Public Health
PH 130 - Health Humanities
An introduction to the role of the humanities in health. Explores the importance of humanities in developing empathy, observation, and self-reflection skills necessary in health care.
PH 323 - Plagues, Peoples, and Populations
The historical impact of plagues in human populations. The development of responses to epidemic and pandemic outbreaks, with a focus on population-level reactions to infectious diseases such as plague, smallpox, cholera, tuberculosis, HIV, etc.
PH 330 - Epidemiology
Explores the meaning, scope, and applications of epidemiology to public health practice and the use of vital statistics and research data in the scientific appraisal of community health challenges.
PH 350 - Health Behavior and Health Education Theory
Major theories explaining health behaviors and how they can be modified through health education for positive outcomes. Emphasizes selection and application of appropriate theories for various individual and social behaviors.
PH 355 - Bioethics
Explores ethical issues that arise in the health sciences, including clinical ethics, ethical issues in new technologies, public health ethics, and distributive justice. The course focuses on sound reasoning through discursive writing.
PH 405 - Toxicology
An introduction to the field of toxicology. Topics include toxicokinetics, organ and non-organ toxicity, environmental toxicology, and applications of toxicology in clinical, public, and environmental health settings.