Holistic Healing & Community Health

Holistic Healing & Community Health

All of these courses are open enrollment, acceptance into a program are not required. Courses can be taken for credit or audited. They must be take for credit as electives towards the Associates or Bachelor's of Science degree. See course number key for number of credit and tuition is $85/credit for all courses, audited is on a space available bases and is the same cost.

Holistic Health

HERB 0201 Introduction to Herbal Medicine

Course Description: Herbal medicine is the people's medicine. It is inexpensive, accessible and effective. The World Health Organization recognizes the contribution Traditional Medicine makes to the well-being of people around the world and recommends integrating TM/CAM into national health care systems. This class will provide a basic overview of the field of herbal therapeutics from a holistic perspective. It is a prerequisite for Herbal Medicine I.

It is highly recommended as a prerequisite for HLTH 1211 Herbs for Pregnancy and Birth for those with out previous experience in herbs.

Dates: 2/18/-3/9/2008
Registration opens: 11/1/2007

Instructor: Helena Wu, CPM

Prerequisites:
None, credit course open enrollment.

Credits: 2

Required Textbook: TBA

HERB 202 Herbal Medicine for Maternal/Child Health

Course Description: Herbal Medicine with a focus on maternal/child health. Both HERB 0201 and HERB 202 can be taken instead of HERB 1211 Introduction to Herbs for Pregnancy and Birth for students who want to spend more in depth study. Also for students who want to take more time off in the summer, this course can be taken instead.

Dates: 3/10/-3/30, 2008
Registration opens: 11/1/2008

Instructor: Helena Wu, CPM

Prerequisites:
HERB 0201 Introduction to Herbal Medicine or previous training and study in herbs.
Credit course, open enrollment.

Credits: 2

Required Textbook: TBA

Global Health

HLTH 0301 Introduction to Global Health

Course Description: The course will introduce students to the main concepts of the global health field: general principles and goals of global health; cross-cutting global health issues; the burden of disease; and, cooperating to improve global health. The course is recommended for community health students, midwives, and workers interested in working in settings of poverty and/or on major global health challenges such as HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, maternal/child health, and non-communicable disease.

Dates: 1/7/ -2/17, 2008
Registration opens: 11/1/2008

Instructor: Sandra Ross

Prerequisites:
INTR 0201 Orientation and Study Success
(credit students only, auditing community students not required)

Credits: 3

Required Textbook:

Essentials of Global Health
by Richard Skolnik
List Price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0763734217
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett

HLTH 201 Community HIV/AIDS Education

Dates: 2/18/ -3/09, 2008
Registration opens: 11/1/2008

Instructor: Sandra Ross

Prerequisites:
INTR 0201 Orientation and Study Success
(credit students only, auditing community students not required)

Credits: 2

Required Textbook: TBA

COURSE NUMBER KEY

Academic Course Numbers:
Example: BIOL 1406
BIOL the first four letters are what area, BIOL =biology, MDWF=midwifery, etc.
1 the year of the program
4 the number of credits,
06 the order in which the course is taken that year
If there are only three digits i.e. ENG 402, it is a course that is open and does not have to be taken in any particular order, with the exception of prerequisites.

0 proceeding the number means it is a prerequisite

10 classroom hours = one credit (quarter)

Clinical Course Numbers
Clinical Credits are the based on the formula of 20 hours = one clinical hour

Example: CLNC 21-ANTP
CLNC refers to it is a clinical practicum course
21 = the number of credits
ANTP refers to what area, in this example Antepartum (prenatal)