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School of Health Sciences

Paul Fitzgerald, Director

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The School of Health Sciences is designed to serve students with diverse career interests: community health services, environmental and occupational health and safety, health administration, and health education. Basic preparation for these careers is accomplished by completing the professional curricula that lead to a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health, Bachelor of Science in Health, or Bachelor of Science in Industrial Hygiene.

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The opportunities vary for professional preparation in the school. Community health study prepares students for entry-level management positions in public-health and health- promotion agencies, social task force agencies, and other noninstitutional health agencies. Students are prepared to develop programs for assessing and planning health programs according to the needs of the community being served.

Environmental and occupational health and safety students focus their studies on factors that may cause or contribute to impaired health of individuals in any environmental setting. The industrial hygiene option deals with industrial hazards and how they affect individuals in the workplace. The environmental health option prepares students for a career in one of the many fields of public health. It also qualifies students to sit for the examination to obtain professional registration as a sanitarian.

Health administration programs focus on preparing students for entry-level management positions in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other health delivery systems. Blending business techniques and tools with health care applications and principles, students are taught to deal with complex organizational structures and associated business complexities. Students electing to specialize in long-term care administration receive an undergraduate Gerontology Certificate and are eligible, upon degree completion, to sit for the Ohio and National Nursing Home Administrator's licensure examination.

Health education is focused on providing the skills necessary to teach in secondary schools or community agencies. This area includes not only health, but health promotion, disease prevention, and wellness. Students wishing to work in areas other than schools have the opportunity to prepare for such positions in business as employee wellness programs and other pro-health organizations.

Most programs provide either practica, internships, or student teaching experiences in order to provide students with practical experiences complementary to their academic coursework.

Note: Most courses offered through the School of Health Sciences can be retaken up to two times (i.e., one initial registration and two retakes). Variable-credit courses usually cannot be retaken (i.e., with the possibility of the initial grade being removed), but can be repeated for credit to count toward your degree.

Community Health Services

Major code BS8105

Health Science Core

Required Related Courses

Plus 15Ð20 hours from INCO, MGT, HLTH, PSY, SOC, or PESS at the 200 level or above.

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety

The environmental health science option prepares you for a career in one of the many fields of public health. It also fulfills the educational requirements for registration as a sanitarian and for admission to a graduate school of public health. The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health will be awarded upon completion of the prescribed course of study.

The industrial hygiene option prepares you for a career as an industrial hygienist concerned with how noise, dust, vapors, and other hazards common to the workplace affect the worker's health. After graduating, you may be employed by a private laboratory, industrial firm, insurance company, or governmental agency. You may enter a graduate program in industrial hygiene, public health, or another health-related discipline. When you have completed the prescribed course of study, you will be awarded the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Hygiene.

Environmental Health Science

Major code BS6260

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Core

Required Professional Courses

Even if your mathematics placement exam result is MATH 263 (which means that you have demonstrated quantitative skills competence sufficient to met the Tier I requirement), you must complete one of the following:

MATH 115     Precalculus 5
MATH 163A    Intro to Calculus 4
MATH 263A    Calculus 4

Industrial Hygiene

Major code BS3309

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Core

Required Professional Courses

Health Administration

The long-term health care administration option prepares you for a career in the management of nursing and other long-term care facilities. It fulfills the academic preparation necessary for you to qualify to take the licensure examination of the Ohio Department of Health Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administration, as well as the National Licensure Examination.

At the completion of either course of study, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Science in Health. Upon completion of the long-term health care administration option, you will also qualify for an Ohio University undergraduate Gerontology Certificate (see "Gerontology" at the beginning of the College of Health and Human Services section).

Health Services Administration

Major code BS8119

Health Administration Core

Required Professional Courses

Plus 20 hrs from ACCT, BUSL, EH, FIN, HRM, HLTH, IH, INCO,

MGT, MKT at the 200 level or above.

Long-Term Health Care Administration

Major code BS6836

Health Administration Core

Required Professional Courses

ACCT 201    Financial Accounting 4
ECON 103    Principles of Microeconomics 4
EDCE 410    Human Relations 3
HCCF 380    Death and Dying 4
HCFN 128    Intro to Nutrition 4
HLTH 225    Long-Term Care Admin. I 4
HLTH 325    Long-Term Care Admin. II 4
HLTH 330    Community Health Epidemiology 4
HLTH 405    Long-Term Care Admin. III 4
HLTH 413    Health Aspects of Aging 4
MGT 200     Intro to Management 4
or MGT 300   Management
PSY 101     General Psychology 5
PSY 374     Psychology of Adulthood and Aging 4
SW 101      Intro to Social Welfare and Social Work 3

Select one of the following four:

INCO 301  Empirical Research Applications 5
PSY 120   Elem. Statistical Reasoning 4
PSY 221   Statistics for Beh. Sciences 5
SOC 351   Elementary Research Techniques 4

Select one of the following four:

SW 381     Counseling Older Adults 4
SW 395     Aging in the Welfare State 4
HSS 300    Communication Disorders in the Elderly 4
PESS 421   Principles of Aging & Physical Activity 3

Plus 9 hours from HCCF, PSY, SOC, or SW at the 300 level or above

Health Education

A major in health education prepares you for a career as a health educator in school and community settings. You may be employed as a community health educator with public, private, and voluntary health agencies, including hospitals, family planning associations, state, county, and city health departments, and agencies such as the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association. Opportunities also exist to work as a health education specialist or consultant with corporate wellness programs, fitness centers, and YMCAs. A Bachelor of Science in Health will be awarded when you have completed the prescribed course of study.

You must meet the criteria for selective admission to and retention in teacher education as established by the College of Education (see "Admission to Professional Education" in the College of Education section). To graduate in this major, you must complete all College of Education requirements. Upon completing the program and passing the NTE core battery tests and health specialty test, you are eligible for a four-year provisional teaching certificate in health education.

Required General Education Courses

Ohio requirements for teacher certification state that to apply for a teaching certificate you must complete 45 quarter hours of general education courses well distributed in the areas of science and mathematics, social sciences, English and/or foreign language, and comparative arts and/or philosophy.

You also must complete Ohio University's General Education Requirements (see General Education Requirements in the Graduation Requirements section of this catalog). Work closely with your faculty advisor to make certain that both sets of requirements are met.

The breakdown of these certification general education course requirements is:

Science and Mathematics

BIOL 101     Principles of Biology 5
or BIOS 170   Intro to Zoology
CHEM 121    Principles of Chemistry 4
GEOG 201    Environ. Geography 4
or GEOL 215  Environ. Geology
             Tier I quantitative or other mathematics course (except 101 or 102) 3-5

Comparative Arts and/or Philosophy

You are required to complete at least two courses in this area. The two courses need not be in the same field. Possibilities include any course in the Department of Philosophy or School of Comparative Arts; HUM 107, 108, 109, 307, 308, or 309; theater history courses; any course in the School of Art (except for ART 360, 461, 462); or any School of Music course except for music education courses, music therapy courses, and the one- and two-hour participation courses.

Social Sciences

PSY 101   General Psychology 5
SOC 101   Intro to Sociology 5

English and/or Foreign Language

You are required to complete at least two courses in English and/or foreign language. The two courses need not be in the same field. Freshman and junior English composition courses taken to satisfy the university English composition requirement (see General Education Requirements in the Graduation Requirements section of this catalog) may be used toward completion of these hours. INCO 103 is a specific requirement in this area and is counted as one of the two courses needed. Possibilities in this area include all English courses except ENG 451 and 452; any linguistics course; any foreign language course except ML 410 and 445; HUM 107, 108, 109, 307, 308, and 309. (These humanities courses may NOT count toward the General Education Requirements in both the English and/or foreign language field and the comparative arts and/or philosophy field.)

If two courses in each of the above fields do not add up to a total of 45 hours, you must elect sufficient hours in one or a combination of the above areas to bring the total hours in general education courses to 45 hours.

Foundations of Health Courses

BIOS 103        Human Biology 5
or HCCF 360     Human Sexuality or 4
BIOS 302        Human Anatomy 6
BIOS 345        Human Physiology 4
EH 260          Intro to Environmental Health & Safety 4
HCFN 128       Intro to Nutrition 4
HLTH 101       Intro to Health and Human Services Prof. 2
HLTH 202       Health Sciences and Lifestyle Choices 4
HLTH 204       Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco 4
HLTH 227       First Aid 3
HLTH 228       CPR 1
HLTH 379       Teaching of Health 5
HLTH 390       Community Health 4
HLTH 495       School Health Problems 5
PESS 390       Safety Education 4
MICR 211, 212   Environ. Microbiology 6
PSY 120        Elem. Statistical Reasoning 4
or PSY 221      Statistics for Beh. Sciences or 5

Required Professional Education Courses

The following three courses are to be taken together as a block:

EDCI 200        Learning, Human Growth, and Development 6
EDCI 201        Characteristics of Learners with Exceptionalities 3
EDCI 202        Field Exp. in Typical and Exceptional Student Development 2
EDCI 203        Technological Applications in Education 4
EDCI 301        Educ. and Cultural Diversity 3
EDCI 371B       Instr. Adapt. for Learners with Exceptionalities and Diverse Needs 4
EDCI 400        School, Society, and the Professional Educator 4
EDPL 463, 464    Student Teaching 13
EDPL 465        Stu. Teaching Seminar 3
EDSE 351        Instructional Process and Curriculum 5
EDSE 420, 420L  Teaching of Reading and Lab 5

Note: Because of changing state standards, additional or replacement courses are under development. Check with your advisor for current information.

    

University Publications and Computer Services revised this file (https://www.ohio.edu/~ucat/97-98/colleges/hlth.htm) August 24, 1998.

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