UnderGraduate catalog: 2023/24

Program Learning Outcomes

Program student learning outcomes (PLO) are the skills and knowledge students will be able to demonstrate after completing the program.

 

PLO 1: Students will be able to explain the social and biological causes of health and illness.

  • Students will be able to explain human anatomy and physiology
  • Students will be able to categorize the most commons forms of morbidity (i.e., illness or other health disability), their prevalence, causes and treatments
  • Students will be able to read, analyze and interpret health data
  • Students will be able to characterize the social and behavioral determinants of physical health
  • Students will be able to describe the microbiological and molecular bases of human disease and its transmission
  • Students will be able to explain human development in context

 

PLO 2: Students will be able to articulate a holistic view of the determinants of mental health and psychopathology (B.S. level)

 

PLO 3: Students will be able to cover the knowledge and skills needed to perform effectively within the context of disease prevention and the promotion of health.

  • Students will be able to explain the principles of goal setting and of monitoring, mentoring and motivating patients, in particular, and communities, in general
  • Students will be able to identify and analyze health problems and challenges and opportunities in their communities and formulate recommendations for courses of action

 

PLO: Students will be able to utilize team building skills to lead and/or co‐lead collaborative projects to accomplish group goals (B.S. level)

 

PLO 5: Students will be able to apply the basic principles of organizational theory to the relationship between health care and health (B.S. level)

 

PLO 6: Students will be able to develops an understanding of the role of policy, ethics and resources in the management of prevention programming and health service delivery.

  • Students will be able to demonstrate how health policies can leave a lasting effect on society and how some portions of society may be differentially affected
  • Students will be able to design ways to overcome stigma related to health conditions
  • Student Learning Outcome 7: Students will be able to analyze ethical issues encountered in fostering disease prevention and the promotion of health as they can affect individuals as well as communities (B.S. level)

 

PLO 8: Students will be able to formulate responses to ethical and legal concerns relating to health service provision as well as health and medical research (B.S. level)

 

PLO 9: Students will be able to communicate using well-organized arguments and credible supporting evidence.

 

[Note: The Associate of Science degree level has many goals in common with the Bachelor of Science degree level. This reflects the fact that students at the Associate’s level complete the same Year 1 and Year 2 program requirements. Because students at the Bachelor’s level then complete additional requirements in the major, they are expected to achieve these goals at a higher developmental level.]