Course Listings
Please visit the Academic Timetable to see which courses are presently being offered and in which location(s). Not all courses listed below run every term or in all locations. For specific details about program requirements and degree regulations, please refer to the Academic Calendar.
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HEAL-1005H: Foundations of Health and Behaviour
Offered:
- Peterborough
An overview of the relationship between human behaviour and patterns of health and illness. Learners develop a foundational knowledge of human behaviour as it relates to the major determinants of health in individuals, families, and communities. A bio-psychosocial perspective is used to examine a range of factors that influence health outcomes.
Cross-listed: NURS-1005H
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HEAL-2005H: Health and Risk Behaviour
Offered:
- Peterborough
Current trends in risk-taking behaviour are examined in the areas of tobacco and alcohol use, substance and drug misuse, violence and injury, nutritional and physical activity, and suicide. Risk behaviour and its impact on health are examined from a variety of worldviews, including biomedical, psychological, social, Eastern, and Indigenous perspectives. Prerequisite: HEAL-NURS 1005H.
Cross-listed: NURS-2005H
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HEAL-3001H: Factors Affecting Health and Behaviour
Offered:
- Peterborough
Health-related behaviour is one of the most important elements in people's health and well-being. This course covers factors affecting health and health behaviour, including individual, community, and societal influences. Theories of risk-taking behaviour are explored from the perspective of developing approaches to reducing health risk. Prerequisite: HEAL-NURS 2005H.
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HEAL-3002H: Health Communications
Offered:
- Peterborough
Focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of health communications and the promotion of health literacy. Topics include characteristics of and barriers to effective health communication; communicating social determinants of health; communication for social change; risk and emergency communication; social media engagement. Prerequisite: 7.5 university credits.
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HEAL-3755H: Program Evaluation in Health and Health Care Evaluations
Offered:
- Peterborough
Introduces the concepts and components of program evaluation in health and health care, and provides the knowledge and skills to conduct basic program monitoring and evaluation. Evaluation and program theory is connected to current evaluation issues and debates in health and health care. The critical components of planning, monitoring, and evaluation are illustrated. Prerequisite: 7.5 university credits including 60% or higher in PSYC 2018H and 2019H.
Cross-listed: NURS-3755H, PSYC-3755H
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HEAL-4001H: Changing Health Behaviour - Health Promotion
Offered:
- Peterborough
A lifespan approach to promoting health at the individual and population levels, including studying a range of health promotion interventions and how to apply them across the lifespan and at the individual, societal, and global levels. Prerequisite: HEAL 3001H and HEAL-NURS-PSYC 3755H.
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HEAL-4700H: Lifestyle and Mental Health
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines the relationship between lifestyle and health with a focus on mental health. Identifies healthy behaviours that people choose to adopt and examines the research linking the behavioural choice to health. Behaviours like engaging in daily exercise, eating well, spending time in nature, engaging in meaningful work, nurturing relationships, sleep, recreation, and relaxation are considered. Prerequisite: PSYC 3750H.
Cross-listed: KINE-4700H, NURS-4700H, PSYC-4700H
Transfer-In Requirements
Students wishing to transfer into the Health and Behaviour program need to have a cumulative 70% average in the required first year courses.
The required 1st year courses are:
- BIOL 1500H: Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 (Sc.)
- BIOL 1501H: Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 (Sc.)
- PSYC 1020H: Introduction to Psychology Part 1: Experimental and Biological Bases of Behaviour (Sc.)
- PSYC 1030H: Introduction to Psychology Part 2: Social and Personality Perspectives (Sc.)
- SOCI 1001H: Introduction to Sociology I: Critical Foundations
Students must use the 'Transfer Into a Capped Program' that is available via myTrent from February to May. Click here for additional information about the transfer-in process at Trent.