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Continuing Studies

Housekeeping for Hospitality

Professional housekeeping plays a vital role in maintaining service standards and guest comfort in hospitality settings. Students learn core practices including cleaning procedures, safety protocols, and inventory management. They explore effective communication with guests and team members and...

Continuing Studies

Foundations of Indigenous Perspectives for Hospitality

Indigenous knowledge systems offer valuable insights into respectful and relational hospitality practices. Students explore Indigenous worldviews and placed-based learning as they relate to guest service. They examine respectful engagement with Indigenous communities, cultural humility, and the...

Regular Studies

Introduction to Human Sexuality and Behaviour

Students explore biological, psychological, social, and cultural perspectives on human sexuality and sexual behaviour. Topics include the physical development and functions of reproductive systems, sexual dysfunction, sexually transmitted diseases, gender and gender identity, and relevant Canadian...

Regular Studies

Foundations of Health Science

Students explore foundational issues in health science. Topics include health, illness and disease, and an introduction to research methods and determinants of illness and disease in human populations. The influence of demographic, genetic, biological, environmental, socio-economic, behavioural, and...

Regular Studies

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Students use the scientific method as a basis for exploring the role, mode of action, and efficacy of the most commonly encountered forms of complementary and alternative medicine. The legal and regulatory status and ethical considerations of alternative medical practices and products are also...

Regular Studies

Global Perspectives on Health

Students investigate the major trends, issues, and challenges in the area of global health using a cross-disciplinary approach. This includes perspectives on major diseases of global importance as well as considerations of health information, health care systems, and health care governance and...

Regular Studies

Drugs and Society

Students explore the subject of drug addictions and their social impact. In addition to the pharmacology and effects of legal and illegal drugs, risk factors and major theories on substance abuse and addiction are analyzed with the goal of understanding the pros and cons of current approaches to the...

Regular Studies

Human Biology of Aging

Students explore the physiological process of aging in humans. Students study the fundamentals of human physiology and develop an understanding of current scientific theories on the process of normal human aging. Broader ideas of aging as a process in the wider biological world are also considered...

Regular Studies

Perspectives on Human Health and the Environment

Living and working environments have a significant impact on human health and ecosystems. Students in HSCI 2204 review common and harmful environmental and occupational health hazards and their repercussions for human health. Exploration of common air, soil, and water-borne contaminants and...

Regular Studies

Research Methods in Health Sciences

Medical practice is extensively informed by the research findings of epidemiologists. Students in HSCI 2207 explore the development and design process of health-related research, and the types of methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative, which are commonly used in epidemiology.Prerequisite(s...