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Department of Kinesiology Academic Programs & Courses
- Health Sciences -
Faculty Advisors:
Nicholas K. Iammarino, PhD, CHES nki@rice.edu 713.348.5768
Heidi Y. Perkins, Ph.D. hperkins@rice.edu 713.348.5771
Health Science Program Requirements [45 Credit Hours]
Required Core Courses:
HEAL 119 (3) Introduction to Health and Wellness
HEAL 222 (3) Principles of Public and Community Health
STAT 280 (3) Elementary Applied Statistics (OR similar course)
HEAL 313 (3) Foundations of Health Promotion/Health Education
HEAL 407 (3) Epidemiology
HEAL 422 (3) Theories and Models of Health Behavior
HEAL 460 (3) Planning and Evaluation of Health Promotion/Education
Total Core Lecture Hours: [21]
Electives - HEAL Courses:
HEAL 103 (3) Nutrition
HEAL 132 (1) Medical Terminology for the Humanities & Health Professions
HEAL 201 (4) Urban and Environmental Systems (CEVE 201)
HEAL 208 (3) Chemical Alterations of Behavior
HEAL 212 (3) Consumer Health and the Media
HEAL 306 (3) Human Sexuality
HEAL 379 (1-3) Internship in Health Science
HEAL 410 (3) Program Development in Health Education (Not currently offered)
HEAL 485 (3) Seminar on International Health Problems
HEAL 495/6 (1-3) Independent Study in Health Sciences
HEAL 498 (1-3) Special Topics in Health Sciences
HEAL 499 (1-3) Teaching Practicum
Electives - Non-HEAL Courses:
ANTH 298 (3) Biotechnology, 1900 to Now
ANTH 328 (3) Violence, Terror, and Social Trauma
ANTH 381 (3) Medical Anthropology
ANTH 386 (3) Medicine, Food, and Health
ANTH 388 (3) The Life Cycle: A Biocultural View
ANTH 446 (3) Advanced Topics in Biomedical Anthropology
BIOE 301 (3) Bioengineering and World Health
BIOS 122* (3) Fundamental Concepts in Biology
ENGL 272 (3) Literature and Medicine
ENGL 273 (3) Medicine and Media
ENST 101 (3) The Sustainable Environment
ENST 301 (3) Intro to the Environment: Environmental History and Literature
ENST 314 (3) Environmental Health
HIST 233 (3) Science in the Modern World
KINE 300 (3) Human Anatomy
KINE 301 (3) Human Physiology
PHIL 206 (3) Ethical Nature and Limits of Professionalism in Medicine
PHIL 314 (3) Philosophy of Medicine
PHIL 315 (3) Ethics, Medicine and Public Policy
PHIL 336 (3) Medical Ethics
POLI 329 (3) Health Policy
PSYC 445 (3) Health Psychology
RELI 370 (3) Medicine, Meaning, and Morality
RELI 462 (3) Medical Ethics and American Values
SOCI 313 (3) Demography
SOCI 345 (3) Introduction to Medical Sociology
SOCI 355 (3) Sociology of Drugs and Alcohol
SOCI 399 (3) Immigration and Public Health
SOCI 433 (3) Death and Dying
SOCI 465 (3) Gender and Health
SOSC 330 (3) Health Care Reform in the 50 States
SOSC 398 (3) Pharmaceutical Politics and Policy
SOSC 420 (3) Health Care: Competition and Managed Care
SOSC 430 (3) The Shaping of Health Policy
Total Elective Hours: [24]
Total Hours: [45]
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* BIOS 201 may be substituted for BIOS 122
