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  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Provides field experience and enhanced knowledge in health services and education, under the preceptorship of an individual qualified by education and/or experience. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation. May be graded credit/no credit.
  • 1.00 - 4.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Provides valuable experience in the field of public health research and practice. Provides faculty mentors to help develop study plans, obtain ethics board approvals, perform literature reviews, analyze data, and provide research write-ups. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits toward graduation. May be graded credit/no credit.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval, departmental approval, and University Advanced Standing. Provides students the opportunity to conduct research under the mentorship of a faculty member. Provides an opportunity to put in practice the theoretical knowledge gained in prior major courses. Requires the creation of a significant intellectual or creative product that is characteristic of the community health discipline and worthy of communication to a broader audience. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits toward graduation.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Department Approval and University Advanced Standing. Explores and examines special topics related to public health issues and problems. Includes public health topics such as AIDS/HIV, West Nile Virus, special drug and sexuality issues, obesity, suicide, teenage pregnancy and terrorism. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing; Senior Standing.. Assesses both content knowledge and skills developed during the course of the Public Health program. Provides an opportunity to reflect on their learning and demonstrate the program outcomes through the development and presentation of a professional electronic portfolio, and the completion of a cumulative post-test. For seniors in their last semester.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission into any UVU graduate program.. Examines public health principles and concepts by focusing on the five core public health knowledge areas and the ten essential public health services. Explores public health infrastructure, surveillance, social determinants of health, policy, and emerging issues. Provides a broad framework for understanding public health's role in community health, prevention, and medicine.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission into any UVU graduate program.. Offers practical background in behavioral theories including the Health Belief Model, Theory of Planned Behavior, Transtheoretical Model, Social Cognitive Theory, and the Socioecologic Model. Surveys existing research related to effective communication messaging strategies pertaining to public services. Introduces students to theoretically-driven survey creation and research methodology. Examines target audiences and segmenting. Critiques existing communication campaigns and explores ethical issues. Prepares students to create theoretically driven public communication campaigns.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed for hospitality management majors and as elective credit for other business majors. Provides a basic understanding of the lodging and food service industry by tracing the industry's growth and development. Analyzes management's functions and responsibilities in such areas as administration, organization, communications, accounting, marketing, and human relations. Examines industry opportunities and future trends. Includes lecture, field trips, guest speakers, film, and tapes. Completers should have a knowledge of career opportunities and basic hospitality management principles.. Lab access fee of $13 for computers applies.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed for hospitality management majors and as elective credit for other business majors. Studies management principles of menu planning, purchasing, storage, food and beverage production, service, and sanitation. Includes lecture, case studies, guest speakers, field trip and project. Completers should understand the basic structure of a hospitality unit and how management principles relate to a restaurant.. Lab access fee of $13 for computers applies.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): MAT 1030, MAT 1035, STAT 1040, STAT 1045, MATH 1050, MATH 1055, or MATH 1090, or higher. Provides a step-by-step approach to gathering, analyzing, and using numeric market, operating, and financial data in the hospitality management industry. Hospitality/industry scenarios and hands-on exercises and labs are used to build student skills in data analysis as a platform to practice data-gathering and analysis for projects in business planning, market research, revenue management, or designing customer- employee satisfaction surveys.