Health Sciences
The Department of Health Sciences offers courses in the health sciences and exercise physiology. Department programs prepare students for careers as healthcare professionals with courses on the social and commercial determinants of health, healthcare systems, healthcare law and ethics, health behavior, kinesiology, exercise physiology, evidence-based practices in health promotion and disease prevention, and leadership in the health professions.
Faculty and staff in the Department of Health Studies bring extensive experience in healthcare from previous roles as health administrators, pharmacists, nurses, community educators, researchers, and clinicians. Faculty engage in research in Alzheimer's Disease, behavioral health, health policy, public health, health systems, exercise physiology, acute injury and other topics. Faculty are dedicated to helping students learn and grow into competent health or fitness professionals.