HEALTH EDUCATION COURSES
HLTH 115 FIRST AID SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
Frequency: A
Prepares student through knowledge and skills, to meet the needs of most emergency situations when first aid care is required and medical attention is not readily available. Personal-safety and accident-prevention information incorporated to acquaint individuals with causes of many accidents, so that action may be taken to eliminate or minimize such causes. The course meets the New York state mandate for NYSPHSAA coaching.
Credits: 3
HLTH 215 PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
Frequency: B
To develop positive attitudes toward health and optimum living and to influence formation of good habits affecting one's and social well being. Emphasis will be on proper health behavior as it relates to the disease process. Brief consideration is given to the role of health agencies in assessing community health needs and coordinating activities to meet these needs.
Credits: 3
HLTH 300 EDUCATION IN DRUGES/ALCOHOL/TOBACCO
Frequency: A
Knowledge and methods to deal with the problems of use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in elementary and secondary schools. Meets requirement for Education Law. Section 804, 804a and 805. Limited to Education majors only.
Credits: 1
HLTH 302 STRESS MANAGEMENT
Frequency: A
Identifies the mechanisms that generate the human stress response and their physical and psychological effects on the body and mind. The course also introduces the student to developing personal strategies for effective stress management.
HLTH 303 FITNESS AND NUTRITION
Frequency: A
The development of knowledge and skills necessary to become personally responsible for fitness and nutrition. Contents will be used as a basis for assessment of personal fitness and nutritional status and necessary personal behavior medication. Investigation of basic fitness and nutritional facts, energy balance, obesity, dieting, and nutrition as related to disease, for personal goal setting.
Credits: 2
HLTH 343 DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR
Frequency: B
The course provides students with a basic understanding of the effects of legal and illegal drugs on physiological and psychological functioning, and how drugs influence personal and social behavior.
HLTH 386 WELLNESS AND HEALTH PROMOTION
Frequency: A
The course emphasizes wellness as a positive approach to health promotion. The course explores ways of establishing effective health strategies that affect the physical, emotional and social self, use the mind constructively, channel stress energies positively, enable the individual to interact with others.
HLTH 400 INTERNSHIP
Frequency: A
Work under the supervision in a community setting. Students are expected to complete 67 clock hours of direct service to individuals, groups, or organizations for each credit hour awarded. The internship will emphasize theory, knowledge and skills needed when working with and within groups and organizations. A learning contract encompassing job requirements, learning objectives and methods will be utilized to evaluate the intern.
Credits: 1-6
HLTH 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY
Frequency: A
The study of a particular topic related to Health and Wellness. Periodic meetings with an appropriate instructor will be scheduled. The topic may encompass individual research or a practical experience.
Credits: 1-3