Courses
HS 303 HEALTH PROMOTION PLANNING 3.0 Credit(s)
In this course, students will experience how health promotion activities are defined and supported by various health indicators and program planning models. They will demonstrate skills to develop a program rationale, assess behaviors and needs, and design plans to promote and evaluate interventions for those facing public health vulnerabilities and underlying medical conditions. Students will also consider multicultural approaches to health behaviors, community building opportunities, and advocacy actions to promote and sustain health programs. Attention will be given to how current health policies and guidance (such as The Affordable Care Act and Healthy People 2030) impact efforts for health promotion and disease prevention. Course Prerequisites Students must be a declared Health Science major. You must take HS 200 prior to taking this class.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HS 306 HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces the current status of information systems and technology in the healthcare industry. We will examine the clinical and administrative applications that are fundamental to the industry. Information systems topics such as process flow, systems analysis, database management, hardware, and software will also be discussed and examined in the context of the industry. Students will also explore emerging technologies and how they relate to the healthcare industry.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
HS 304 COMMUNITY & PUBLIC HEALTH 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides students with a broad and comprehensive overview of theoretical concepts, empirical research, and public health practice in community health. Course topics focus on (1) the role of the lived environment and community actions in health outcomes and (2) evidence-based interventions and methods to improve public health. The role of policy in shaping health outcomes is emphasized and students have an opportunity to consider advocacy issues. Prerequisite: Students must be a declared Health Science major. You must take HS 200 prior to taking this class. Prerequisite: Take HS-200
Offered: All Semesters All Years
HS 307 HOLISTIC MEDICINE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines holistic forms of health care that can add to the effectiveness of traditional allopathic care, including energy systems, art, imagery, meditation, and hands-on healing approaches. Integrative medicine is the term to describe the interdisciplinary approach to client care, which borrows from Eastern and Western medical traditions. Assignments will include first-hand experiences of techniques for subjective and objective assessment.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HS 309 PROF. INTERACTION IN HC SETTING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will present a model for interacting with people seeking healthcare services and healthcare personnel with consideration of roles, expectations, communication, and mutual goal setting. Commonly used assessment skills such as general interviews/talking with clients, conflict resolution, and communication skills will be included as will more advanced professional interaction skills of conflict resolution, negotiation, and mediation.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HS 352 CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an in-depth examination of leadership theories, practices, and skills required to lead healthcare organizations in a rapidly evolving landscape. It explores the impact of developing change implementation in areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and digital transformation on healthcare leadership, necessitating a collaborative, ethical, and adaptable approach. Coursework emphasizes developing an effective vision and strategy, fostering innovation, building high-performing teams, and making decisions with integrity. Students will apply leadership principles to contemporary case studies and develop insights into their own leadership style and growth. By the end of the course, students will possess advanced leadership skills to guide healthcare organizations toward a more equitable, sustainable, and technologically driven future. Prerequisites: HS 200 Intro Health & Healthcare, HS 210: Leadership in Healthcare. Students must be declared Health Science major. Prerequisite: Take HS 200 and HS-210.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
PS 410 ADVANCED SYS & THEORY OF PSYC 0.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
PS 450 FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 4.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to provide those that did not major in psychology during their undergraduate study with a scientific foundation of psychology theory. It is a required prerequisite course that may be waived by the director if sufficient past coursework has been completed. A minimum grade of B is required to continue to PS 500.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 353 SPANISH GOLDEN AGE LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers various works of literature (prose, theatre, and lyric poetry) from Golden Age Spain, which spans the 16th and 17th Centuries. This time period encompasses the artistic and literary periods known more commonly as the Renaissance and Baroque. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 350 ADVANCED COMPOSITION 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take ENG-110 or FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 354 NATURE WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take ENG-110 or FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 359 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take ENG-110 or FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 360 HIST & STRUC OF ENGLISH LANG 3.0 Credit(s)
A survey of the major changes in structure, vocabulary, and uses of the language from the earliest times to the present. Explores important aspects of modern linguistic scholarship. Required for secondary education. Usually offered as an independent study for students needing the course as a Connecticut state teaching requirement; see the English Department chair. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 361 LITERARY THEORY 3.0 Credit(s)
An overview of the history and major concepts of critical theory from Nietzsche through Marx, Freud, Lacan, Barthes, Foucault, Kristeva, Cixous, Derrida, Gates, and others. Important schools of thought include the New Criticism, semiotics, phenomenology, structuralism, neo-Marxism, deconstruction, gender studies, African-American criticism, and postcolonialism. Required for all English majors.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ENG 380 INDEPENDENT STUDY 1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Work on a special topic to be arranged with an instructor who will direct this work. Permission of the department chair is granted to qualified English majors on the basis of a written prospectus.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department