Health SCience

Grade:  10th, 11th, 12th

Length:  Year

Credit: Health & CTE

Fee: $20

Comments:

Description: This full-year course is designed to create an awareness of career possibilities in health care and inform students of the educational options available for health science and health technology programs. Instruction includes beginning anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, medical ethics, diseases, and disorders. The course prepares students for the Medical Anatomy and Physiology course and/or for a variety of health technology programs. Completion of the full year is required to earn both HE and CTE credit.  Class enrollment recommended for 10th graders. 

Grade:  11th, 12th

Length: Year

Credit:  Science

Fee: $20 

Comments:  Intro Health Science or Biology completion recommended 

Description:  This full-year course provides students with an in-depth study of healthcare careers in a variety of areas. Instruction includes intermediate anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, diseases and disorders, and medical ethics. 

Grade:  11th, 12th

Length:  Semester

Credit: Career/Tech (CTE), WSU RHS 2300 3 credits

Fee: $10 plus mask, WSU CE fee

Comments:   Pathway course to EMT, Paramedic, Firefighter, Nursing and all emergency medical careers

Description:  This course follows American Red Cross standards for professional rescuers. Students can earn CPR and emergency medical response certificates. Hands on skills class. 

Grade:  11th, 12th

Length: Year

Credit:  Career/Tech (CTE)  WSU RHS 2175 3 credits

Fee: $20  WSU CE fees

Comments:  Recommended completion of Intro to Health Science or Medical Anatomy and Physiology 

Description:  This full-year course is designed to teach students components of exercise science/sports medicine; including exploration of therapeutic careers, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, first aid, injury prevention principles, the healing process, rehabilitation techniques, therapeutic modalities, sport nutrition, sport psychology, and performance enhancement philosophies. 

Grade:  11th, 12th

Length:  Semester

Credit:  Career/Tech, WSU HTHS 1101 2 credits

Fee: $10  WSU CE fee

Comments:  Intro Health Science or Biology completion recommended 

Description:  A one-semester course that helps students understand the Greek- and Latin-based language of medicine and healthcare. Emphasis is placed upon word roots, suffixes, prefixes, abbreviations, symbols, anatomical terms, and terms associated with movements of the human body. This course also stresses the proper pronunciation, spelling, and usage of medical terminology. This class is helpful to anyone considering going in the healthcare field.

Grade:  11th, 12th

Length:  Semester (2-hr block)

Credit:  Career/Tech (CTE)

Fee:  $10 class fee and $110 testing fee

Comments:  Recommended completion of Medical Terminology & Medical Anatomy and Physiology.  Student must be 16 years old the first day of class.

Description:  Course that provides training for the state certification of CNA’s. Clinicals in local health care facilities. Course completion required to apply for Nursing school. Hands on learning and daily labs.  Able to apply for a job as a CNA during or immediately following the course.

Grade:  11th, 12th

Length: Year

Credit:  CTE or Science

Fee:  $10

Comments:  Recommended completion of Biology 

Description:  This course will introduce you to how to apply medical science to the law regarding the human body. You will learn to investigate crime scenes and how DNA, toxicology, fingerprints, blood spatter, trace evidence, bones, and other evidence can all lead you to figure out what happened at the crime scene and who committed the crime. If you watch crime shows, this class is for you. 

Grade: 12th

Length:  Yearlong course, will include a class on both A day schedule and B day schedule

Credit:  Career/Tech (CTE); or Science,  WSU HTHS 2110 4 credits & WSU HTHS 2111 4 credits

Fee:  $20  WSU CE fee

Comments: Medical Anatomy and Physiology strongly recommended.  Completed course will earn 8 WSU credits. 

Description:  This full-year course earns college credit from Weber State University.  Fulfills WSU Life Sciences Requirement Prerequisite Anatomy and Physiology for all Allied Health Professions. Class is taught one period every day. This course teaches the fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology that are required for further studies in nursing , allied health, and related disciplines. It is delivered as an integrated approach to the basic concepts of physics, chemistry, human anatomy, human physiology and medical microbiology as related to humans. It fulfills the Weber State University Biomedical Core requirements for all Allied Health Profession. Earns 2.0 CTE credit