
Undergraduate
HLED 2101. Healthy Lifestyles. (3) A health survey course
with emphasis on health behavior, decision making and knowledge.
(Fall, Spring, Summer)
HLED 2150. Philosophies and Practices in Health Fitness. (3)
Prerequisites: PHIL 2101 and HLED 2101. A survey of the field
relative to philosophies, practices, work settings, trends, knowledge
bases and skills. (Fall)
HLED 2160. Nutrition and Health Fitness. (3) Prerequisites:
CHEM 1204 and 1204L and HLED 2101. Introduction to principles
and concepts of nutrition and how dietary practices affect
health and disease. (Fall)
HLED 2200. Health Promotion in the Secondary School. (3)
Prerequisite: EDUC 2100 and 2110. Prepares the secondary teacher
(Grades 6-12) to relate instruction to the health needs (cognitive,
social, affective and psychomotor) of adolescent students. (Fall,
Spring, Summer)
HLED 3101. Health Education in the Elementary School. (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing and EDUC 2100, 2110 and 2150. A
methods course designed for the elementary specialist as an orientation
to content, curriculum and methods appropriate for teaching health
education in grades K-6. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
HLED 3110. Health Risk Reduction for Practitioners. (3) Prerequisites:
CSCI 1101, STAT 1222 and HLED 2101. The art and science of planning,
implementing and evaluating health risk reduction strategies,
methods and programs. (Fall)
HLED 3130. Lifetime Weight Management. (3) Prerequisites
or corequisites; HLED 2160, PSYC 2112. Examines factors in obesity
and weight control, emphasizing techniques in behavior modification
and lifestyle change for effective weight management. (Spring)
HLED 3160. Practitioner Seminar. (W) (3) Prerequisites:
COMM 1101, COMM 2105 and must be taken during the term prior
to internship (HLED 3490). Emphasis is on state of the art health
enhancement practices. (Fall, Spring)
HLED 3490. Health Fitness Internship. (12) Prerequisites:
Completion of all other courses for the major. Application of
acquired knowledge and skills in practitioner settings. (Fall,
Spring, Summer)
HLED 5120. Mental and Emotional Well-being. (3) (3G) Examines
mental and emotional health from the perspective of the health
educator's role as a facilitator of mental and emotional wellness.
(2 year cycle)
HLED 5122. Drugs and Society. (3) (3G) Teaching methodology,
knowledge and skills for affecting appropriate behaviors through
the study of use, misuse and abuse of natural and synthetic chemicals
in today's society. (On demand)
HLED 5124. Safety Through the Life Span. (3) (3G) Prerequisite:
consent of the department. Introduction to accident/injury prevention
emphasizing personal responsibility for health care with a focus
on psycho-social development and a wellness approach to safety
management. (2 year cycle)
HLED 5126. Adolescent Sexuality and Family Life
Education.
(3) (3G) Designed for teachers, counselors, school nurses,
administrators and others responsible for family life education
programs in school, with focus on adolescent sexuality issues.
(2 year cycle)
HLED 5128. Environmental Health: A Global Perspective. (3)
(3G) Teaching methodology, knowledge and skills for affecting
appropriate health behaviors through study of the causes and effects
of contemporary environmental problems. (2 year cycle)
HLED 5130. Applied Nutrition for Today's Consumer. (3) (3G)
Principles of nutrition, dietary guidelines, dietary relationships
to diseases and health, special populations, computerized dietary
analysis. (2 year cycle)
HLED 5132. Epidemiology of Communicable and Chronic Diseases.
(3) (3G) Prerequisite: consent of the department. Epidemiological
orientation to human diseases and risk factor analysis affecting
the United States population. (2 year cycle)
HLED 5134. Assessment and Development of Physical Fitness.
(3) (3G) Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Study of
responses and adaptations to exercise, assessment techniques,
exercise prescription, leadership and programming. (2 year
cycle)
HLED 6120. Philosophy and Practice in Health Promotion. (3G)
Philosophies, modalities and arenas of practice in health promotion;
role delineation, professional development, advocacy and ethics.
(Alternate years)
HLED 6136. Health Product and Service Consumerism. (3G)
Teaching methodology, knowledge and skills for affecting appropriate
health behaviors through emphasis on the individual consumer at
the health marketplace. (On demand)
HLED 6141. Health Promotion Administration. (3G) Management
and leadership, strategic planning, grant proposal writing, staffing,
staff development and program coordination in health promotion
settings. (Alternate years)
HLED 6143. Behavior Change in Health Promotion. (3G) Assessment
and modification of health behaviors. (2 year cycle)
HLED 6145. Health Promotion Planning and Evaluation. (3G)
Designing,
implementing and evaluating health promotion/education programs
within work site, school and community settings. (2 year cycle)
HLED 6151. Coordinating the School Health Education Program.
(3G) Examines the school health education program from the
perspective of the school health education coordinator. (2
year cycle)
HLED 6153. Health Promotion. (3G) Prerequisite: consent
of the instructor. An exploration of the practices of promoting
health in various settings for a variety of consumers. (2 year
cycle)
HLED 6155. Health Risk Reduction and Disease Prevention. (3G)
Personal/professional management of risk factors and lifestyle
intervention processes for leading causes of mortality and morbidity.
(On demand)
HLED 6160. Community Health. (3G) The nature and delineation
of communities as social systems; principles and practices relevant
to community health. (2 year cycle)
HLED 6471. Seminar and Internship in Health Education. (1-6G)
Prerequisites: Completion of 12 or more graduate credit hours
in health education and permission of the health education program
coordinator. Supervised practice in health education. May be repeated
for a different seminar and internship. Offered only on a Pass/No
Credit basis. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
HLED 6899. Problems and Topics in Health. (3G) Topics and
special problems related to ideas, practices or significant trends
in health education. Seminars and independent studies. (Fall,
Spring, Summer)
HLED 7999. Graduate Residence. (0G) Independent research.
Required of all master's degree students who are working on a
thesis but not enrolled in other graduate courses. (Fall, Spring)
Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate
Graduate Only
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