Mt. San Jacinto College Health Sciences

Del Helms

HS 121 - Fundamentals of Healthful Living
3 units
Prerequisite: None. AA/AS General Education: B2 or E--Transfers to both UC/CSU--CSU Area(s):E1
This course is designed to provide general education students with an opportunity to learn about the maintenance and improvement of their health and wellness. Course topics will include personality development, emotional development, emotional problems, stress management, fitness, nutrition, drugs, tobacco, alcohol and their use and abuse, communicable diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease, conception to birth, birth control and parenting, aging and environmental health.

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HS 123 - Drugs: Use and Abuse
3 units
Prerequisite: None. AA/AS General Education: B2 or E--Transfers to both UC/CSU--CSU Area(s):E1
This course offers a comprehensive understanding of drug and alcohol use and abuse in our society. It includes the history, composition, use and effects of commonly abused drugs. It meets the drug education requirements for teacher credentialing and is one sequential course in the MSJC Alcohol and Drug Studies certificate program.