Amanda Onwuka

Designed to help students develop a greater understanding and appreciation of health and well being, as it relates to themselves and others around them, and for students to apply health and wellness knowledge in their personal life to improve their health.

Internship experience in Health Sciences for freshman and sophomore students

This interdisciplinary course reviews public health topics characterizing the economic, social, physical, and built environment aspects of environmental health. This course explores the conceptualization of a healthy environment as a determinant of health from the individual to the community to the population levels. The course will focus heavily on the science behind public health efforts to mitigate environmental threats to population health in the Greater Houston area and Texas, including climate change, air quality, flooding and water quality resources, and natural disasters. Students will critically appraise how environmental health issues may directly impact their health. Students will practically apply public health concepts to advocate for environmental health improvement at Rice and beyond.

Internship experience for upper-level Health Sciences majors. Repeatable for Credit.

Study of communicable, noncommunicable, and behavioral diseases with emphasis on the disease process and basic epidemiologic methods. Cross-list: HEAL 507. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HEAL 407 if student has credit for HEAL 507.

To provide the student with an opportunity to participate in a research project under the supervision of a Rice Kinesiology faculty member and/or an external researcher. Repeatable for Credit.

Students will assist in conducting a course in which they have previously excelled. The student will learn techniques in course management, instruction, and evaluation. Recommended prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing, declared major in Health Sciences, and at least an "A-" in the course serving as the practicum. Repeatable for Credit.

Study of communicable, noncommunicable, and behavioral diseases with emphasis on the disease process and basic epidemiologic methods. Graduate level students only. Cross-list: HEAL 407. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HEAL 507 if student has credit for HEAL 407.