Student and Program Outcomes

Attain an interdisciplinary approach to the study of aging allowing students to make informed decisions about aging issues in health care and human services fields.
Attain an interdisciplinary approach to the study of aging allowing students to transmit and apply gerontological knowledge in healthcare.

Obtain health-related data about social and cultural environments, growth and development factors, needs and interests.
Distinguish between behaviors that foster and those that hinder well-being.
Infer needs for health education on the basis of obtained data.
Recruit community organizations, resource people and potential participants for support and assistance in program planning.
Develop a logical scope and sequence plan for a health education program.
Design educational programs consistent with specified program objectives.

Demonstrate knowledge and use of biostatistics in the discipline of public health.
Describe the direct and indirect human, ecological and safety effects of major environmental and occupational agents.
Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic and political discussion of health issues.
Identify the main components and issues of the organization, financing and delivery of health services and public health systems in the United States.
Identify the basic theories, concepts and models from a range of social and behavioral disciplines that are used in public health research and practice.
Differentiate among availability, acceptability, and accessibility of health care across diverse population.