This course is intended for students who are considering a career in the health sciences. This course provides students with an overview of the U.S. Healthcare System, including an introduction to various professions available within health sciences and the educational and experiential requirements of these various professional paths.

Examines basic principles of nutrition with emphasis on role of nutrition in health and disease. Prerequisite: BIOL 150

The course provides the knowledge of prevention, care, and rehabilitation of common athletic injuries. The student receives athletic training information and the skills necessary to care for the common movement injury. Designed to develop competence in rendering immediate and temporary aid to a victim of accident, sudden illness, or injury. Prerequisite: BIOL 305

An introduction to the mechanical principles that can be applied to vertebrate musculoskeletal systems and their movements. The anatomies of vertebrate skeletal and muscular systems will be reviewed. In addition, the mechanics of tissues in the musculoskeletal system will be introduced and applied to vertebrate movements and human exercise prescription and injury. Crosslisted with BIOL 354. Prerequisites: BIOL 205 or BIOL 220

Focuses on how various physiological mechanisms are altered with exercise. This course builds upon and applies the fundamentals of physiology under various exercise conditions and environmental extremes. The application of exercise as medicine for improving health is addressed. Physiological responses to exercise are emphasized in the laboratory. Cross-listed with BIOL 362. Laboratory course. Prerequisite: BIOL 306 or BIOL 320

Students will use current literature in their chosen healthcare fields to write an academic paper summarizing the state of the discipline and elaborating on innovations and challenges in those fields. Students will also develop and deliver oral presentations based on these papers and their experiences in internships or original research. Time spent in class will focus on discussions about the state of the medical field, intensive editing of student papers and presentations, and development of written and oral communication skills for health care professionals. Prerequisite: Senior standing and completion of an approved internship or research project

Non-credit course. Students interested in independent research in HESC should contact the program chair.

Students interested in independent research in health sciences should contact the department chair.