prerequisite: departmental permission required for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 577 - Health Planning and Evaluation
Conceptualizations and technical skills for planning and evaluation of
population-based, health-related programs and interventions. Prerequisite: departmental permission required for nonmajors. 3 credits.
PCH 586-
Health Promotion Methods and Strategies
Methods (i.e., educational strategies, group and individual
processes, community approaches, etc.) used in health promotion and
disease prevention programs to impact individual and community health
behavior. Prerequisites: departmental permission for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 588 -
Community Health Education Planning and Evaluation
Acquisition and application of
development, delivery and evaluation skills of community health-education
programs. Prerequisite: departmental permission for non majors. 3 credits.
PCH 590 -
Thesis Seminar I
Development of a thesis protocol. Prerequisite: departmental permission for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 591 -
Thesis Seminar II
Implementation of research design from approved thesis protocol and
written presentation of findings. Prerequisite: PCH 590. 3 credits.
PCH 593 -
Special Project I
First of two courses in design and execution of a project in which the
program of study culminates. Prerequisite: departmental permission for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 594 -
Special Project II
Design and execution of a project in which the program of study culminates. Prerequisite: PCH 593. 3 credits.
PCH 595 -
Public Health Internship
A vigorous learning experience integrating classroom preparation with
fieldwork. Completed udder the supervision of an experienced public
health professional with the guidance of an on-campus faculty
supervisor. Prerequisite: departmental permission for non-majors. 3 or 6 credits.
Elective Courses
PCH 519 - Health Promotion Priorities
Study
of national, state and local health promotion priorities for
health-related behaviors. Departmental permission for non-majors. 3
credits.
PCH 532 - Maternal and Child Health
Examines
the development of programs in maternal and child health and analyzes
goals and problems in the field. For students in public and community
health, social work, nursing and other human services. 3 credits.
PCH 533 - Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting
Identification of the extent and nature of the problem. Consideration of theories of prevention and treatment. 3 credits.
PCH 540 - Nutrition Institute
Issues
in community nutrition and health, basics of nutrition and special
nutritional needs, consumerism, world nutrition, malnutrition and
hunger, and governmental and community responses. 3 credits.
PCH 545 - Human Sexuality
Biological, sociological and psychological aspects of human sexuality. Offered summers only. 3 or 6 credits.
PCH 546 - Contemporary Issues in Substance Abuse
Issues
involved in the identification, treatment and health attitudes toward
the substance abuser are presented by experts in the field of substance
abuse. 6 credits.
PCH 552 - Health Counseling
Professional-client relationships, role of the counselor, counseling techniques and communications. 3 credits.
PCH 553 - Contemporary Health Science
An
updated appraisal of scientific, medical, technical and educational
information as it related to human health and health education
instruction. 3 credits.
PCH 555 - Consumerism in Health
Survey
of consumer issues, purchasing and financing medical services,
quackery, nutrition, advertising and alternatives. 3 credits.
PCH 561 - Gerontology Institute
Adult
development and aging; gerontology, mental health, biology, physiology,
economics, politics, leisure, law, religion, sexuality, death,
retirement, and health. 3 credits.
PCH 565 - Drinking-Driving Prevention Institute
Training
of persons to assist individuals and communities to develop strategies
to reduce the alcohol-impaired- driving problem. 3 credits.
PCH 566 - Thanatology Institute
Relationship
of death to life; dynamics of terminal illness, sudden death, suicide,
euthanasia, children's perceptions, bereavement, agencies involved in
delivery of care. 3 credits.
PCH 567 - Alcohol Studies
Primary alcohol-abuse intervention of the educator, clergy, counselor, medical personnel, personnel manager, etc.. 3 credits.
PCH 570 - International Field Study in Health
Selected health-related field-study projects to various parts of the world, as announced by the Department. 6 credits.
PCH 573 - Health Communications
Social marketing approach to the production, delivery and appraisal of health communications.
Prerequisite: departmental permission for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 575 - International Health Institute
Comparative
and contrasting health planning in the United States; methods of
assessment, analysis, implementation and evaluation for the planning
process. 3 credits.
PCH 578 - Community Health Education Planning and Implementation
Strategies
and methods of community health education planning and implementation.
Processes used to assess community needs; development and
implementation of community health interventions. Prerequisite: departmental permission required for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 579 - Community Health Education Evaluation
Processes
and techniques used to evaluate the effectiveness of community health
education programs of intervention. Includes process, impact and
evaluation techniques. Prerequisite: PCH 578, departmental permission required for non-majors. 3 credits.
PCH 580 - Medical Self Care
Ways
to incorporate medical self-care into school, medical, and public
health programs; philosophical considerations; clinical experiences and
program design; the practical application of self care concepts. 3
credits.
PCH 581 - Allied Health Professions
An
understanding of the nature and roles of various allied health
professions, as well as a conceptualization of how they can be
integrated into the American health-care delivery "system". 3 credits.
PCH 585 - Seminar for Public-Health Practice
A synthesis of the philosophy, ethics, concepts, skills and strategies applied to public-health practice. 3 credits.
PCH 587 - Community Health Education Theory and Practice
Foundations of Community Health Education; Acquisition and application of community-health-education planning skills. Prerequisite: departmental permission for non-majors. 6 credits.
PCH 589 - Seminar in Drug Abuse Education and Prevention
The application of a problem-solving model to contemporary drug issues. 3 credits.
PCH 600 - Directed Independent Study
Identification
and investigation of a student's special interest in the field of
health under faculty supervision. Departmental permission. 3 credits.
