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Pierce College District 11 Catalog, Program listing for 2003–2005

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This information dates from the 2003 - 2005 catalog. Not all information is completely up-to-date. If you have questions, contact us.

Health Education/Wellness

Faculty:	(Fort Steilacoom): Steve Crain
Degree:	Associate in Arts & Sciences

Health Education/Wellness is the study of the ongoing development of the mind, body and spirit to enhance and balance the whole person so as to improve health, fitness and quality of life. It includes aspects such as adequate fitness, nutrition, stress management, disease prevention, spirituality, smoking cessation, substance abuse and weight control.

Pierce College offers a variety of courses in Health Science and Physical Education designed to improve the quality of one's life as well as provide a program of study that will assist students' programs in Wellness available nationally. The following sequence of courses will assist in meeting requirements of most four-year institutions.

See Catalog pg. 53

Health Education/Wellness Transfer

HSCI 200 Human Stress - Its Nature & Control (5)
HSCI 210 Wellness (5)
BIOL 240 Anatomy & Physiology I - Lecture 4
BIOL 241 Anatomy & Physiology I - Lab 2
BIOL 250 Anatomy & Physiology II - Lecture 4
BIOL 251 Anatomy & Physiology II - Lab 2
ENGL 101 Composition - Exposition (5)

Additional Recommended Courses

HSCI 161 Human Nutrition (5)
HSCI 119 Human Health & Disease (5)
BIOL 101 General Biology (prereq to BIOL 240) (5)
BIOL 201 Principles of Biology I (Cellular) (5)
CHEM 100 Basic Chemistry (prereq to BIOL 240) (5)
PE 109-199 Physical Education Activity (2-3)
PE 228 Multimedia First Aid & CPR 2
PSYCH 110 General Psychology (5)
SOC 110 Survey of Sociology (5)
SPCH 100 Speech Communication (5)

A
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- Adult Basic Education (see Developmental Education)
- Accounting
- Administrative Assistant (see Office Technology)
- Alcoholism & Drug Abuse
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Art
- Astronomy
B
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- Biology
- Business
- Business Management (See Business)
- Business – University Transfer
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- Chemistry
- Computer Information Systems
- Computer Network Engineering
- Criminal Justice
- Customer Service (see Business – Professional/Technical)
D
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- Database Management (see Computer Information Systems)
- Dental Hygiene
- Developmental Disablities Technology
- Developmental Education
- Digital Design
- Digital Film (see Theatre)
E
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- Early Childhood Education
- Earth Sciences (see Astronomy, Geology or Oceanography)
- Economics
- Electronic Engineering Technology
- Emergency Medical Technician (see Health Sciences)
- Engineering
- English
- English as a Second Language (see Developmental Education)
- Entrepreneurship (see Business – Professional/Techincal)
- Environmental Science
- Extended Learning
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- Fashion Merchandising (see Business – Professional/Technical)
- Finance (see Business – University Transfer)
- Fire Command
- Foreign Language
- Foster Parent Education
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- GED Preparation (see Developmental Education)
- Geography
- Geology
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- Health Education/Wellness
- Health Science
- High School Completion (see Developmental Education)
- History
- Humanities
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- Intensive English Program
- International Business (see Business – Professional/Technical or Business – University Transfer)
- International Business Secretary (See Office Technology)
- International Education (IE) (see Intensive English Program)
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- Journalism
L
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- Legal Office Technology (see See Office Technology and Legal Studies)
- Legal & Paralegal Studies
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- Marketing (see Business – Professional/Technical)
- Mathematics
- Medical Billing Specialist (see Office Technology)
- Medical Lab Technician (see Health Science)
- Medical Receptionist/Secretary/Transcriptionist (see Office Technology)
- Microbiology
- Military Science
- Music
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- Nursing (Pre-), Nursing Asst., Occupational Therapy (Pre-) (see Health Science)
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- Oceanography
- Office Technology
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- Paraeducation
- Paralegal Studies
- Parenting (see Early Childhood Education and/or Foster Parent Education)
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- Physical Therapy (Pre-) (see Health Science)
- Physics
- Political Science
- Programming (see Computer Information Systems)
- Psychology
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- Real Estate (see course descriptions for Real Estate offerings and/or contact Extended Learning, (253) 964-6529)
- Retail Management, Sales (see Business)
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- Secretarial (see Office Technology)
- Social Service – Mental Health
- Sociology
- Speech
- Supervision & Management (see Business)
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- Technical Support (see Computer Information Systems)
- Telecommunications Specialist (see Criminal Justice Emergency Dispatch)
- Theater
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- Veterinary Technology
W
- Word Processing (see Office Technology)