Courses
The Department of Health Studies offers courses in health policy, global health, epidemiology, and several other health studies areas. Recent special topics courses (HS 397) have included seminars on health communication; health program planning, implementation, and evaluation; health and housing; addiction; global infectious diseases; and climate change and health. Health studies is by definition a multidisciplinary field, and additional health-related courses for the major and minor are offered by departments across the School of Arts and Sciences as well as the School of Business and the School of Leadership Studies.
Health Studies
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HS 100 Health Systems and Policy
Units: 1
DescriptionExamines the U.S. health system and state, federal, and international health policies, including those related to medical and public health service financing and delivery, public and private health insurance, licensure of clinical health professionals, regulation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and access to healthcare services (including those for mental health, reproductive health, and end-of-life care). Offered every semester. -
HS 101 Global Health
Units: 1
DescriptionExamines the history and functions of global health; the links between globalization and health; the social and environmental determinants of health; health and human rights; comparative health systems; global health agencies and organizations; the global burden of disease; and population health interventions. Offered every semester. -
HS 110 Human Development Across the Lifespan
Units: 1
DescriptionExamines theories related to physical, cognitive, and social development and health during infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and aging. HS 110 does not apply toward the Health Studies major or minor. -
HS 200 The Medical Humanities
Units: 1
DescriptionExplores the interface of medicine, the health professions, and the human condition that includes illness, suffering, and healing; examines the social, cultural, emotional, ethical, philosophical, and psychological dimensions of medicine and health. -
HS 219 Human Anatomy with Lab
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DescriptionSurvey of basic human anatomy, with an emphasis on the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and nervous systems. For students in allied health fields. Does not count toward the Biology major or minor. Students may not receive credit for both BIOL 219 and BIOL 308: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. -
HS 220 Human Physiology with Lab
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DescriptionA study of the human nervous, sensory, skeletal muscle, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and reproductive systems. Emphasis will be placed on forging conceptual links between biology at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organ levels and the function (and dysfunction) of the human body. Three lecture and three laboratory hours per week.PrerequisitesCHEM 141 or CHEM 192 and BIOL 200 or BIOL 206
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HS 250 Epidemiology and Health Research Methods
Units: 1
Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Quantitative Data Literacy (IFQD)
DescriptionExamines the distribution and determinants of population health status; the research process, including identifying a study question, selecting a study approach, designing a study, collecting data, analyzing and interpreting data, and reporting findings; and quantitative and qualitative health research methods, with an emphasis on epidemiologic study designs (such as cross-sectional, case-control, cohort, and experimental studies) and epidemiological analysis. Offered every semester.PrerequisitesHS 100 or HS 101
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HS 302 Patients and Providers
Units: 1
DescriptionExamines the roles of the various professionals involved in providing health services, including diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitation services for inpatients and outpatients; the ways that patients from a diversity of racial/ethnic, sex/gender, age, rural/urban, and other backgrounds access and experience the health system; and the ways that patients and practitioners understand health, healing, illness, disability, and death. Offered every semester.PrerequisitesHS 100 or HS 101
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HS 303 Health Ethics
Units: 1
DescriptionExplores medical and public health ethics using historical case studies and current events. Offered every year.PrerequisitesHS 100 or HS 101
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HS 305 Human Nutrition
Units: 1
DescriptionExamines digestion, absorption, transport, and metabolism; the sources and functions of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals; nutrition, growth, health, noncommunicable diseases, and physical performance; and nutrition across the lifespan. Offered every year.PrerequisitesHS 100 or HS 101
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HS 323 Health Psychology
Units: 1
DescriptionThe interaction between biological, psychological and social aspects of health. Emphasis on theory, research, and applications in lecture with intensive laboratory component on research design, data analysis and application of health psychology. Two and a half lecture and one and a quarter laboratory hours per week.PrerequisitesPSYC 200 or HS 250 with a minimum grade of C-
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HS 331 Planetary Health
Units: 1
DescriptionEvaluates the human health impacts of climate change, environmental pollutants, biodiversity loss, and other global environmental changes; the causes of these problems; and their possible solutions. Offered every year.PrerequisitesHS 101
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HS 340 Law and Medicine
Units: 1
DescriptionExamines the intersection of law and medicine, primarily in medical malpractice litigation and also by looking at other areas of medical jurisprudence including state and federal health care regulation. Offered every year.PrerequisitesHS 100
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HS 341 Comparative Health Systems
Units: 1
DescriptionCompares models for financing and delivering healthcare services in diverse countries around the world.PrerequisitesHS 100 and HS 101
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HS 388 Individual Internship
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DescriptionSupervised community-based learning in the health field. No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree units.PrerequisitesHS 100 or HS 101, Health Studies major/minor
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HS 395 Independent Study
Units: 0.5
DescriptionIn-depth study of a health care topic under the supervision of a faculty member.PrerequisitesHS 100 or HS 101
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HS 397 Special Topics
Units: 1
DescriptionCovers subject matter not encountered in other health studies courses.PrerequisitesHS 100 or HS 101
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HS 400 Senior Capstone
Units: 1
Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Written Communication (IFWC)
DescriptionIntegrates and applies multidisciplinary perspectives on health through reflection on personal and professional experiences and goals, examination of the ethics and values of the health professions, and exploration of current public health issues. Available only to senior HS majors. Offered every year.PrerequisitesHS 250, senior standing
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HS 406 Summer Undergraduate Research
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DescriptionDocumentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at least 40 hours per week) during this period, and the student must be the recipient of a fellowship through the university. Graded S/U.PrerequisitesApproval by a faculty member