Apr 27, 2024  
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 

Exercise Science (EXS)

  
  • EXS 489 - Applied Human Performance

    Unique Course
    An Advanced course studying the application of the fundamentals of strength and conditioning and exercise.
    PreRequisite: PE-482
    2 semester hours
  
  • EXS 494 - Internship

    Common Course Number & Description
    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
    1 to 12 semester hours

Foreign Language (FL)

  
  • EXCH 487 - Study Abroad

    Common Course Number & Description
    Designed to keep a student active in the regental system if out for one to two semester(s) for study abroad program and not enrolling in credit at the university. Does not guarantee eligibility for financial aid. Repeatable, but for no more than three consecutive terms at any one point.
    PreRequisite: Permission of Instructor - Tracking Course
    0 semester hours
  
  • EXCH 489 - Student Exchange-International

    Common Course Number & Description
    This course allows students to register as full- time students while taking part in an Exchange Program. Students will register on their home campus for the number of credit hours they intend to take while enrolled at another campus.
    0 to 18 semester hours
  
  • FL 391 - Independent Study

    Unique Course
    Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
    Note: This course requires permission of the Instructor and/or College Dean.
    1 to 6 semester hours

French (FREN)

  
  • FREN 101 - Introductory French I

    Common Course Number & Description
    Fundamentals of language structure and introduction to French culture enabling students to converse, read, and write simple French. Class work may be supplemented with required aural/oral practice outside of class.
    4 semester hours
  
  • FREN 102 - Introductory French II

    Common Course Number & Description
    Fundamentals of language structure and introduction to French culture enabling students to converse, read, and write simple French. Class work may be supplemented with required aural/oral practice outside of class.
    PreRequisite: FREN-101
    4 semester hours
  
  • FREN 201 - Intermediate French I

    Common Course Number & Description
    Goals of the introductory course continued. Emphasis on cultural and intellectual aspects of French life and literature. Class work may be supplemented with required aural/oral practice outside of class.
    PreRequisite: FREN-102
    4 semester hours
  
  • FREN 202 - Intermediate French II

    Common Course Number & Description
    Continues FREN 201. Laboratory as required.
    PreRequisite: FREN-201
    4 semester hours

Geography (GEOG)

  
  • GEOG 101 - Introduction to Geography

    Common Course Number & Description
    The course presents a broad, introductory overview of geographic concepts, themes, and elements designed to help students better understand and analyze the world from a geographic perspective. It provides a background to Earth’s physical and human elements and systems. It also emphasizes the unique quality of world regions, and the spatial interaction of people, elements, and regions, as well as major global and regional problems and prospects.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 210 - World Regional Geography

    Common Course Number & Description
    A survey of the Earth from a broad global framework through the differentiation of the world in terms of both natural and human environmental features and characteristics on a regional basis.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 291 - Independent Study

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
    1 to 5 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 292 - Topics

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
    1 to 3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 305 - A Physical Approach to Geography

    Unique Course
    This course is designed to prepare students in the many components of Physical Geography and to ensure that they become more aware of the international implications of haphazard interaction with the environment.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 319 - World Environmental History

    Unique Course
    Examines the history of interactions between human cultures and the natural world, from early humans to the present day.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as HIST 319)
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 346 - Canada: History and Geography

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines the impact of the physical geography of Canada upon the nation’s exploration, settlement, and development from the earliest inhabitants to modern times, and emphasizes the economic and cultural relations between Canada and the United States.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as HIST 346)
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 379 - Environmental History of the U.S.

    Unique Course
    Examines the relationship between the natural environment and the historical movements of humans by tracing U.S. environmental changes, beginning with the activities of the Native American peoples through the Euro-American presence to the Cold War era.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 400 - Cultural Geography

    Common Course Number & Description
    A detailed analysis of the concept of culture in a geographical context, including such applications as culture and nature, cultural growth and change, cultural universals, culture and economy, cultural relativity, cultural landscape, culture region, and cultural conflict.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 447 - Geography of the Future

    Common Course Number & Description
    A futuristic analysis of Earth’s natural environmental elements, natural resources, population and settlement, and cultural institutions at the global, national, and state levels.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 450 - Geographical Education

    Unique Course
    This course covers geographical thought and historical trends. It considers viewpoints and methods prevalent in the discipline, together with various themes and relationships which influence methods of teaching geography. Discussed are the subject’s position in a global world and the constant changes which affect life on the planet.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 459 - Political Geography

    Common Course Number & Description
    An examination of world regions and concepts that have political significance, such as language, boundaries, electoral geography, the law of the sea, and nationalism. International, national, and local perspectives are addressed.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as POLS 459)
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 491 - Independent Study

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
    1 to 4 semester hours
  
  • GEOG 492 - Topics

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
    1 to 5 semester hours

Geology (GEOL)

  
  • GEOL 201 - Physical Geology

    Common Course Number & Description
    Basic concepts in the study of the earth and its history. Brief introduction of the earth’s place in the universe and solar system and the evolution, composition and structure of the earth. Introduction to minerals, and igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Survey of geological processes acting at the surface of the Earth such as wind, rivers, glaciers, ground water, and the sea; introduction to internal processes regarding plate tectonics theory and growth of mountains. Societal implications of geological processes are emphasized throughout the course.
    CoRequisite: GEOL-201L
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 201L - Physical Geology Laboratory

    Common Course Number & Description
    Laboratory experiences to accompany GEOL 201.
    CoRequisite: GEOL-201
    1 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 203 - Historical Geology

    Unique Course
    In this study of changes in continents and oceans through geological time, emphasis is placed on the origin of mountains and the evolution of living things as read from the fossil record.
    CoRequisite: GEOL-203L
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 203L - Historical Geology Lab

    Unique Course
    This is a completion of activities to complement GEOL 203. Topics include sedimentary rocks, fossils of lower groups, plants, and animals, reading of geological maps and the concepts of plate tectonics.
    Additional Fee: An additional Mandatory Fee applies to this course.
    CoRequisite: GEOL-203
    1 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 291 - Independent Study

    Unique Course
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
    1 to 3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 292 - Topics

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
    1 to 3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 310 - Volcanology

    Unique Course
    This course is a study of the processes that occur at volcanoes on Earth and the other terrestrial planets. Topics include eruption triggering mechanisms, lava flow formation, pyroclastic flow formation, lahars, volcanic gas, volcanic hazards, and case students of recent eruptions.
    PreRequisite: GEOL-201
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 321 - Conservation of Natural Resources

    Unique Course
    This is a study of the history of the exploitation of our renewable and nonrenewable resources, and the contemporary practices used in their conservation.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as BIOL 321)
    PreRequisite: BIOL-151 BIOL-151L BIOL-153 BIOL-153L
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 340 - Mineralogy/Petrology

    Unique Course
    This course will cover the origin and occurrence of rocks and minerals. Topics include crystallography, crystal chemistry and physics, rock and mineral hand specimen identification, optical properties of minerals, and the classification of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Field trips to study various rock outcrops will be included.
    Additional Fee: An additional Mandatory Fee applies to this course.
    PreRequisite: CHEM-112 GEOL-201
    4 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 350 - Environmental Geology

    Unique Course
    This course will allow students to examine how human activities influence the earth’s physical environment. Students will apply a basic understanding of geological principles to better understand world environmental problems. Field trips to environmentally sensitive areas will be scheduled.
    Additional Fee: An additional Mandatory Fee applies to this course.
    PreRequisite: GEOL-201
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 360 - Environmental Geochemistry

    Unique Course
    This is a course designed to study the origin and distribution of chemical elements within the earth and solar system, global geochemical cycles, contaminants, water and air pollution, chemical waste disposal and relationships between environment and health. Field trips will be included.
    Additional Fee: An additional Mandatory Fee applies to this course.
    PreRequisite: GEOL-201 CHEM-114
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 370 - Hydrogeology

    Unique Course
    A study of water movement through geologic materials. Topics include subsurface flow modeling, physical properties of aquifers, land subsidence and ground water rights. Field trips will be included.
    Additional Fee: An additional Mandatory Fee applies to this course.
    PreRequisite: GEOL-201 PHYS-211 MATH-102
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 390 - Seminar

    Unique Course
    A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 392 - Topics

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 490 - Seminar

    Unique Course
    A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
    3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 491 - Independent Study

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
    1 to 3 semester hours
  
  • GEOL 492 - Topics

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
    1 to 3 semester hours

German (GER)

  
  • GER 101 - Introductory German I

    Common Course Number & Description
    Becoming sensitized to authentic listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture skills at the elementary level. Introduction to basic functional grammar and sentence structure.
    4 semester hours
  
  • GER 102 - Introductory German II

    Common Course Number & Description
    Continued emphasis on authentic listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture skills at the elementary level.
    PreRequisite: GER-101
    4 semester hours
  
  • GER 201 - Intermediate German I

    Common Course Number & Description
    Develop active listening skills, functional language skills, reading skills related to student learners immediate environment, guided free writing and understanding of interrelationships of language and culture.
    PreRequisite: GER-101 GER-102
    3 semester hours
  
  • GER 202 - Intermediate German II

    Common Course Number & Description
    Develop interactive listening and speaking skills toward initiating and responding to simple statements and questions, ability to understand selected descriptive readings to include literature of various types, and continued refinement of language and culture, traditions, customs, folklore, etc.
    PreRequisite: GER-101 GER-102 GER-201
    3 semester hours

General Studies (GS)

  
  • GS 100 - University Experience

    Common Course Number & Description
    The primary purpose of this course is to help students transition successfully to the university. The focus of the course will be to familiarize students with campus resources and to facilitate their engagement in the university experience. Through group discussions with a faculty mentor, students will develop critical thinking and social interaction skills to prepare them for the academic environment. Students will become active participants in the university community. Course content will include access to university resources, college policies, role of the academic advisor, student support services, and university academic requirements.
    0 to 1 semester hours
  
  • GS 189 - Program Tracking

    Unique Course
    Used to track students who are degree seeking, but not currently enrolled at BHSU to keep their programs active.
    0 semester hours
  
  • GS 491 - Independent Study

    Common Course Number & Description
    Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.  The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans.  Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students.  Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic.
    1 to 3 semester hours

History (HIST)

  
  • HIST 115 - Survey of Non-Western Civilizations

    Unique Course
    A survey of the history, culture, religion and society of the principal civilizations of Asia, Africa, and Latin American from their origins to the present.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 121 - Western Civilization I

    Common Course Number & Description
    Surveys the evolution of western Civilization from its beginnings into the Reformation and religious wars.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 122 - Western Civilization II

    Common Course Number & Description
    Surveys the development of western civilization from the Reformation era to the present.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 151 - United States History I

    Common Course Number & Description
    Surveys the background and development of the United States from its colonial origins to the Civil War and Reconstruction.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 152 - United States History II

    Common Course Number & Description
    Surveys development of the United States since the Civil War and Reconstruction.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 240 - Introduction to Public History and Cultural Resources

    Common Course Number & Description
    Introduces history students to the content, methods, and career opportunities in the fields of historic preservation, museum studies, archives, public policy, and historical editing and publishing.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 257 - Early American Indian History and Culture

    Common Course Number & Description
    A survey of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the Indian peoples of North American from time immemorial to the end of the nineteenth Century.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as AIS 257)
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 291 - Independent Study

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
    1 to 3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 292 - Topics

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
    1 to 3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 313 - History of the Middle East

    Common Course Number & Description
    Surveys the history of the Middle East from Muhammad to the present, emphasizing the political development of the last 200 years.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 319 - World Environmental History

    Unique Course
    Examines the history of interactions between human cultures and the natural world, from early humans to the present day.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as GEOG 319)
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 322 - Ancient Greece and Rome

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines the history, philosophy, and culture of Greece from the Minoan age through the Hellenistic period and the development of the Roman Republic and Empire.
    PreRequisite: HIST-121
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 327 - European History 1500 / 1815

    Unique Course
    The study of the chief economic, political, social and cultural developments in Europe from the Renaissance to Waterloo. This course fulfills the BOR system Writing Intensive requirement in History and in the Composite Social Science majors at BHSU.
    PreRequisite: HIST-121 & ENGL-201
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 328 - European History since 1815

    Unique Course
    This study of the chief economic, political, social, and cultural developments in Europe covers the time since the Congress of Vienna.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 342 - Revolution and Revolt

    Unique Course
    This course explores the theory and history of revolutions and revolts from 1776 to the 21st century.
    Cross-listed: POLS-342
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 359 - Recent American History

    Unique Course
    This course will consider the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the United States since World War I.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 369 - Modern American Indian History and Culture

    Common Course Number & Description
    A survey of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the Indian peoples of North America from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as AIS 369)
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 377 - Economic History of the US

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines major United States economic issues from the colonial period to the present, including the rise of big business, territorial expansion, agricultural issues, labor management relations, and finances and banking.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 379 - Environmental History of the US

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines the relationship between the natural environment and the historical movements of humans by tracing U.S. environmental changes, beginning with the activities of the Native American peoples through the Euro-American presence to the Cold War era.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 412 - History of the Far East

    Unique Course
    The course reviews the political, social, and economic history of the Far East from its early civilizations to the modern era.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 418 - History of Latin America

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines the political, social, and economic developments in Latin America for the pre-Columbian period to the present.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as POLS 418)
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 425 - Medieval Europe

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines the history of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance and emphasizes religious, political, economic, and social developments.
    PreRequisite: HIST-121
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 441 - History of Modern Britain

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines the chief political, cultural, economic, and social developments of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland from 1688 to the present.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 444 - History of Modern Russia

    Common Course Number & Description
    Presents the history of Russia form the mid-nineteenth century through Communist period in the twentieth century, including politics, foreign policy, economy, social and political reform, revolutionary movements, art, music, science, and literature.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 447 - History of Modern Germany

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines German history in the nineteenth and twentieth century’s, including the formation of the German nation, Bismarck, development of the German Empire, World War I, rise of Hitler, Nazi Germany and World War II.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 450 - American Colonial History

    Common Course Number & Description
    Provides an in-depth look at the English colonies in America, emphasizing how and why they were founded, and tracing their growth and development through the revolutionary period.
    PreRequisite: HIST-151
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 455 - American Civil War & Reconstruction

    Common Course Number & Description
    Explores the economic, political, military, and social aspects of the Civil War and Reconstruction era.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 460 - American Military History

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines the origins and development of military institutions, traditions, tactics, and practices in the United States from 1775 to the present, including the relation between the armed forces and other government agencies.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 465 - Westward Expansion of US

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines the role of the West in American history from exploration and colonization to the closing of the frontier about 1900, emphasizing territorial expansion of the U.S. and various frontier developments, e.g. transportation, transformation of the wilderness into statehood, influence of the frontier in shaping the American character and the role of the West in shaping national policies.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 467 - History of the Black Hills

    Unique Course
    The course will consider the Black Hills from prehistoric times to the present. Special emphasis will be placed on the interrelation between the unique Black Hills environment and the evolution of the economic, urban and rural bases of the Black Hills Society. Efforts will be made to focus on neglected areas of Black Hills history such as the 20th century and the role of minorities in the development of the area.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 469 - American Foreign Relations

    Common Course Number & Description
    Surveys American diplomatic history from colonial times to the present, emphasizing political, social and economic forces affecting diplomatic developments reflected in American foreign policies.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as POLS 469)
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 476 - History of South Dakota

    Common Course Number & Description
    Examines the history of South Dakota’s physical environment, Native American presence, European settlement, economic developments, political institutions, and social life.
    Cross-listed: (Also offered as POLS 476)
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 480 - Historical Methods & Historiography

    Common Course Number & Description
    Introduces the problems, materials, and techniques of historical and writing, explains the larger meaning and directions of history, and examines major schools of historical thought.
    BH-PreRequisite: ENGL 201 & 6 credits of History courses
    3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 490 - Seminar

    Common Course Number & Description
    A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollments in generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
    1 to 3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 491 - Independent Study

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
    1 to 3 semester hours
  
  • HIST 492 - Topics

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
    1 to 4 semester hours
  
  • HIST 494 - Internship

    Common Course Number & Description
    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
    1 to 12 semester hours

Health Education (HLTH)

  
  • HLTH 110 - Health Concepts

    Common Course Number & Description
    This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge and comprehension of basic health concepts and theories as they relate to a variety of health and wellness topics.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 201 - ATOD Prevention Education

    Common Course Number & Description
    Concepts and analysis of vital issues related to drug use, misuse, and abuse. Educational principles related to teaching about drug education and counseling considerations in these problem areas are addressed.
    2 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 251 - First Aid & CPR

    Common Course Number & Description
    Students in this course develop knowledge and skills for first aid and CPR, meeting the requirements for emergency cardiac care, responding to emergencies, and first aid.  Safety in everyday living is emphasized.
    1 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 291 - Independent Study

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
    1 to 5 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 315 - Human Nutrition

    Common Course Number & Description
    A study of the science of food and nutrients relative to health, disease, and human performance.  Areas of emphasis include nutrient chemistry, function, and interactions; energy consumption and metabolism; and resources for nutrition education.
    PreRequisite: 2 semesters of Chemistry/Lab.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 321 - K-8 Methods of Teaching Health

    Common Course Number & Description
    In this course, students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry for K-8 health education; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state/national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 health; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 health; and to apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real-life situations and experiences. This study of health education in the elementary school will emphasize media use and curriculum construction.
    Registration Restriction: Junior class standing
    1-2 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 364 - Emergency Medical Technician

    Common Course Number & Description
    This course provides the knowledge and skill base for an individual to become a Nationally Registered EMT.  The course follows the curriculum set by the National Emergency Medical Services Educational Standards. Students are expected to learn the skills necessary to recognize numerous medical and trauma related emergencies. Students will learn vital signs monitoring, Basic Life Support interventions and patient moving/packaging skills.  Students will apply learned skills to patients in scenario-based training. 10 hours of in-hospital observation and training are required.
    CoRequisite: HLTH-364L
    4 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 364L - Emergency Medical Technician

    Common Course Number & Description
    Laboratory course to accompany HLTH 364. 
    CoRequisite: HLTH-364
    0 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 370 - Stress Management

    Common Course Number & Description
    The course is designed to help students deal with stressful situations in their lives. Successful management of stress has been shown to positively affect the performance of daily tasks and reduce the risks of many diseases. Students will learn management techniques and have the opportunity to act as peer counselors.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 410 - Current Issues in Health

    Common Course Number & Description
    A study of the place of health education in the educational curriculum. Problems pertinent to the field of health education will be discussed.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 420 - K-12 Methods of Health Instruction

    Common Course Number & Description
    Curriculum content at elementary and secondary levels. Methods of presentation including direct, correlated, and integrated health instruction. Organization of health and safety education.
    2 to 3 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 422 - Nutrition

    Common Course Number & Description
    This course investigates the science of food relative to human performance, nutrition, and health education. Areas of emphasis include nutrient chemistry, function, and interactions; energy consumption and metabolism; and resources for nutrition education.  Advanced students will examine theories and resources of nutrition education, as well as design, implement, and evaluate models of nutrition education as part of health promotion and disease prevention interventions in schools, community, worksite, and medical care settings.
    3 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 425 - Exercise Programming for Special Populations

    Unique Course
    In this study of the techniques of health-related fitness and wellness evaluation, emphasis will be placed on individual programs for wellness development and reducing risk for chronic disease.
    PreRequisite: HLTH-422 PE-250 PE-350
    CoRequisite: HLTH-425L
    2 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 425L - Exercise Programming for Special Populations Laboratory

    Unique Course
    The student will develop the competency to deliver health related physical fitness programs and health education instruction to reduce risk for chronic disease.
    CoRequisite: HLTH-425
    1 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 491 - Independent Study

    Common Course Number & Description
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
    1 to 4 semester hours
  
  • HLTH 495 - Practicum

    Common Course Number & Description
    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
    1 semester hours
 

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