Health & Human Services

HHS 450 - Making Babies: Technology, Nature, and Social Context
Credits: 4.00
Examines the process of human birth focusing on the emergent technologies of human genetics, assisted fertility technologies, prenatal diagnosis and treatment, as well as the appropriate and inappropriate use of technology through the labor, delivery, and post-partum experience. The social, cultural, political and historical context for the development and application of these technologies will be explored.

HHS 510 - AIDS: Health, Ethics, and Social Agenda
Credits: 4.00
AIDS has become one of the most important health issues of our time. This course explores the medical, policy, financial, and ethical issues raised by society's efforts to respond to this "crisis". (Also offered as INCO 404S.) Writing intensive.

HHS 540 - Statistics for Health and Human Service Professionals
Credits: 4.00
A conceptual and analytical approach to the use of statistics in the health and human service professions. Emphasis on the logic and purpose of statistics. Attention to special problems of statistical design such as random assignment, single subject trials, and the ethics of control groups. Basic computer skills for manipulating data. No credit for students who have completed ADM 430; BIOL 528; ADMN 420; EREC 525; MATH 639, 644; PSYC 402; SOC 502. Special fee.

HHS 698 - Special Topics
Credits: 1.00 to 4.00
Explores areas related to specific professional health interests. May repeat but not duplicate subject areas. A) Communication Disorders; B) Health Management and Policy; C) Medical Laboratory Science; D) Nursing; E) Occupational Therapy; F) Kinesiology; G) Recreation Management and Policy; J) Family Studies; K) Social Work; L) Health Promotion; I, M-Z) Interdisciplinary. Prereq: permission. Cr/F.

HHS 740 - Collaborative Services for Children with Special Needs
Credits: 4.00
Teachers and therapists need to collaborate to provide quality services for children and youth when working in a school setting. Designed for students in any professional area who plan to work with children, this course focuses on team development to plan integrated education and related services for children with a variety of special needs including autism/PDD, ADHD, learning disability, cerebral palsy, speech and language disorders, and multiple disabilities. Students will learn team development skills, how to collaborate with other professionals to write an IEP and provide services, and how to address needs frequently seen in common pediatric conditions. Prereq: junior level or above.

HHS 798 - Special Topics
Credits: 1.00 to 4.00
Explores areas related to specific professional health interests. May repeat but not duplicate subject areas. A) Communication Disorders; B) Health Management and Policy; C) Medical Laboratory Science; D) Nursing; E) Occupational Therapy; F) Kinesiology; G) Recreation Management and Policy; J) Family Studies; K) Social Work; L) Health Promotion; I, M-Z) Interdisciplinary. Prereq: permission.