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Doctor of Philosophy in
Nursing Science Handbook

Appendix C: Cognate Course Title and Description

ANATOMY

ANAT 403 Human Neuroanatomy – 3 sh
Morphological organization of the nervous system. Functional correlations of neural structures.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the instructor. Must be in a degree program.

ANAT 554 Neuroendocrinology - 2 sh
Survey of neuroendocrine integration including neuroendocrine regulation of development, homeostasis, reproduction, and behavior. The hypothalamohypophyseal axis receives special attention from both morphologic and functional viewpoints.
Prerequisite: ANAT 403 Human Neuroanatomy or equivalent.

ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 415 Medical Anthropology – 4 sh
Survey of the history of non-Western medicine; analysis of ecological relationships behind folk medicine; principles and methods of studying ethnomedicine.
Prerequisite: ANTH 200 Anthropological Theory or consent of the instructor.

ANTH 418 Fieldwork: Ethnographic and Qualitative Fieldwork Techniques – 4 sh
Practical introduction to the techniques of social scientists for research in natural social settings: participant observation/non-participant observation, interviewing, use of documentary sources, etc.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.

ANTH 500 Social and Cultural Theory I – 4 sh
Historical survey of approaches to field and library research in anthropology.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

ANTH 501 Social and Cultural Theory II – 4 sh
Continuation of Anthropology 500.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and ANTH 500.

BIOCHEMISTRY

BCMG 411 Biochemistry – 4 sh
Lecture course designed primarily for students in the College of Dentistry . Includes chemistry of cellular constituents; enzymology; metabolism of sugars, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids; and regulation of metabolism.
Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry.

BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

BHIS 510 Health Care Information Systems - 4 sh
Examination, through case studies, discussion, and problem-based learning of current information technologies and systems currently in place and on the horizon, in health care organizations and in health science libraries.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and consent of the instructor.

BHIS 511 Application of Health Care Information Systems – 3 sh
Experience with a variety of healthcare applications utilizing current information technology and systems implemented in healthcare provider organizations.
Prerequisite: BHIS 510 or consent of the instructor. Certification of completion of net learning HIPAA training module.

BHIS 520 Health Information Systems Analysis and Design – 4 sh
A project course applying systems analysis and design theory to health care systems evaluation, modeling, and implementation.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and BHIS 510 (Health Care Information Systems I) or consent of the instructor .

BIOSTATISTICS

BSTT 430 Design of Clinical Trials – 3 sh
Rationale for clinical trials, blinding, ethical issues, methods of randomization, crossover trials, power and sample size calculations, data management, protocol deviation, data analysis, interim analysis.
Prerequisite: BSTT 401: Biostatistics II or the equivalent and EPID 401 Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology I and consent of the instructor.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES

CHSC 434 Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Public Health – 3 sh
Introduction to the major techniques used in qualitative research (observation, participant observation, in-depth interviews). Includes field and in-class exercises, and introduces computer-assisted qualitative data analysis.
Prerequisite: None

CHSC 441 Introduction to Maternal and Child Health – 3 sh
Title V maternal and child health programs; concepts of delivery risks by age; effective interventions and public sector organization for delivery of MCH services.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Some knowledge of maternal and child health issues.

CHSC 446 Research Methods in Community Health – 3 sh
Introduction to principles and techniques for scientific investigation of problems in public health research and practice; planning and proposal development; ethics; research design; subject selection; measurement; data collection; program.
Prerequisite: BSTT 400 Biostatistics I or the equivalent.

CHSC 447 Survey Planning and Design – 2 sh
Theory and applications of sample survey planning and design for conducting research in health sciences and related fields. Addresses three major topics: survey design and planning, sampling, and data collection procedures.
Prerequisite: Graduate or professional standing, BSTT 400 or the equivalent. Credit in CHSC 446 or the equivalent.

CHSC 480 Health Education and Health Promotion – 3 sh
Theories of health education and health promotion for public health professionals; approaches for individual, group, and community-level behavior change.
Prerequisite: Graduate or professional standing. Priority enrollment is for students of the division of Community Health Sciences within the School of Public Health or Consent of Instructor.

CHSC 494 Special Topics in Community Health Sciences – 1-4 sh
Special topics in community health sciences are presented.
Prerequisite: Enrollment restricted to public health students; other graduate, professional, and advanced undergraduate students admitted by consent as space permits. Consent of the instructor .

CHSC 529 Gerontological Health/Illness Behavior – 2 sh
Perceptions and behaviors of older adults are examined in reference to illness prevention, health promotion, and reactions to acute and chronic illness.
Prerequisite: None. Restricted to students in the following colleges/schools: Graduate College or Public Health. Priority enrollment is for students in the Gerontology track of the Division of Community Health Sciences within the School of Public Health or Consent of Instructor.

CHSC 545 Reproductive and Perinatal Health – 3 sh
This course focuses on the epidemiology of key reproductive and perinatal health outcomes and relevant health services and health policies.
Prerequisite: BSTT 400 Biostatistics I and CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practice and EPID 400 Principles of Epidemiology and consent of the instructor.

CHSC 577 Survey Questionnaire Design – 3 sh
Concepts and strategies for developing survey questionnaires for various modes of survey data collection. Students develop and present questionnaires related to their individual interests.
Prerequisite: CHSC 446 or CHSC 447 and graduate or professional standing or consent of the instructor.

CHSC 594 Advanced Special Topics in Community Health Sciences – 1-4 sh
Advanced study of topics in maternal and child health, gerontology, psychosocial problems in health and illness, health care delivery, international health, aspects of community health.
Prerequisite: BSTT 400 Biostatistics I and EPID 400 Principles of Epidemiology or equivalent and CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practice and consent of the instructor.

CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND EVALUATION

CIE 578 Advanced Studies in Qualitative Research Methods – 3 sh
The dynamics of data collection and analysis, the use of theory and interdisciplinary frameworks, and writing up and presenting original research.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and Ed 502 Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry in Education.

DISABILITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

DHD 401 Foundations of Disability and Human Development – 3 sh
A critical review of key concepts and issues in disability. Students will develop a framework for understanding disability as a multilevel entity, including the impact of disability at personal, social, and societal levels.
Prerequisite: Enrollment in the MS in disability and human development program or the consent of the instructor.

DHD 420 Family Perspectives on Disability – 3 sh
Societal trends/family caregiving theories/research methodology, support policies/ interventions/family-centered approaches pertaining to families of persons w/ disabilities.
Prerequisite: None.

DHD 537 Disability and Health Promotion – 3 sh
Examines health issues in disability with emphasis on health promotion and preventing secondary disease. Relationships of emerging theories of health promotion to disability are discussed.
Prerequisite: None.

DHD 594 Special Topics in Disability and Human Development – 1-4 sh
Systematic study of advanced selected topics in disability and human development.
Prerequisite: None.

ECONOMICS

ECON 520 Microeconomics for Business Decisions – 4 sh
Efficient allocation of resources by consumers, profit and nonprofit firms and government, regulation of industry, monopoly and imperfect competition, business ethics and the market place, efficiency versus equity, social welfare.
Prerequisite: MATH 165 or 181 or the equivalent.

EDUCATION

ED 501 Data and Interpretation in Educational Inquiry – 4 sh
Data, interpretation, reliability, validity, accuracy, stability, and generalizability from different methodological perspectives; how research design, data collection, and interpretation vary with different philosophical approaches.
Prerequisite: Admission to the PhD in Education program or the PhD in Psychology program, or consent of instructor.

ED 503 Essentials of Quantitative Inquiry in Education – 4 sh
Introduces theory and assumptions behind parametric statistics. Also provides hands-on experience in conducting basic quantitative research (t-test, correlation, regression, analysis of variance).
Prerequisite: Admission to the PhD in Education program or consent of instructor.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES

EOHS 400 Principles in Environmental Health Sciences – 3 sh
Environmental influences on health: population, food, energy; community hygiene and injury control; solid/hazardous wastes, air and water pollution, radiation; industrial hygiene and occupational health.
Prerequisite: Enrollment restricted to public health students; other graduate and professional students admitted by consent as space permits.

EOHS 421 Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene – 2 sh
Recognition, evaluation, control of chemical, biological, and physical agents in the workplace. Application to preliminary surveys, measurement of exposure, and evaluation of control measures.
Prerequisite: EOHS 400 or consent of the instructor.

EOHS 551 Occupational Diseases – 4 sh
Diseases caused by physical, chemical, and biological agents in the workplace: toxicology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, high-risk populations, and early detection.
Prerequisite: None.

EOHS 554 Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology – 2 sh
Methods and issues of environmental epidemiology: outbreak, cluster analysis, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort, ecological, and time series designs; contemporary issues: cancer and reproductive hazards.
Prerequisite: EPID 400, BSTT 401, and EOHS 400 or consent of the instructor.

EPIDEMIOLOGY

EPID 400 Principles of Epidemiology – 3 sh
Introduction to descriptive and analytic epidemiology, determinants of health and disease in populations, and application of epidemiological methods to disease control; includes use of basic epidemiological software.
Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in BSTT 400 or consent of the instructor. Enrollment restricted to public health students; other graduate and professional students admitted by consent as space permits.

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

EPSY 446 Characteristics of Early Adolescence – 3 sh
Physiological, social, emotional, and cognitive development of early adolescence. The relationship between these developmental characteristics and success in the middle grades.
Prerequisite: Admission to the PhD in Psychology program or approval of the College of Education or consent of the instructor, and ED 210 or 421 or 422.

GRADUATE COLLEGE

GC 470 Essentials for Animal Research – 1 sh
This course will acquaint the students with the regulations, sources of information, humane principles, and ethical considerations involving the appropriate use of animals for research and teaching purposes.
Prerequisite: None.

GC 471 Experiments in Animal Techniques – 2 sh
Noninvasive and invasive techniques commonly used in laboratory animals are performed with emphasis placed upon the proper use of anesthetic, analgesics, and aseptic techniques.
Prerequisite: GC 470.

GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES

GWS 403 Culture and Sexuality – 4 sh
Lesbian/gay studies; issues in the history of (homo)sexuality; cultural and historical analysis of same-sexuality in several periods, including our own.
Prerequisite: None.

GWS 501 Feminist Theories – 4 sh
An analysis of important trends in historical and contemporary feminist theories.
Prerequisite: None .

GWS 502 Feminist Methodologies – 4 sh
An exploration of feminist methodologies and pedagogy from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Prerequisite: None.

GWS 514 Gender Issue and Cultural Perspective – 3 sh
Selected substantive and theoretical issues in the cross-cultural study of gender roles, conceptions, and relations.
Prerequisite: ANTH 500 or the consent of instructor.

HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

HPA 511 Organization Theory Applied to Health Programs – 3 sh
Classical and modern organization theories applied to health programs. Includes organization structure and goals, management functions and processes, and managerial controls and evaluation.
Prerequisite: HPA 400 or consent of the instructor.

HPA 522 Health Evaluation Methods – 3 sh
Applies social science research methods and theory to the evaluation of health interventions. Uses quasi-experimental designs to evaluate program effectiveness. Students design their own studies.
Prerequisite: BSTT 401 and HPA 400 or consent of the instructor.

MANAGEMENT

MGMT 540 Organizational Analysis and Practice – 4 sh
Organizational analysis and applications based on key organization theories; structure, technology, environmental adaptation, management functions and controls, formal and informal organization.
Prerequisite: Admission to MBA or MS in Accounting program.

MGMT 541 Organizational Behavior – 4 sh
Organizational analysis and applications based on key organization theories; structure, technology, environmental adaptation, management functions and controls, formal and informal organization.
Prerequisite: Admission to MBA or MS in Accounting program.

MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING

NUMC 515 Advanced Parent and Infant Nursing – 3 sh
Examines the process of parenting in low-risk and at-risk populations, and health status and behavior of the neonate.
Prerequisite: NUMC 508 or consent of instructor.

MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING

NUMS 549 Laboratory Techniques in Nursing Research – 3 sh
Techniques in laboratory research for nursing science. Basic physiological and biochemical methods and equipment, animal models, human subjects, safe laboratory practice, development from conceptualization through execution.
Prerequisite: NUSC 530.

NUMS 562 Quality of Life Research and Clinical Practice – 3 sh
Quality of life: construct definition, ethical issues in clinical practice of nurses and other health professionals, measurement and research regarding various illness and age groups.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NURSING SCIENCE

NUSC 540 Instructional Strategies for the Nurse Educator – 3 sh
Introduces the basic elements of educational theories, methods, and strategies for the nurse educator. Serves as a foundation for students who plan to pursue a teaching career. Open to any graduate student.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NUSC 541 Teaching Practicum for the Nurse Educator – 3 sh
Application of educational theory, methods, and strategies for nursing education, curriculum development, program evaluation or education administration in classroom, school, clinical or other selected settings.
Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in NUSC 540 or credit or concurrent registration in NUSC 542 and consent of the instructor.

NUSC 542 Curriculum Processes in Nursing Education – 3 sh
Builds on basic instructional strategies to prepare the nurse educator for faculty role in various levels of programs, including curriculum design and evaluation.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NUSC 543 Issues for Nurse Educators and Administrators – 3 sh
Focuses on issues in nursing education administration in the context of society, health care, and nursing, especially strategic planning, resources, political influences, conflict, change, and leadership.
Prerequisite: NUSC 541 and NUSC 542 and consent of the instructor.

NUSC 544 Qualitative Research in Nursing – 4 sh
Major approaches to qualitative research including design, conduct, reporting, and firsthand experience in data collection and analysis.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NUSC 548 Methodological Issues for Cross-Cultural Research – 2 sh
Conceptual, methodological, and ethical issues for research with varied racial/ethnic backgrounds. Applies acculturation, translation, immigration, and health behavior issues to clinical, community, and international settings.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NUSC 560 Theoretical Basis for Primary Health Care – 3 sh
Students analyze the conceptual basis of primary health care applicable to diverse communities and develop a primary health care model specific to a community of interest.
Prerequisite: None.

NUSC 561 Ethical Issues in Primary Health Care - 3 sh
Examination of the ethical components of primary health care as a philosophy, strategy, and level of care; and explication of personal framework for analysis of a specific health issue.
Prerequisite: NUSC 560 or consent of the instructor.

NUSC 562 Primary Health Care Research Methods – 3 sh
Conceptual issues, advanced methodologies, and dissemination strategies for scientifically sound and policy relevant global primary health care research. Building community relationships for primary health care research.
Prerequisite: NUSC 560 and NUSC 511 or the equivalent or consent of the instructor.

NUSC 580 Health Services and Health Behavior Research: Models and Frameworks – 3 sh
Examines and critiques individual-, systems-, and community-level models and frameworks that guide health services delivery and health promotion behavior research
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NUSC 581 Health Services/Health Behavior Research: Methods and Measurement – 3 sh
Critically analyzes methodological and measurement issues that are important to advanced research in health services delivery and health promotion behavior
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NUSC 584: Conducting Human Subjects Research

PHYSIOLOGY

PHYB 401 Human Physiology I – 5 sh
Lectures and conferences in human physiology. Emphasis is on cellular, nerve-muscle, cardiovascular, respiratory and renal physiology.
Prerequisite: Mathematics, undergraduate Physics, and Organic Chemistry and concurrent registration in graduate Biochemistry, or consent of the instructor.

PHYB 402 Human Physiology II – 5 sh
Continuation of Physiology and Biophysics 401. Emphasizes gastrointestinal and physiology of the CORE nervous system, endocrine and reproductive systems.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in PHYB 401 or consent of the instructor.

PHYB 518 Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology – 3 sh
Advanced study of the cardiovascular system from molecule to organism. Emphasis on recent developments at the molecular/cellular level and their relationship to overall function.
Prerequisite: PHYB 401 or consent of the instructor.

PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION

PMAD 525 Medication, Identity and Illness – 3 sh
Concepts and principles of human behavior related to pharmacy practice including understanding of patient behavior and methods to facilitate patient and inter-professional communication.
Prerequisite: PMAD 321 or consent of the instructor.

PHARMACOGNOSY

PMPG 480 Biological Evaluation of Natural Products - 3 sh
Short-term procedures useful for the discovery and characterization of natural product drugs, with related laboratory experiments, and principles of more advanced drug development.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

NUPS 518 Family Behavioral Health – 2 sh
Field study emphasizing leadership within population-focused nursing management practice, including organization and management concepts from public and private perspective.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

NUPH 400 Occupational Health Nursing – 2 sh
Theoretical bases for application of public health nursing practice to working population in occupational settings.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS

PPA 500 Introduction to Policy and Governance – 4 sh
Introduces the intellectual traditions and debates that have characterized the study of public policy and the social order. Society-centered and state-centered explanations for policy will be explored.
Prerequisite: None.

SOCIOLOGY

SOC 509 Seminar: Research Methods – 4 sh
Students may register for more than on section per term. Intensive analysis of specialized topics.
Prerequisite: None.

SOC 528 Societal Analysis of Aging, Health, and Health Care – 3 sh
Analysis of aging, health, and health care issues mainly from sociological and public health perspectives. Review and application of appropriate concepts, theories, and methods.
Prerequisite: CHSC 425 or consent of the instructor.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

SPED 410 Survey of Characteristics of Learners and Disabilities – 3 sh
Fulfills requirements for Illinois House Bill 150. Field experience required. Learning and personality characteristics of exceptional learners. Diagnostic processes and educational approaches are examined.
Prerequisite: ED 210 or 421 or graduate standing and consent of the instructor.

SPED 508 Intervention for Infants and Young Children with Disabilities – 4 sh
Intervention and assessment methods for infants and young children at-risk for or showing developmental delays. Systems perspective on utilizing family and community to support intervention. Field Experience.
Prerequisite: SPED 506.

WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSING

NUWH 550 Issues: Research and Practice in Women's Health – 3 sh
Analysis of gender-related definitions of health and illness in theory issues and research evaluation criteria for women's health care practice are developed as a basis for research.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NUWH 555 Theories and Methods in Women's Health Nursing – 3 sh
Critical analysis of theoretical and methodological approaches in women's health nursing research. Emphasis on evaluation schema useful to researchers.
Prerequisite: NUWH 550 and the consent of the instructor.

NUWH 565 Advanced Research in Women's Health – 1-2 sh
Advanced seminar for doctoral students in graduate nursing concentration in women's health. Faculty and students present and critique ongoing and developing research.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NUWH 570 International Dimensions in Women's Health – 3 sh
Critical examination of the health of women from a global perspective. Emphasizes resources and strategies nurse researchers use to monitor women's health across cultures and countries.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

NUWH 575 Minority Women's Health Nursing – 3 sh
Theoretical and descriptive overview of the health concerns and health conditions of women from ethnic/racial minority backgrounds with implications for nursing research and practice.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

Doctoral students who will engage in either clinical or basic science physiologic research are encouraged to take the following elective courses that are offered as part of the Graduate Education in Sciences (GEMS) program or that are linked to the Physiology & Biophysics or Biochemistry Department:

Physiology. GCLS 500 (3 SEM) Lectures in human physiology. Review of all systems in physiology. Emphasis is on an integrated approach to systems physiology. Restricted to students enrolled in a graduate program offered through the College of Medicine or Pharmacy or Applied Health Sciences or in the Departments of Bioengineering or Biological Sciences, or consent of the instructor. Prerequisite(s) : Mathematics, undergraduate physics, organic chemistry, or consent of the instructor.

Integrated Physiology. PHYB 522. (3 SEM) Emphasis is on an integrated approach to systems physiology. Restricted to students enrolled in a graduate program offered through the College of Medicine or Pharmacy or Applied Health Sciences or in the Departments of Bioengineering or Biological Sciences, or consent of the instructor. Prerequisite(s) : Mathematics, undergraduate physics, organic chemistry, or consent of the instructor.

Fundamentals of Biochemistry BCGM: 307 (3 SEM) . Includes the chemistry of cellular constituents, enzymology, metabolism, and intracellular control and elements of molecular biology. Prerequisite(s) : General and organic chemistry. Lecture course intended primarily for advanced undergraduate students in associated health sciences. (Please note because this course is listed as 300 level, this course will not count toward elective hour requirements. However it is an excellent course and the content taught is above the undergraduate level. Nursing science students are encouraged to take this course.)

Depending on a students research and academic interest area, other courses to consider in the Graduate College either those within the Life Sciences (GCLS) or from Physiology & Biophysics include:

GCLS 502 Molecular Biology (3 SEM). Core molecular biology course covering basic principles of gene expression, genome replication and molecular interactions important to biological processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Restricted to students enrolled in a graduate program offered through the Colleges of Medicine or Pharmacy or the departments of Bioengineering or Biological Sciences or consent of the instructor.

GCLS 503 Cell Biology and Integrative Physiology (4 SEM). Advanced course on fundamental aspects of cell biology; basic concepts will be integrated with key examples of human physiology which span gene, protein, cell, tissue, organ and whole body function. Credit is not given for GCLS 503 if the student has credit in BCHE 561 or ANAT 585 or MIM 585 or PHYB 585. Restricted to students enrolled in a graduate program offered through the Colleges of Medicine or Pharmacy or the departments of Bioengineering or Biological Sciences or consent of the instructor.

GCLS 515 Receptor Pharmacology and Cell Signaling (3 SEM). Advanced course on cell-surface and nuclear receptors and mechanisms of signaling through receptors. Provides an overview of receptor theory, hands-on data analysis and lectures and discussions on various signaling mechanisms. Credit is not given for GCLS 515 if the student has credit in PCOL 505 or PHYB 505. Prerequisite(s) : GCLS 501 or approval of the department. Restricted to students enrolled in a graduate program offered through the Colleges of Medicine or Pharmacy or the departments of Bioengineering or Biological Sciences or consent of the instructor.

PHYB 502 Physiology of Reproduction (2 SEM). The purpose of this course is to enable students to acquire a detailed and up-to-date understanding of the Biology of Reproduction at both the physiological and molecular levels.

PHYB 512 Gastrointestinal Physiology (2 SEM). Advanced study of the physiology of the gastrointestinal tract. Special emphasis will be placed on recent developments in cellular and molecular aspects and on how they relate to established concepts in the literature. Prerequisite(s) : PHYB 402 or consent of the instructor.

PHYB 516 Physiology and Biochemistry of Muscle Contraction (2 SEM). Structure and function of myosin, actin, tropomyosin, troponin, and the sarcoplasmic reticulum; control, energetics, and mechanism of muscle contraction; gene expression.

PHYB 518 Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology
( 3 SEM). Advanced study of the cardiovascular system from molecule to organism. Emphasis on recent developments at the molecular/cellular level and their relationship to overall function. Prerequisite(s) : PHYB 401 or consent of the instructor.

PHYB 523 Exercise Biology in Health and Disease (3 SEM). Interrelationships between exercise and various pathological conditions. Current research focusing on molecular and cellular mechanisms in healthy and diseased states. Same as MVSC 523. Prerequisite(s) : Consent of the instructor.

Students are also encouraged along with their advisor, courses offered from the Nutrition Department and Community Health Sciences Department. For example the Community Health Sciences Department. Offers course related to aging.