Examination of individual and family within environmental context. A laboratory will be used for skill development in interviewing, assessment, and intervention. This course is designed to help students gain familiarity with human biological systems, to identify their functions and to understand the implications of dysfunction. It is intended that students will be able to critically analyze the implications of biological functioning in people's every day lives and apply their understanding to professional practice. Major human systems to be covered include digestive, cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, musculoskeletal, sensory, hormonal and reproductive systems.
Seminars provide research and theory pertaining to social problems and institutional responses.
The seminar is the forum in which students share, compare, and analyze the field experience and participate in learning activities focused on application of curriculum content to practice. It is designed to assist in the integration process, to provide support for students in discussion of practice issues and learning experiences, and to engage students in utilizing foundation course content to enhance their professional practice. Students in practicum utilize the agency setting for integration of course work knowledge. The placement agency is the laboratory for application of classroom learning. The practicum seminar is the forum in which students share, compare, and analyze the field experience.