The Community Health Worker (CHW) Program offers an Associate of Applied Science. There are no prerequisites for the CHW courses except CHW 101 – Introduction to Community Health Worker should be taken first or concurrent with any other Basic course.
| General Education Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| ENG 101 | Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
| HIT 102 | Fundamentals of Medical Terminology | 1 |
| PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| SPE 108 | Oral Communication | 3 |
| SPN 115 | Spanish for Health Care Providers I | 3 |
| PSY 211 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| BIO 115 | Human Body Structure | 4 |
| HSA 113 | Issues of Diversity | 3 |
| MIS 101 | Computer Literacy and Applications | 3 |
| fall or spring semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| CHW 101 | Introduction to Community Health | 3 |
| CHW 105 | Assessing Community Resources | 3 |
| CHW 110 | Community Health Development | 3 |
| CHW 118 | Survey of Diseases | 3 |
| fall or spring semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| CHW 115 | Nutrition and Disease | 3 |
| CHW 200 | CHW Case Management | 3 |
| CHW 215 | Intro to Community Health Research | 3 |
| CHW 230 | CHW Leadership | 3 |
| CHW 220 | Fieldwork I | 2 |
| ELECTIVES Choose Three. Courses offered will vary each summer. | ||
| CHW 100 | Health and the Public | 3 |
| CHW 109 | Mental Health/Substance Abuse | 3 |
| CHW 120 | Public Health Epidemics | 3 |
| CHW 125 | Public Health and Global Societies | 3 |
| CHW 205 | Parenting Skills | 3 |
| CHW 235 | Introduction to Maternal/Child Health | 3 |
| CHW 250 | Contact Tracing | 2 |
| Total Hours: | 61 | |
|---|---|---|