College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

193 specific medical conditions throughout the life cycle will be presented. Offered fall term. FSHC 5010 – Family Systems Health Care II Personal beliefs and philosophies regarding dying, loss, and death will be explored. Bereavement across the life cycle, including developmental issues relating to adults and children and their understanding of loss, will be reviewed. The manner in which other cultures create meaningful rituals for life and death will be presented. Offered winter term. FSHC 5100 – External Practicum I - Family Systems Health Care A clinical practicum focusing on the transdisciplinary practice of family systems and therapy in health care settings will be offered with field placements in hospitals, medical schools, community clinics, and specialist’s offices. This practicum is for one term. Prerequisites: FSHC 5000, FSHC 5010. Offered each term. FSHC 5110 – External Practicum II - Family Systems Health Care A continuation of Practicum I with a focus on advancing and refining relationship, clinical, and collaborative skills will enhance the integration and collaboration of health care systems within medical settings. This practicum is for one term. Prerequisite: FSHC 5000, 5010, and 5100. Offered each term. FSHC 5300 – Integration and Collaboration Among Health Care Systems This course is an introduction to health care delivery systems through an investigation of medical models, terminology, and approaches used by physicians, medical specialists, and other health care professionals to diagnose and treat disease and to care for the human condition. Students will be oriented to health care systems and settings including hospitals, clinics, hospices, and private practices. Alternative approaches to health care will also be addressed. Offered summer term. FSHC 5500 - Politics and Economics of Health Care Systems An overview of the history of medicine will be presented to give students an understanding of how social and political changes affect medical care. Current issues in the health care field will be discussed, such as the growth in managed care companies, proposed nationalized health care, patient/physician/health care system relationships, and the rise in malpractice litigation. The potential roles of a Family Systems Health Care professional within these complex systems will be presented. Offered fall term. FSHC 6400 - Understanding Human Systems in Health Care Settings This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of relationship management within complex organizational settings, with special appreciation of the dynamics that apply within the world of health care. Students will learn to identify, assess, and intervene utilizing principles at both macro and micro levels of operation. Offered winter term. GERO – Gerontology GERO 5050: All Hazards Preparedness (3 credits) This course will define the inter- disciplinary roles and responsibilities of professionals, paraprofessionals, and volunteers (including elders) in all-hazards emergency planning, response, mitigation and recovery. GERO 5101: Foundations of Public Health (3 credits) An introduction to the history, concepts, values, principles and practice of public health. This course provides an overview of the essential areas of public health including biostatistics, epidemiology, social and behavioral sciences, environmental and occupational health, and health policy, planning and management. GERO 5111: Public Health Issues of the Elderly (3 credits) This course examines important determinants of morbidity and mortality among the aged population. Emphasizes socio-cultural, economic, behavioral and physical characteristics of importance in the design and development of appropriate prevention efforts directed at the elderly. GERO 5200: Concepts and Controversies in Aging This course will provide a focus on the major concepts and controversies currently being debated in the field of gerontology. Students will explore concepts of aging, health care, and society; some of the social and economic outlooks for our aging society; and the life course perspective. Topics will include health care rationing, elder abuse and neglect, the right to die, changing notions of retirement, creativity and aging, old age and the quest for meaning. 3 credits GERO 5300: Humanities and Aging The study of the humanities reflects a fundamental question, what does it mean to be human? Studying the humanities provides the student of gerontology with a framework in which to think and learn about aspects of being and becoming an older human that are less accessible through a biological, psychological, or social lens. The humanistic approach in the study of aging includes a variety of subjects, for example: life review, identity (especially as it pertains to people with Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive limitations), and spirituality, to name a few. 3 credits GERO 5350: Professional Geriatric Care Management (3 credits) This course provides an overview of the history of professional geriatric care management, ethical issues in geriatric care management, ethnic and cultural considerations, spiritual beliefs and the