BAAS Directed Electives for Healthcare Leadership
12-15 Credit Hours.
BLAW 4336 - Healthcare Law
8 weeks
3
A survey of the major laws and regulations impacting health services organizations.
ACCT 4334 - Accounting for Healthcare
8 weeks
3
A survey of both financial and managerial accounting principles in the healthcare industry. The course will cover topics such as healthcare insurance billings and reimbursement methodologies as well as organizational costing and financial analysis
SPAN 3332 - Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
8 weeks
3
This course is designed to allow students to comprehend and convey information relevant to first responders in Fire, EMS, Police, and other first-response organizations. Emphasis is placed on vocabulary, listening skills, and communication strategies when dealing with Spanish speaking populations.
ITEC 3305 - Occupational Health and Safety Concepts
8 weeks
3
This course is a study of the problems involved in developing an integrative safety, health, and environmental program for an industrial or commercial establishment. It involves safety, health, and environmental education, safe worker practices, recognition and elimination of health hazards, machinery guards, in plant traffic, material handling, and emergency treatment for industrial accidents.
KINE 1301 - Concepts in Fitness and Health
8 weeks
3
Offers an introduction to the basics of personal health, fitness, and major contemporary
health issues.
KINE 2306 - First Aid
8 weeks
3
Offers instruction in the knowledge and skills necessary, in an emergency situation, to
help sustain life, reduce pain, and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until professional medical help arrives. Opportunity for American Red Cross First Aid and CPR certifications.
KINE 3330 - Physical Activity for the Disabled
8 weeks
3
Introduction to various disabling conditions with particular emphasis on their impact upon an individual's ability to perform sports and other physical activities. The nature of appropriate physical activity programs for disabled individuals is explored.
PSYC 1301 - Introduction to Psychology
8 weeks
3
Foundation for the understanding of basic psychological principles affecting human behavior
PSYC 3301 - Introductory Statistics
16 weeks
3
Measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, and hypotheses testing, with emphasis on the application of statistical methods to research in the behavioral sciences and education.
PSYC 3345 - Child Abuse and Neglect
16 weeks
3
The overall objective of this course is help students develop an understanding of the various forms of child abuse, identify the underlying causes of this multifaceted problem, and to appropriately identify the types of services that will benefit maltreated children and their families. The nature and impact of child maltreatment, the ways in which society prevents or responds to it, and the system of response to child maltreatment are addressed. The course will also cover the importance of promoting social and economic justice for children and ways to empower children and their parents through the helping process.
PSYC 3321 - Introduction to Psychopathology
8 weeks
3
Variables involved in the development, maintenance, and treatment of a variety of behavior disorders.
COMM 4351 - Health Communication
8 weeks
3
Surveys, theory, research, and current issues in the field of health communication. Topics of discussion include communication between patients and providers, cultural and rhetorical concepts of illness and health; media messages and health campaigns; and communication in healthcare organizations.
SOCI 4362 - Sociology of Health and Illness
8 weeks
3
Social and cultural factors associated with the definition, occurrence, and experience of health and illness. An examination of the social determinants that affect the etiology and distribution of illness and the social organization of the medical profession and the hospital.
PSYC 4307 - Health Psychology
16 weeks
3
Examination of the role of behavioral science knowledge and techniques in understanding, assessing, testing and preventing medical-psychological and social problems.
NURS 3302 - Transcultural Nursing
8 weeks
3
Knowledge of the basic nursing practices and specialized medical and nursing terminology needed to communicate effectively concerning health status and health/illness management of Spanish-speaking patients and families. Evaluate nursing decisions and nursing actions needed to perform patient history, patient teaching, medication administration, discharge planning, and explanation of procedures and therapy congruent with the needs of Spanish speaking patients. Identify when to use a medical interpreter.
PUBH 3330 - Essentials of Health Policy and Law
8 weeks
3
This course focuses on the policies and laws the affect individuals and communities and
how U.S. policy and legal systems work to support our health and well being. This is a survey course in U.S. health policy and law. It begins by describing the basic machinery of policy making and legal process that underpin the individual health care and public health systems and then turns to an exploration of many of the fundamental problems and contemporary issues in health policy and law.
PUBH 4310 - Essentials of Environmental Health
8 weeks
3
This course focus on key areas of environmental health and crucial role of the environment in the health of the planet and all living creatures. Areas of learning will include environmental disease (microbial agents, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation), and applications and domains of environmental health (water and air quality, food safety, waste disposal, and occupational health).