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This course introduces the basic tenets of community health. These include concepts of health, health promotion and disease prevention, risk factors affecting community health, health information and research, ethics and health programs.

A survey of marine environments and their biotic communities with an emphasis on the natural history of marine organisms. This course is designed for non-science majors or anyone with a general interest in marine biology. Includes hands-on activities to be completed at home and virtual laboratory experiences online, including several virtual dissections. Satisfies the general education requirement in natural sciences and is transferable to UNLV as a general education course in the natural sciences.

An introductory course emphasizing the processes of science and the fundamentals of biology. Includes a basic introduction to molecules, cells and metabolism, the flow of genetic information, evolutionary theory, and ecological processes. Connects life science concepts to the understanding of everyday concerns such as human health. Designed for the non-science major and meets UNR core curriculum science requirement; cannot be used for credit toward biology major. Three lecture hours per week and four laboratory experiences throughout the semester.

(Legal Specialty course) Relationship and delineation of the function and responsibility of the legal assistant, the attorney and the client; survey of substantive areas of the law; structure of the legal system; basic legal terminology; ethics and liability of the legal profession.

This course covers the philosophy and history of fire protection; history of loss of life and property by fire; review of municipal fire defenses; study of the organization and function of federal, state, county and private fire protection agencies. The student will understand the hiring requirements of different agencies and the current job market in suppression, wildland firefighting, prevention and public education. In addition the student will learn the basic terms related to the fire service.

This course will focus on the analysis of disaster events across a broad spectrum of causation, mitigation, response and recovery and their impacts on involved communities.

This course will introduce elementary methods for collection, presentation, and analysis of public health data and emphasize the application of statistical ideas and methods to a variety of public health research. Core concepts and methods in health data analysis will be addressed. Applications using real data from a variety of public health data sources will be used throughout the course to illustrate the material.

This course introduces students to the basic tenets of environmental health. These include concepts of environmental influences on disease, inter-relatedness of scientific disciplines with environmental health, emerging environmental issues, and environmental risk factors and exposure.

This course introduces the basic biological principles and processes of human disease, the public health burden of infectious and chronic diseases, and the management of diseases through public health practices.

This course introduces the basic biological principles and processes of human disease, the public health burden of infectious and chronic diseases, and the management of diseases through public health practices.