HEALTH SCIENCE AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
APPROVED COURSES
ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT
FY08

CIP CODE          PROGRAM/COURSE

13.0001               CTE INTRODUCTION

51.0205               AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL)

51.0809               EXERCISE SCIENCE/SPORTS MEDICINE

51.0911               EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

51.1105               HEALTH SCIENCE - INTRODUCTION

51.1315               MEDICAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY (MAP)

                     MEDICAL ENGLISH

51.1316               HEALTH SCIENCE ADVANCED

DISTRICT COURSE NUMBER:        8000
CIP CODE:                           13.0001
LONG TITLE:                      CTE INTRODUCTION
TRANSCRIPT TITLE:       CTE INTRODUCTION
SEOP TITLE:                       CTE INTRO
GRADE LEVEL:                  7
CREDIT:                               1.0
PRE-REQUISITES:             N/A

The technology, life, and careers career and technical education core curriculum is a course designed to help students explore life’s work.  Core concepts are planned, integrated, and taught through interactive, hands-on activities using current technology in a laboratory environment.  Students are involved in discovering self, viewing future life options within the context of work and family settings, developing the positive relationships required for communication and teamwork, and identifying the skills required for life’s roles.  Students are expected to develop skills and accept responsibility for decision making, planning, and preparing for life’s work.  CTE Introduction is coordinated exploratory course that includes three cluster areas of technology/agriculture, business/marketing, and family and consumer sciences/health science.  This course is required for all students by the Utah State Board of Education.

DISTRICT COURSE NUMBER:        8310
CIP CODE:                           51.0205
LONG TITLE:                      AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
TRANSCRIPT TITLE:       SIGN LANGUAGE
SEOP TITLE:                       SIGN LANG
GRADE LEVEL:                  10-12
CREDIT:                               .5 OR 1.0
PRE-REQUISITES
:             N/A

An instructional program that prepares individuals to interpret oral speech for the hearing impaired.  It includes instruction in American Sign Language (ASL) or other deaf languages, finger spelling, orientation to deaf culture, and interpreting from signing to voice and from voice to signing.

DISTRICT COURSE NUMBER:        8315
CIP CODE:                           51.0809
LONG TITLE:                      EXERCISE SCIENCE/SPORTS MEDICINE
TRANSCRIPT TITLE:       SPORTS MEDICINE
SEOP TITLE:                       SPORT MEDICN
GRADE LEVEL:                  11-12
CREDIT:                               1.0
PRE-REQUISITES:             N/A

This full year course is designed to teach students components of exercise science, including detailed anatomy and physiology; basic principles of injury prevention, recognition, evaluation, and management; sports nutrition; and first aid.  Health science careers associated with exercise science will be discussed and clinical experiences provided for students.

DISTRICT COURSE NUMBER:        8316
CIP CODE:                           51.0911
LONG TITLE:                      EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
TRANSCRIPT TITLE:       EMER MED SERVICE
SEOP TITLE:                      
EMS
GRADE LEVEL:                  10-12
CREDIT:                               .5
PRE-REQUISITES:             N/A

This semester course provides students with advanced emergency medical information and skills.  The course introduces students to a variety of career options in emergency medicine.

DISTRICT COURSE NUMBER:        8320
CIP CODE:                           51.1105
LONG TITLE:                      HEALTH SCIENCE - INTRODUCTION
TRANSCRIPT TITLE:       HEALTH SCI-INTRO
SEOP TITLE:                       HEALTH SCI 1
GRADE LEVEL:                  10-12
CREDIT:                               .5
PRE-REQUISITES:             N/A

This semester course is designed to create an awareness of career possibilities in therapeutic, diagnostic, information, and environmental health care, and inform students of the educational options available for health science and health technology programs.  Instruction includes beginning anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, medical ethics, diseases, and disorders.  The course prepares students for the medical anatomy and physiology course and/or for a variety of health technology programs.

DISTRICT COURSE NUMBER:        8321
CIP CODE:                           51.1315
LONG TITLE:                      MEDICAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY (MAP)
TRANSCRIPT TITLE:       MED ANATOMY PHYS
SEOP TITLE:                       MED ANAT PHY
GRADE LEVEL:                  10-12
CREDIT:                               1.0
PRE-REQUISITES:             N/A

This full-year course provides students with an in-depth study of health care careers, including actual clinical experience in therapeutic, diagnostic, information, and environmental health care settings.  Instruction includes intermediate anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, diseases and disorders, medical ethics, and first aid.  The class is designed to prepare students for the advanced health science course and/or for a variety of health technology programs.

DISTRICT COURSE NUMBER:        8340
CIP CODE:                           51.1315
LONG TITLE:                      MEDICAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY (MAP)
TRANSCRIPT TITLE:       MEDICAL ENGLISH
SEOP TITLE:                       MED ENGLISH
GRADE LEVEL:                  10-12
CREDIT:                               1.0
PRE-REQUISITES:             N/A

An instructional program that prepares students with communication skills related to health care.  The course integrates medical-physiological concepts and language arts.  The course focuses on technical writing, research, medical terminology, and charting.

DISTRICT COURSE NUMBER:        8322
CIP CODE:                           51.1316
LONG TITLE:                      HEALTH SCIENCE ADVANCED
TRANSCRIPT TITLE:       HEALTH SCI-ADV
SEOP TITLE:                       HEALTH SCI 3
GRADE LEVEL:                  10-12
CREDIT:                               1.0
PRE-REQUISITES:             N/A

Concepts of Nutrition, Physiology, and Medical Technology will be used to examine the structure and function of the human body.  Topics such as stress management, hypnosis, mental health, substance abuse, pathology, and human reproduction will be explored to help the student develop an understanding of wellness and healthy lifestyles.