| HS 100 | Health Systems and Policy | Examines the U.S. health system and state, federal, and international health policies, including those related to medical and public health service financing and delivery, public and private health insurance, licensure of clinical health professional... |
| HS 101 | Global Health | Examines the history and functions of global health; the links between globalization and health; the social and environmental determinants of health; health and human rights; comparative health systems; global health agencies and organizations; the g... |
| HS 200 | The Medical Humanities | Explores the interface of medicine, the health professions, and the human condition that includes illness, suffering, and healing. Studies the social, cultural, emotional, ethical, philosophical, and psychological dimensions of medicine and healthcar... |
| HS 202 | Patients and Providers | Examines the roles of the various professionals involved in providing healthcare services, including diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitation services for inpatients and outpatients; the ways that patients from a diversity of racial/ethnic, sex/ge... |
| HS 203 | Health Ethics | Explores the origins and evolution of health and healthcare ethics in the United States by examining both historical case studies and current ethical problems encountered in the health sector. |
| HS 240 | Law and Medicine | Examines the intersection of law and medicine, primarily in medical malpractice litigation and also by looking at other areas of medical jurisprudence including state and federal health care regulation. |
| HS 250 | Epidemiology and Health Research Methods | Studies the distribution and determinants of population health status. Research process that includes identifying a study question, selecting a study approach, designing a study, collecting data, analyzing and interpreting data, and then reporting t... |
| HS 305 | Human Nutrition | Examines digestion, absorption, transport, and metabolism; the sources and functions of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals; nutrition, growth, health, noncommunicable diseases, and physical performance; and nutrition across the lif... |
| HS 388 | Individual Internship | Supervised community-based learning in the healthcare field. No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree units. |
| HS 395 | Independent Study | In-depth study of a health care topic under the supervision of a faculty member. |
| HS 397 | Special Topics | Covers subject matter not encountered in other health studies courses. |
| HS 400 | Senior Capstone | Integrates and applies multidisciplinary perspectives on health through reflection on personal and professional experiences and goals, examination of the ethics and values of the health professions, and exploration of current public health issues. |
| HS 406 | Summer Undergraduate Research | Documentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at leas... |