The course provides the knowledge of prevention, care, and rehabilitation of common athletic injuries. The student receives athletic training information and the skills necessary to care for the common movement injury. Designed to develop competence in rendering immediate and temporary aid to a victim of accident, sudden illness, or injury. Prerequisite: BIOL 107 or BIOL 205

Examines basic principles of nutrition with emphasis on role of nutrition in health and disease.

Students will use current literature in their chosen healthcare fields to write an academic paper summarizing the state of the discipline and elaborating on innovations and challenges in those fields. Students will also develop and deliver oral presentations based on these papers and their experiences in internships or original research. Time spent in class will focus on discussions about the state of the medical field, intensive editing of student papers and presentations, and development of written and oral communication skills for health care professionals. Prerequisite: Senior standing and completion of an approved internship or research project

Students interested in internships in health sciences should contact the department chair.

Students interested in internships in health sciences should contact the department chair.

Non-credit course. Students interested in independent research in HESC should contact the program chair.

Students interested in independent research in health sciences should contact the department chair.