Courses

• SAR HS 330: Intercultural Perspectives on Sexuality
  This course is intended as an overview of the biological, social and psychological aspects of human sexuality through the lifespan. Topics include male and female sexual anatomy/physiology; multicultural perspectives of sexuality, sexual behavior, and orientations. We will discuss various attitudes and values associated with sexuality. Theoretical perspectives will be emphasized throughout the course. The material presented and discussed in this course is designed to enhance the professional skills of students who desire to become health care professionals.
• SAR HS 342: Exercise Physiology
  Application of physiological principles under different exercise conditions. Integration of the body systems in performance of exercise, work and sports; immediate and long-range effects of these activities on the body. Laboratory includes the measurement of physiological parameters under extreme conditions.
• SAR HS 345: Global Environmental Public Health
  Environmental health is associated with recognizing, assessing, understanding and controlling the impacts of people in their environment and the impacts of the environment on the public health. The complexity of the problems requires multidisciplinary approaches. This course will provide an introduction to the principles, methods, and issues related to global environmental health. This course examines health issues, scientific understanding of causes, and possible future approaches to control of the major environmental health problems internationally. Topics include how the body reacts to environmental pollutants; physical, chemical, and biological agents of environmental contamination; vectors for dissemination (air, water, soil); solid and hazardous waste; susceptible populations; bio-markers and risk analysis; the scientific basis for policy decisions; risk communication; and, emerging global environmental health problems.
• SAR HS 352: Health Care Information Systems
  Study of information systems across health care settings. Basic concepts of computer hardware and software, including networks and telecommunications, and variations in information systems across health care settings. System and information security, and privacy issues will be covered. 2 credits, either semester
• SAR HS 360: Muscle Biology in Health and Disease
  An integrative approach to understanding the biology of muscle in development, exercise, injury, aging, and disease. Students will get a comprehensive overview of muscle biology and muscle disease; develop skills to review and research primary literature; and have an opportunity to develop oral research presentation skills. This class is designed for upper level undergraduates and graduate students.
• SAR HS 361: Introduction to Computational Neuroscience of Speech, Language, and Hearing
  Introduces the foundations of auditory perception including the mammalian auditory pathway, speech and language perception and links with speech production, auditory scene analysis, and music perception, from a computational perspective. Laboratory computer assignments elucidate functional properties of these systems.
• SAR HS 363: Global Health: Beyond Germs and Genes
  This course will focus on the social determinants of health--the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, age and die. We will examine case studies from around the globe that reveal the ways in which health inequities are shaped by the distribution of resources, money, and power at the local, national and global level, and the critical role played by social policies in reducing or exacerbating these inequities.
• SAR HS 366: Community Nutrition
  This course will cover the dramatic effect of the socioeconomic status, cultural and psychological factors on food choices. Students will learn how to target populations, deliver effective nutrition interventions in the community, and perform a community-based needs assessment. Students will also obtain a working knowledge of federal, state, and local assistance programs. Principles related to nutrition education, program planning, and outcome evaluations will be discussed. A community intervention project will be assigned. 4 credits, 1st semester
• SAR HS 369: Gross Human Anatomy
  Integrative approach to the musculoskeletal, peripheral nervous, and circulatory systems of the human body. Regional approach is used to present lectures with the use of projected drawings, films, slides, and demonstrations. Weekly labs reinforce the lectures by a study of osteology, dissected cadavers, and live anatomy palpations.
• SAR HS 370: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology
  Lecture and laboratory related to the detailed study of development morphology, internal configuration, and functions and pathological deficits of the peripheral and central nervous system in humans.
• SAR HS 375: Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology
  Overview of anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems during normal and pathological conditions. Pathophysiology of exercise performance in cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Adaptations to physical conditioning in these diseases.
• SAR HS 384: Medical Nutrition Therapy I
  This course covers the pathophysiology of disease as it relates to nutrition care, and the Medical Nutrition Therapy appropriate for the care and management of that disease. Nutrition screening, nutrition assessment and nutrition care plan formulation will be discussed for the person with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and other medical conditions. Documentation and monitoring/evaluation of the nutrition care plan will be discussed as well as the translation of care to the patient's menu and therapeutic diet plan. 4 credits, 1st semester
• SAR HS 385: Medical Nutrition Therapy II
  This course is a continuation of SARHS384. This course focuses on medical nutrition therapy for various disease states, including gastrointestinal disease, kidney disease, cancer, AIDS, cystic fibrosis, and inborn errors of metabolism. This course also covers the metabolic response to trauma and critical illness and the importance of nutritional therapy in these states. The use of parenteral and enteral nutrition, intravenous catheters, and feeding tubes will be covered. Diet and drug interactions as well as alternative medicine and herbal therapy will be discussed. Students will use case studies to learn to apply their knowledge of nutrition care to the treatment of patients with various diseases. 4 credits, 2nd semester
• SAR HS 395: Food, Supplements, and Consumer Health
  Students will conduct a detailed "aisle by aisle" review of foods available in today's marketplace with special attention to functional foods, foods for special dietary use, and foods modified through technology. Students will gain an understanding of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act and become familiar with methods for evaluating dietary supplements with regard to product quality, safety, effectiveness, and doping status. The influence of nutrition marketing on consumer purchasing patterns will be explored. Students will apply the knowledge and skills gained throughout the course by comparing the nutrient content of specific foods and dietary supplements to the nutrient needs of consumers according to the Dietary Reference Intakes.
• SAR HS 396: Dietary Interventions and Public Health
  Students will gain an understanding of the social ecological model of health and how individual dietary behavior is influenced by factors in the environments in which they live, including family, social networks, organizations, communities, and societies. Students will become familiar with the use of theories in dietary interventions and the steps involved in developing theory-and-evidence-based programs that use an ecological approach to assess and intervene in diet-related health problems. Resources that use the systematic review process to establish evidence-based recommendations based on research findings will be used to examine the effectiveness of interventions to promote healthy eating at the population and policy levels.
• SAR HS 401: Senior Research Project: Clinical Exercise Physiology
  Limited to academically excellent students who have identified a research area in cardiovascular and/or pulmonary physiology approved prior to registration by a faculty member in the Department of Health Sciences or affiliated agency.
• SAR HS 405: Health Science Practicum
  Practical experience in health care setting (health policy, administrative, constituent advocacy) in hospital, clinic, public health setting, government or non-governmental health agency setting. 2 or 4 credits.
• SAR HS 410: Field Experience: Human Physiology
  Practical experience in a research lab, clinic, community, or industrial setting, as appropriate.
• SAR HS 415: Undergraduate Nutrition Practicum
  For senior nutrition majors only. Practical experience working with a Registered Dietitian or related health care professional in a community, medical or private practice setting.
• SAR HS 420: Applications of Food Service Management
  This course provides students the opportunity to observe the food service management concepts learned in HS310/510 in a variety of "real world" operational settings. Students in this course will also create their own food service operation in written project and presentation format. 4 credits, 2nd semester

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