Community Health (CHTH)

CHTH 262. Community Health. 3 Credits.

Evaluation of personal health in relation to the services available throughout a community. Application to K-12 teachers for coordinating/utilizing community services in a health enhancement curriculum.

CHTH 292. Independent Study. 3 Credits.

Provides an opportunity for students to engage in directed research and study on an individual basis rather than in a formal class environment.

CHTH 355. Theory Pract Comm Hlth Ed. 3 Credits.

Health Promotion is the art and science of assisting individuals in their progress toward a greater level of personal wellness. This course will introduce various theories of health promotion and allow for the exploration and practice of a variety of techniques used in the field. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

CHTH 391. Special Topics. 3 Credits.

Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.

CHTH 392. Independent Study. 3 Credits.

Provides an opportunity for students to engage in directed research and study on an individual basis rather than in a formal class environment.

CHTH 440. Principles of Epidemiology. 3 Credits.

Epidemiology is focused on understanding the distribution of health outcomes across populations. This epidemiology course delivers a brief review of basic concepts and then offers several opportunities to practice different applications such as outbreak management, hospital epidemiology, case control and cohort analyses, data collection and descriptive analysis with Microsoft Excel. There are no prerequisites for this course, but completion of college algebra and/or statistics along with Microsoft excel familiarity will be very helpful.

CHTH 445. Prgm Planning Comm Health. 3 Credits.

This course is designed to follow CHTH 335 (Theory and Practice of Community Health Education) because it allows students to apply what they've learned toward the development of pilot programs. Throughout this course, students will work in teams as they identify and assess a target population on campus, plan an pilot program, administer that program and evaluate it.

CHTH 450. Worksite Health Promotion. 3 Credits.

Worksite promotion provides an overview of developing and implementing personal wellness as is relates to health and human performance. This course is designed for candidates to learn the various ways to administer, analyze, interpret and utilize various applications and tests in health and physical education.

CHTH 492. Independent Study. 3 Credits.

Provides an opportunity for students to engage in directed research and study on an individual basis rather than in a formal class environment.

CHTH 498. Cooperative Education. 1-12 Credits.

A planned and supervised work-learning experience in industry, business, government, or community service agencies related to the University program of study. Prerequisites: two semesters of attendance at Montana State University-Northern, approval of advisor, Dean of the College of Health Sciences, and cooperative education coordinator. Pass/Fail Only.