This course provides a study in the physiological functioning of the body as it relates to structure. Special emphasis is placed on the cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary and endocrine systems as these systems are influenced by genetic mechanisms as to their functioning in the development of disease. Also included as topics of discussion are the societal issues affecting the body, such as smoking, drug usage, diet, and other factors of lifestyles seen today. Laboratory exercises further clarify lecture topics. Various technologies are used to enhance class discussions.
Course Level
Upper Division
Acceptable Courses
- A&P: COMBINED Course (eg, A&P)
- A&P: SEPARATE courses
- A&P: Comparative
- A&P: Exercise Physiology
- A&P: Human
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This course offers a study of the anatomical structure of the body as it relates to the functioning of the human body. The course begins at the cellular level and continues up to the entire organism, using the organ systems as the means of study. Various technological tools are used to encourage critical thinking in those topics that have societal impact on human health. Genetic influences on the body and its functioning are included. Special emphasis is placed on the integumentary, skeletal, and muscular systems.
Course Level
Upper Division
Acceptable Courses
- A&P: COMBINED Course (eg, A&P)
- A&P: SEPARATE courses
- A&P: Comparative
- A&P: Exercise Physiology
- A&P: Human
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This course covers general principles of chemistry with emphasis on atomic structure and behavior, mole concept, stoichiometric calculations, quantum theory, and chemical bonding.
Course Level
General or College
Acceptable Courses
- Chemistry: Biochemistry
- Chemistry: Inorganic
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This course studies general principles of chemistry with emphasis on behavior of gases, liquids, solutions, equilibrium, thermodynamics, chemical kenetics, acid-base, precipitation, and oxidation-reduction reactions.
Course Level
General or College
Acceptable Courses
- Chemistry: Biochemistry
- Chemistry: Inorganic
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This course explores the science of exercise physiology including how the body responds to regulation and adjustment as affected by exercise. Influences of both acute and chronic exercise on the human body are examined and are applied to health, fitness, and exercise performance.
Course Level
Upper Division
Lab Required
Not Required
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Introduction to Health Professions
This is a sequence of enriching experiences offered by a team of health professionals to enhance a student's knowledge of the various health professions. It will enable the student to make career choices based on facts and allow him/her to make career changes, if needed, in a timely fashion. This course will introduce the concept of team approach in the delivery of health-related services by identifying common strands and organizational patterns. Note: This is waived for those applicants who will have a bachelors degree before entering the program.
Course Level
General or College
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Kinesiology/Biomechanics: This course focuses on the anatomical and mechanical fundamentals of human motion and their application to the analysis of motor skills. Attention is given to gravity, leverage, and the action of muscles in relation to the joints of the human body.
Course Level
Upper Division
Lab Required
Not Required
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This course deals with the basic formation of medical terms and their definitions. Areas covered include medical suffixes and prefixes, body-orientation levels and planes, the skin, joints, muscles, skeleton, nerves, brain, spinal cord, heart, liver, blood vessels, respiratory system, endocrine system, the special senses, the female reproductive system, and oncology.
Course Level
General or College
Lab Required
Not Required
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Course is a development of vector mechanics, equilibrium, linear and rotational kinematics and dynamics, work, and energy and power, impulse and momentum, wave phenomena, fluid mechanics, and heat. Emphasis is placed upon the mathematical formulation of physics.
Course Level
General or College
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Course is a development of electricity, optics, magnetism, special relativity, and basic nuclear and atomic physics. Emphasis is placed upon the mathematical formulation of principles and on problem solving.
Course Level
General or College
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This course offers an orientation to psychology as the scientific study of behavior (both human and animal), with sepcial emphasis on principles of learning, memory, adjustment, abnormal behavior, and the physiology of behavior.
1 of 3 psychology courses required.
Course Level
General or College
Lab Required
Not Required
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This course covers the study of pathological behavior generally, with major emphasis on the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of psychological disorders.
3 of 3 psychology courses required.
Course Level
General or College
Lab Required
Not Required
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People change, grow, and develop throughout life. The purpose of this course is to critically examine claims about the nature and causes of our developmental behavior, what the hurdles are that people must leap as they develop and to learn what development.
2 of 3 psychology courses required.
Course Level
General or College
Lab Required
Not Required
Acceptable Courses
- Psychology: Developmental
- Psychology: Life Span Development
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A first course in the study of descriptive and inferential statistics utilizing only rudimentary skills of arithmetic and algebra. Elementary probability, measures of central tendency, measures of variability, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.
Course Level
General or College
Lab Required
Not Required
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