Academic Catalog 2024-2025

Health Science - Core (HSCR)

HSCR 150  Concepts Of Health  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

Concepts of Health (3) Overview of the health care industry and its transition from the past to the present via the scientific process and analysis of relationships among selected health problems. Three hours of lecture per week.

College/School: College Of Pharmacy/Hlth Sci.

Department: Phar Pratice/Clinical Hlth Sci

HSCR 260  Biomedical Ethics  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

Biomedical Ethics (3) Comprehensive study of ethical rules, principles, and theories; their application to contemporary moral issues/dilemmas; and their impact on the legal, social, and medical communities. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: HSCR 150 or concurrent enrollment.

Prerequisite(s): HSCR 150 (may be taken concurrently)

College/School: College Of Pharmacy/Hlth Sci.

Department: Phar Pratice/Clinical Hlth Sci

HSCR 300  Hlth Sciences Sem  (1 Credits)  
Lecture: 1, Lab: 0  

Health Sciences Seminar (1) Exposure to current social, political, and economics issues; their impact on specific health disciplines via discussions, simulations, and presentations. One hour of lecture per week. Prerequisite: HSCR 150 or concurrent enrollment.

Prerequisite(s): HSCR 150 (may be taken concurrently)

College/School: College Of Pharmacy/Hlth Sci.

Department: Phar Pratice/Clinical Hlth Sci

HSCR 360  Princ Of Disease  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

Principles of Disease (3) Comprehensive study of principles and concepts in human disease focusing on the cellular and mechanistic processes involved in disease and the clinical and physiological manifestations that result. Etiology, pathogenesis, treatment, prognosis and research relative to human disease and health are stressed. Three hours of lecture per week.

College/School: College Of Pharmacy/Hlth Sci.

Department: Phar Pratice/Clinical Hlth Sci

HSCR 361  Research For Hlth Prof  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

Research for Health Professionals (3) Review of the basic techniques and the principles of the research process in health facilities. Enrollees must perform quantitative health research using computer applications. Three hours of lecture per week.

College/School: College Of Pharmacy/Hlth Sci.

Department: (R)Dept of Health Sciences

HSCR 1346  Substance Use & Abuse  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

This course provides instruction in the current use and abuse of drugs in today's society. Emphasis is placed on physiological, sociological and psychological factors involved in the use and abuse of drugs. This course also will include instruction in the personal, legal and societal consequences of substance abuse. This course is equivalent to TCCNS course PHED 1346.

College/School: College Of Pharmacy/Hlth Sci.

Department: Phar Pratice/Clinical Hlth Sci