HSC: Health Sciences

INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS Introduction to Health Professions is designed to assist students in formulating their purpose in life as a health care professional as compared to other non-health fields. Through self-discovery, students will investigate their interests, strengths and personal values that align with their educational and health career goals. The faculty are health care professionals and will provide the expertise and guidance needed to help students navigate through the maze of available health careers. Emphasis is on orientation to college, integrated student success skills, and the development of an individualized education plan. Students will learn and integrate practical applications to communicate across diverse populations.

HEALTH COMMUNICATION This course will serve as an introduction to key principles used in health communications. This course will provide an overview of health communication-how it is used at the individual, group and community levels to promote consumption of goods and products and its impact on health outcomes.

INTERNSHIP IN EXPLORATION IN HEALTH Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of all mandated courses in Reading, Mathematics, English and English for Academic Purposes; a minimum 2.0 institutional or overall GPA; and 12 credits, which may include the following recommended courses (HSC 1001, HSC 1531, BSC 1010C, or PSY 1012). The Program Director/Program Chair/Program Coordinator or Internship Placement Office has the discretion to provide override approval as it relates to the waiver of required program/discipline-related courses. This course is a planned work-based experience that provides students with supervised career exploration activities and/ or practical experiences. Each earned credit of internship requires a minimum of 80 clock hours of work. Multiple credit course. May be repeated for credit, but grade forgiveness cannot be applied. (Internship Fee: $10.00).

PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC MECHANISMS Pre-requisite: Admission to the B.S. degree program in Radiologic & Imaging Sciences or Cardiopulmonary Sciences. A rich appreciation of the characteristics and manifestations of diseases caused by alterations or injury to the structure or function of the body are essential to the allied health science professional. The in-depth study of pathophysiology allows the professional to communicate better with other health care professionals, including physicians and scientists, as well as with the patient, for the history and physical assessment. Minimum grade of C required if used to satisfy Radiologic and Imaging or Cardiopulmonary Sciences B.S. degree requirement.

ETHICS AND HEALTH CARE IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY Prerequisite: Admission into the BS in Radiologic & Imaging Sciences, or the BS in Cardiopulmonary Sciences programs. The course is designed to provide students with an ethical framework for decision-making in the context of a pluralistic society. Models and principles of ethical justification among diversity of cultures and belief systems will be analyzed. Specific applications are made to concerns in clinical and health care management. Topics include the right to health care, community health ethics, end-of-life issues, and organizational ethics. Minimum grade of C required if used to satisfy Radiologic and Imaging Sciences B.S. degree requirement.