Social Work 644

Submitted by gsweet on Fri, 2016-03-11 22:52

This course will examine social policies, problems, and trends in social programs and services for older people. It will focus major attention on the strengths and limitations of existing policies and programs related to health, mental health, income maintenance, income deficiency, dependent care, housing, employment and unemployment, and institutional and residential care. This course will provide a framework for an analysis of the services provided to older people.

Health Behavior Health Education 679

Submitted by gsweet on Mon, 2020-08-31 14:46

This course offers an examination of U.S. health inequities from a historical lens and discussion of present-day issues. Through the readings, discussions, and assignments in this class, students will better understand historical policies, events, and movements that have led to health inequities and connect those to contemporary issues in the United States and within the field of public health. The course takes an intersectional perspective to examine health inequities, with a focus on inequities related to race, ethnicity, gender, and class.

School of Information 654

Submitted by gsweet on Fri, 2016-03-11 22:59

This course will introduce the critical policy issues related to the use of Health Information Technologies (HIT) with a primary focus on the U.S. The course will explore issues from both a national perspective as well as the perspective of organizations that use these system.

Health Behavior Health Education 677

Submitted by gsweet on Mon, 2020-08-31 14:51

This course draws on the social-ecological model to consider the multi-level health impacts of immigration law enforcement on individuals, families and communities; the similarities between immigration enforcement conducted by ICE and law enforcement conducted by police; and how state violence is shaped by anti-Black, -Latino, and -Arab racism. Empirical data, articles, books, and media will be used to catalyze discussion and analysis of how immigration law enforcement impacts mixed-status communities throughout the U.S.

Entrepreneurship 599

Submitted by gsweet on Fri, 2016-11-18 15:22

***Note: ENTR 599 is a special topics course and the topics may change across terms. The special topic of "DEI in entrepreneurship" has been approved by the Curriculum and Assessment Committee for professional elective credit. Students wishing to take this course where the topic is different must submit a request to the Curriculum and Assessment Committee for review and approval. 

Course overview for DEI in Entrepreneurship:

Health Management and Policy 626

Submitted by gsweet on Mon, 2020-08-31 14:55

This course is writing intensive and will critically examine aspects of health and policy reform from state and federal perspective. Taught primarily from a US perspective, topics with an international lens will be covered to explore domestic policy and international implications of policies and structures.

Social Work 617

Submitted by gsweet on Mon, 2017-03-06 14:02

This course will address the theoretical framework of human loss and grief from a culturally and philosophically diverse perspective. Students will be provided with information about why and how humans grieve and how grieving is affected by type of loss, socioeconomic and cultural factors, individual personality and family functioning. Attention will be focused on life span development and the meaning of death and loss at different ages. Various types of loss will be discussed from an individual, family, and socio/cultural perspective.

Sociology 475

Submitted by gsweet on Mon, 2020-08-31 14:59

This course examines the influence of social and cultural factors on health, illness, and medical care.

Nutritional Sciences 638

Submitted by gsweet on Sun, 2018-06-03 10:23

This course aims to understand, in depth, the influence of genetics on micronutrient metabolism, and implications for human diseases including inherited inborn disease, metabolic disease, cancer neurodevelopment, and neurodegenerative diseases, etc.

Pharmacy 617

Submitted by gsweet on Sun, 2021-10-10 23:25

This half- term course will provide students with the opportunity to further develop their leadership skills and learn how to lead change within the pharmacy profession post-graduation. 

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