It’s Cooler in the Summer - Enroll in CPH Courses this Summer
Flexible options to keep you on track – Financial aid is available
Choose from a variety of online and in-person classes to meet Mason core requirements or explore special topics. Sessions are 12, 8, or 5 weeks and financial aid is available (Apply here)!
Classes Start: May 13 Summer A, D, E | May 28 Summer B | June 24 Summer C | July 8 Summer F (Online)
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- GCH 205 Global Health: Examines the biological and social aspects of major international health issues, especially in the areas of infectious disease, nutrition, and environmental health. Other topics include population groups with special risks, policies and programs designed to reduce health inequalities, and basic methods used to study global health.
- GCH 271 Appl Human Anat & Phys II: Continued development of a comprehensive understanding of the interrelationships of anatomy and physiology as observed in the human organism, and introduces application of knowledge to health, disease and dysfunction. Emphasis on musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory and integumentary systems
- GCH 300 Introduction to Public Health: Explores the principles and foundations of public health and its practice in the United States. Emphasizes the public health system's contributions to improving individual, community, and population health.
- GCH 325 Stress and Well-Being: Explores the influences of stress on population-based health issues. The causes and pathways of the stress experience are explored from an ecological public health perspective. Theoretical aspects of stress and coping are considered, along with methods for relieving and preventing the stress response in both individuals and communities.
- GCH 360 Health and Environment: Examines principles and methods, risk factors, prevention and control, and policies related to the aspects of human health determined by biological, physical, and chemical factors in the environment at the local, regional, and global levels.
- GCH 500 Foundations of Public Health: Focuses on foundational principles and practices of public health, including historical origins, professional competencies, ethics, core functions and essential services, determinants of health, cultural competence, and communication strategies for diverse populations.
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- HAP 301 Health Care Delivery in the U.S.: Introduces students to the history of health care delivery in the United States from pre-colonial times to the present. Exposes students to how healthcare services are organized, accessed, and delivered. Explores influences that impact access and healthcare public policy decisions; factors that determine the allocations of healthcare resources; the establishment of priorities within the healthcare system; and the relationship of healthcare costs to measurable benefits. Comparisons are made with healthcare delivery systems in other countries.
- HAP 360 Intro to Health Information Systems: An introduction to basic information management in health care service organizations. Provides an overview of health information systems for selected administrative functions and clinical care services, including electronic data interchange for billing and claims management, institutional approaches to ensuring data security and privacy, and information management and decision support for managers and clinicians.
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- NUTR 295 Introduction to Nutrition: Introduces nutrition as a scientific discipline, providing a basic knowledge including the sources and functions of the nutrients, the components of a healthy diet, and the relationship between diet and overall health. Discusses the processes of digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients, and several "hot topics." (Required for Nursing students, Meets Non-Lab Mason Core Science Requirement)
- NUTR 318 Global Nutrition/Food Security: An overview of the major concepts and perspectives of food security at the local, regional, and global levels. Explore and apply the definitions, means of measurement, and policy implications of food security from a multidisciplinary approach
- NUTR 442 (C) Advanced Nutrition I: Explores the biological roles of the macronutrients through application of advanced nutritional concepts relating to digestion, absorption and metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
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- SOCW 200 Introduction to Social Work: Introduces historical roots of social work profession and social welfare. Person-in-environment perspective discussed as framework for social work knowledge, values, and skills. Initial course in social work curriculum introduces professional values, ethics, fields of practice, and employment settings. Highlights profession's commitment to diverse and at-risk populations and social and economic justice. Presentations by social work professionals in different fields of practice supplement classroom lecture, discussion, and small-group exercises. (Meets Major Requirement, Social and Behavioral Science Option)
- SOCW 410 Substance Use Disorder: Examines issues related to substance use, misuse, and disorder including key concepts, theories, programs, services, interventions, policies, and research regarding the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders (SUD's). Emphasizes promotion of well-being and recovery for those diagnosed with SUD's, with a special attention being placed on vulnerable populations.
- SOCW 678 Trauma and Recovery: Explores complex traumatic stress disorders, the process of recovery, and the etiology of healing in contemporary North American culture. Diagnostic criteria, assessment strategies and evidence-based treatment options for complex traumatic stress disorders across diverse populations including sexual trauma, war, early childhood trauma, and natural disasters will be addressed.