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 |
2 |
| PSY 101 |
Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
| SPE 108 |
Oral Communication |
3 |
| SPN 115 |
Spanish for Health Care Providers |
3 |
| PSY 211 |
Human Growth and Development |
3 |
| BIO 115 |
Human Body Structure |
4 |
| HSA 113 |
Issues of Diversity |
4 |
| MIS 101 |
Computer Literacy and Applications |
3 |
| Semester I – Fall and Spring Semester – 1st 8 weeks |
| 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 |
| Semester II – Fall and Spring Semester – 2nd 8 weeks |
| CHW 115 |
Nutrition and Disease |
3 |
| CHW 200 |
CHW Case Management |
3 |
| CHW 215 |
Introduction To Community Health Research |
3 |
| CHW 230 |
CHW Leadership |
3 |
| CHW 250 |
Contact Tracing |
2 |
ELECTIVES
Choose TWO. 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 |
