MCH605 Community Health Landscape
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: This course introduces students to the social determinant of health and solutions which aid individuals and communities in living their healthiest life. The student will learn about historical and current trends impacting public health, and the innovative regulations and measures implemented to improve the health of the population.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: MHA520, MHA524, MHA526, MHA530, MHA564, MHA574, MHA582, MHA600
Corequisites: None
NUR444L Community Health Lab
College of Nursing Nursing Department
Course Description: This one credit course provides students with practical experiences in community health nursing. Thirty (30) hours of lab hours will be completed in a virtual, simulated environment using Shadow Health® Digital Clinical Experience Technology. Students will conduct a series of community assessments, develop an applicable community assessment plan, complete disaster training and develop and deliver an online educational video.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: NUR430
Corequisites: NUR443
MCH610 Community Health Education and Promotion
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: The focus of this course is community education and health promotion. Students will explore the importance of engaging with communities and delivering community intervention programs. Students will learn to apply theories, models, and methods to programs that will directly affect the health of communities.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
MCH615 Community Health Decision Making
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: This course explores issues facing public health organizations in today’s environment. Students will learn to apply regulatory and ethical decision-making models to areas impacting the wellbeing of community and public health using current case scenarios. Students will demonstrate their ability to make decisions regarding public health issues that positively impact the public. Students will understand the decision-making process as it relates to federal, state, and local governments.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
DEN125 Community Health
College of Health Science Dental Assisting Department
Course Description: This course provides topics related to community health concerns including identification of specific diseases, symptoms, causes and effects. An emphasis is placed on the promotion of oral health in the community through patient education in oral home care techniques, dietary counseling, plaque control procedures, risks of tobacco, and application of medicinal agents. Students will learn dental illiteracy, psychology, communication and multicultural interaction. The importance of understanding patients with special needs is stressed. The study of oral pathology and recognizing the difference between normal and abnormal conditions will be explored. Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: DEN100
Corequisites: None
CJ480 Community Corrections
College of Business and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Department
Course Description: This course will introduce students to probation, parole, and associated community-based practices. Students will explore the origins, practices, and outcomes of these alternatives to incarceration. Students will explore the requirements to become a probation officer and the stressors related to the job.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: CJ135
Corequisites: None
FSM330 Communication for Food Service Professionals
Food Service Management Department
Course Description: This course will prepare students for the types of communication required of hospitality professionals in operational and corporate business settings. This course focuses on creation of processes, implementation, the communication process, and how a hospitality professional uses available skills and logical processes to solve problems.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
CAA190 Commissary Practicum
College of Culinary Arts Culinary Arts Department
Course Description: This course provides students with the opportunity to apply their food production experience in CIV’s vending operations. Under direct report to a Chef Instructor, the student will build on their experiences in prior courses by planning, producing and packaging food for retail sale. This supervised experience will provide the student an opportunity to apply learned skills such as professionalism and organization as well as develop the speed, accuracy and timing that is of importance to success in the field.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
MTH120 College Mathematics
Arts and Sciences Department
Course Description: This course covers fundamental arithmetic topics. Students will learn problem solving skills involving whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and proportional reasoning.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
ENG114 College Composition
Arts and Sciences Department
Course Description: This course is designed to improve student writing processes, develop critical thinking skills, and provide instruction in core skills required for academic and professional writing in different modes. Students will learn how to analyze the writing strategies of professional authors and apply these strategies to their own writing.
Credit Hours: 1.50
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None