This course will address medical ethics, medical practice acts, legal responsibilities, liability, human relations and civil duties of the healthcare professional. This course is designed to enable the student to understand and apply legal and ethical issues as they relate to the healthcare practitioner.

Exploration of concepts and theories of communication and health. Students examine interpersonal communication about health within the context of clinician, patient, family and social support; review mass communication and health including health communication campaigns, public relations, and advertising for health organizations and the news media. Analyze various ways the entertainment media and big technology present and affect health information.

Examination of the basics in each area of community and public health as identified by the Association of Schools of Public Health, epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioral sciences, environmental health, and healthy policy and management.

Provides students with conceptual tools to analyze health-related behaviors and the social, cultural and environmental context in which they occur. Concepts and theories drawn from psychology and sociology are applied to programmatic examples from behavior change challenges in public health and working with individual clients in the health promotion setting.

This course focuses on the physiological use of nutrients by the body. It emphasizes the importance of good nutrition to promote long-term health, enhance performance, and prevent injury and illness. Students will learn to identify and use credible resources of nutrition information. This information is applied to such topics as diet analysis, meal planning, and using food to optimize human performance.

Provides practical application of the skills required to plan, implement, and assess a health promotion program for populations varied in age and setting. Students complete one cycle of the process, applying theories, skills, and strategies discussed in class to provide a health promotion event within the local community.

Study of the distribution and determinants of disease, disability, and disorders in human populations. Provides a foundation of topics in epidemiology through examining infectious disease, chronic diseases, and general health. Students will learn from real world health problems and demonstrate how epidemiology is used to better understand, prevent, and treat these health states among the population.

Focus on evaluation of community-based health programs that are conducted for social accountability and program/policy decision making for an audience of funders, policy makers, and staff or for the scientific community. Uses a specific public health program evaluation framework to explore several dimensions of evaluation suitable for individuals designing and/or implementing community-based health promotion programs.

An examination of global health through the prism of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that seek to improve health and uphold human rights, while fostering peace and security by impacting components at every level of the ecological model. Students will examine the socioeconomic and environmental determinants of health within the context of the SDGs.

An examination of global health through the prism of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that seek to improve health and uphold human rights, while fostering peace and security by impacting components at every level of the ecological model. Students will examine the socioeconomic and environmental determinants of health within the context of the SDGs.

Comprehensive study of the major topics of environmental health, including a background of the field and tools of the trade (environmental epidemiology, toxicology, policy and regulation); Environmental diseases; as well as applications and domains of environmental health (water and air quality, food safety, waste disposal, and occupational health).

Capstone experience that focuses on preparing students to be entry-level professionals in public health. Reinforces student demonstration of the Areas of Responsibility of a Health Education Specialist, facilitating students to be successful in taking the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination.

Practical health education experience under the supervision of a local, professional mentor and University supervisor. A minimum of 90 supervised hours of service in a community-based health setting.