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Minor in Complementary and Alternative Therapies
This program is part of the School of Nursing & Health Sciences.
Degree Requirements
This minor is offered as means of exploring complementary and alternative therapies. Courses/topics include systematized health care practices, integrative healing, botanical healing, manual healing, and mind body techniques. Through their study, students will articulate the impact of complementary and alternative therapies on health status, will analyze the benefits and weaknesses of various complementary and alternative therapy use and will identify major alternative health care systems.
Minor Requirements (22 cr; NOTE: minor still under development; please see advisor for updated information):
- NURS-K301 The Arts and Science of Complementary Health (3 cr)
- NURS-K401 Integrative Health Care (3 cr)
- Capstone in Complementary and Alternative Health (3 cr; NOTE: class still under development; please see advisor for updated information)
Electives:
- HPER-E 190 Yoga (1 cr)
- NURS-B 108 Personal Health and Wellness (2 cr)
- NURS-K 300 Transcultural Health (3 cr)
- NURS-K 352 Women’s Health (3 cr)
- HSC-C 301 Food as Medicine (3 cr)
- HSC-C 302 Use of Botanicals in Health Care (3 cr)
Additional courses dealing with Complementary & Alternative Health Care are under development. Other relevant courses may be reviewed and considered (traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, aromatherapy, energy therapies, Tai chi, etc.).