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Intended for students from all majors to provide a broad overview of population level health. The course provides a historical context of public health and overview of population and community health problems and factors, the health care and community and publich health systems, and health disparities. Course may include field trips, guest speakers, and community health service learning experience. (3-0)
Students will explore and discuss environmental factors that affect human and ecosystem health. Topics will include toxic chemicals, environmental health regulation, toxic metals, occupational health, and environmental health epidemiology. (3-0)
Introduces students to concepts of health and disease, highlighting the public health context of prevention and control. Students will participate in several research projects, examining the distribution and risk factors of specific diseases. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): PH 101 - Principles of Public Health
This class explores the non-medical factors that influence health – the social determinants of health. This course emphasizes gender, class, race, and settler-colonialism as social constructs, and how these relate to societal position and health outcomes. We learn how social determinants drive health inequities and explore how major social forces are interrelated. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed any of the following course(s): ENGR 270 - Engineering Thermodynamics, PH 101 - Principles of Public Health with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).
Provides an overview of health education and promotion campaigns, and prepares students for the role of health educator. Students will collaborate in designing and modifying culturally appropriate health education campaigns based on community needs. Beyond developing community health messages, emphasis is also placed on oral and written communication strategies, including interpersonal communication as it pertains to team collaboration. (3-0)
This course introduces students to the issues that impact global health. Students will identify disease patterms, explore how culture affects illness and health, and learn about health systems, policy development, and other activities designed to improve well-being. Students will also use epidemiology, demography, sociology, anthropology, and behavioral change communications (i.e. skills) throughout the course. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): PH 101 - Principles of Public Health, PH 275 - Social Determinants of Health
The primary role of the Community Health Worker is to serve as a link between a community, its health, and social service systems. Students will learn the fundamentals of how to improve access to and delivery of health services and build capacity for individuals, families, and communities to promote their own health and well-being. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed any of the following course(s): HS 101 - Introduction to Health Science, PH 101 - Principles of Public Health, PH 102 - Environmental Public Health I] And Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 132 - Introduction to Statistics, MATH 319 - Engineering Statistics with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).]
This course will present principles of scientific method and study design related to public health research and data. The course will help students begin to understand and interpret the evidence for defining the public health problem, assessing causation, and evaluating effectiveness of potential interventions. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed or is in process of completing 60 Credits
Emerging diseases including SARS, MERS, HIV, plague, rabies, COVID-19, and those caused by health-care associated and foodborne pathogens affect millions of individuals each year, widen health disparities, and are propagated by land use change, agriculture, industry, and political and social climate. One Health seeks to create effective prevention strategies that consider the links among humans, animals, and the environment. (3-0)
An in-depth study of selected themes or issues in public health. Course content will vary. Topics may include but are not limited to infectious diseases, epidemiology, risk assessment, or public health practice. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): ADMN 000 - Instructor Permission
A public health professional practice based service learning experience that requires 150 hours of participation in a public health program or project. Students will prepare written, oral, or poster materials that meet professional standards of content and quality. Experiences and projects may encompass a variety of local, state, federal, or non-profit public health related organizations, contingent upon approval by public health faculty.
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed all of the following course(s): PH 495 - Population Health Management and Research 1] [Student has completed or is in process of completing 90 Credits]
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed all of the following course(s): PH 101 - Principles of Public Health, PH 275 - Social Determinants of Health] And Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed or is in process of completing 60 Credits]
The Public Health Ethics course includes the following topics: Evolution of bioethics in public health; Ethical theories and principles; International Instruments dealing with public health ethics; Universal Declaration of Bio-Ethics and Human Rights; Judgmentalism and contextualizing healthcare equity among communities, Ethics among special groups as research participants; Informed consent; Publication ethics; and Practical applications of ethics.(3-0)
Provides students with an overview of the theory and methodology of planning public health programs and designing research. Students will participate in case studies to gain hands-on experience in developing and evaluating public health programs and design their own project. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed or is in process of completing 60 Credits] And Student has satisfied any of the following: [Student has completed all of the following course(s): PH 275 - Social Determinants of Health with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).] [Student has completed or is in process of completing all of the following course(s): PH 380 - Epidemiology with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).]
The course provides fundamental public health research skills necessary for epidemiologists, social scientists, and health providers to work in both research and applied settings. It focuses on practical issues involved in conducting and evaluating public health programs and research with an emphasis on project work. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): MATH 132 - Introduction to Statistics, PH 380 - Epidemiology, PH 495 - Population Health Management and Research 1 with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).
This course introduces students to issues and methods of philosophical inquiry. Through a careful reading of classic and contemporary philosophical texts, students explore questions in ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology: What is morality? How are moral claims justified? What does it mean to act freely? Is free action possible? What does it mean to know? What are the limits of knowledge? (3-0)
This course introduces students to the philosophical study of ethics. Students explore a variety of theories that attempt to explain morality and to establish standards for making and assessing moral judgments, including utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue ethics, care ethics, biocentric ethics. Students will critically analyze each theory and explore how each offers a different perspective on contemporary moral problems. (3-0)
This course investigates the origins of Chinese philosophy in the classical period and follows the development of the major traditions through later centuries. Emphasis is on Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. We explore and evaluate the theories of human nature, knowledge, and reality embraced by these philosophies, as well as their conceptions of ethics and political philosophy. (3-0)
Students will gain tools for critically examining ethical issues in the medical field. Students will become familiar with the central ideas, arguments, and criticisms of a variety of ethical theories, including utilitarianism, deontological theory, and virtue theory. Students will also explore ethical dilemmas in medicine such as end-of-life decisions, beginning-of-life decisions, biotechnology, pandemic policies, and national healthcare policy. (3-0)
This course explores what moral responsibilities humans may have to and for animals, plants, ecosystems, and other elements of the natural environment. Students will explore a variety of conceptual frameworks for examining issues in environmental ethics, such as anthropocentric ethics, biocentric ethics, land ethics, deep ecology and ecological feminism. (3-0)
This course is the first in a three-course sequence on the history of philosophy. It covers the period from the origin of philosophy with the pre-Socratic thinkers in the 6th century BCE to the philosophers of the Roman Empire. The focus is primarily on Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. (3-0)
An introduction to the methods for assessing the quality of arguments paying special attention both to (a) the identification of arguments in English prose and (b) the evaluation of an argument's validity or strength. Issues covered include informal fallacies of reasoning; introductory probability theory; categorical reasoning; Venn diagrams; and translations, truth-tables and natural deduction in propositional logic. (3-0)
This course examines epistemological and metaphysical issues raised by science. Topics include the difference between scientific and non-scientific understanding, scientific method, the limits of scientific explanation, realist and instrumentalist interpretations of scientific theories. We consider historical and social critiques of the objectivity of science. Special attention is paid to problems raised by contemporary physics. (3-0)
This course is designed for non-philosophy majors to provide students with the skills to think critically and about ethical issues that will arise in their professional careers. Students will learn and critically reflect on a variety of ethical theories and apply those theories to explore ethics case studies in their own discipline. Different sections of this course may focus on different professions (e.g. engineering, public health, etc.) (3-0)
This course examines a variety of philosophical frameworks for thinking about gender, sexuality, women's movements, the problems of sexism, and proposed solutions to those problems. Students explore the complexity and diversity of feminist thought by examining many different philosophies of feminism including liberal, radical, cultural, Marxist/socialist, existentialist, postmodern, ecological, and indigenous perspectives. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed all of the following course(s): PHIL 370 - Philosophical Analysis
In this course, students engage in advanced study and research in selected topics in philosophy. The goal of the course is to create a high-quality piece of philosophy and present this piece in both written and oral form. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed all of the following course(s): MATH 101 - SAI in Algebra for Calculus, MATH 112 - Algebra for Calculus with SAI] Or Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 113 - Algebra for Calculus, MATH 121 - Pre-Calculus, MATH 221 - Calculus I] Or Student has satisfied all of the following: [Institution has received a(n) FLC_Placement test result with a(n) Calculus Pathway Placement score equal to 4.]
A course for students interested in elementary astronomy. A survey of modern astronomy including the moon, planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole. The history and social implications of astronomy are also addressed. Students cannot receive credit for both PHYS 145 and PHYS 146. (3-0)
Pre-requisites: Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed all of the following course(s): MATH 101 - SAI in Algebra for Calculus, MATH 112 - Algebra for Calculus with SAI with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).] Or Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 221 - Calculus I, MATH 222 - Calculus II, MATH 223 - Calculus III, MATH 327 - Differential Equations with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).] Or Student has satisfied all of the following: [Student has completed all of the following course(s): MATH 113 - Algebra for Calculus with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).] Or Student has satisfied all of the following: [Institution has received a(n) FLC_Placement test result with a(n) Calculus Pathway Placement score equal to 4.]
An introductory course in physics, covering the basic concepts of mechanics (motion, energy, fluids, materials), heat and thermodynamics, wave motion and sound. Calculus is not used. The course is intended to meet college physics requirements and also satisfy the curiosity of all students whose major interest is not in engineering, physical science or mathematics. This course includes an introductory physics laboratory with experiments in mechanics, heat and sound. (3-3)
Pre-requisites: Student has completed or is in process of completing all of the following course(s): MATH 221 - Calculus I with grade greater than or equal to C- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme).
An introductory course in physics covering the basic concepts of classical mechanics (kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotations). Differential and integral calculus are used throughout the course. (3-3)
