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Health & Human Services Pathway
Health Science

Course Code: HCT7141

Credit Value: 0.500

College Credit: Pending

Cross-credited Courses:HHE 9006 –
Health Education

Pre-requisite: N/A

Course Title: Family Health

Could you save a life? Will wellness and a healthy lifestyle lead you to a more productive, satisfying future? Would you like a high paying job in the expanding area of healthcare, including medicine, human services, dietetics, diagnostic or therapeutic health? Family Health, the beginning course in the healthcare sequence, is offered grade 9 /12. Family Health explores health issues from birth to death, including studies of: nutrition; wellness; growth and development; global, mental, community and reproductive health; health risks; and safety. Students use a variety of learning strategies, technology, and applications to explore careers and skills leading to introductory health-related certifications. Washington Health and Fitness and other core essential learnings and grade level expectations, Family & Consumer Sciences standards, related National Health Care Skills standards, required state curriculum and FCCLA - Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America national programs will provide frameworks for student learning and assessments. The course is a desired pre-requisite for advanced courses in the scope and sequence for Health Sciences and Human Service Career Strands.

Course Code: HCT1782

Credit Value: 0.250

College Credit: No

Cross-credited Courses: N/A

Pre-requisite: N/A

Course Title: Health Sciences Coop WS Exp 1

Students who have completed or are currently in the CTE sequence Health Informatics Careers Strand course sequence may work in an occupation related to this field, (and earn .25 credit) following OSPI, WAC 180-50-345, and coop work-based learning and credit granting requirements.

Course Code:
HCT1675 - 1676

Credit Value: 0.500

College Credit: No

Cross-credited Courses: N/A

Pre-requisite:
Sequential Courses

Course Title: Health Sciences Coop 1, 2

Students who have completed or are currently in the CTE sequence Health Informatics Careers Strand course sequence may work in an occupation related to this field, (and earn .5 credit) following OSPI, WAC 180-50-345, and coop work-based learning and credit granting requirements.

Course Code: HCT

Credit Value: 0.500

College Credit: Pending

Cross-credited Courses: N/A

Pre-requisite: N/A

Course Title: Human Development

Are you interested in human development and behavior? Study the principles of human growth and development, nutrition and wellness to become more aware of the ages and stages of child to adult, birth to aging across the lifespan. Students (grade 10 – 12) use a variety of learning strategies, technology, and applications to explore careers and skills leading to introductory health-related and early childhood certifications. Washington Health and Fitness and other core essential learnings and grade level expectations, Family & Consumer Sciences standards, related National Health Care Skills standards, and FCCLA - Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America national programs will provide frameworks for student assessments. The course is a desired pre-requisite for advanced courses in the Health Sciences and Human Service Career Strands.

Course Code: HCT2227

Credit Value: 0.500

College Credit: Pending

Cross-credited Courses:Science (pending)

Pre-requisite:
N/A

Course Title: Nutrition and Wellness

Health Food, wellness practices, food shopping and preparation -- how can we improve upon the role of health and wellness across the lifespan with improved nutrition, food selection, and preparation? Nutritional needs, proper handling and food use, food safety, and the impact of science and technology are included in this course. Students (grade 10 – 12) use a variety of learning strategies, technology, experiments and applications to explore careers and develop competencies skills leading to introductory health-related/dietary and food worker certifications. Washington Health and Fitness and other core essential learnings and grade level expectations, Family & Consumer Sciences standards, related National Health Care Skills standards, and FCCLA - Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America national programs will provide frameworks for student assessments. The course is a desired pre-requisite for advanced courses in the Health Sciences and Human Service Career Strands.

Course Code: HCT1685 - 1686

Credit Value: 0.500

College Credit: Pending

Cross-credited Courses:Science (pending)

Pre-requisite:

  • Family Health (CTE)
  • CPR
  • First Aid highly desired
  • Food and Nutrition / Nutrition and Wellness
  • Sequential Courses

Course Title: Sports Med/Athletic Trainer 1 & 2

Are you interested in physical therapy, occupational therapy, health and medical services careers? In this two-part, 2 semester advanced course of study, students grade 10 - 12 use athletic training and therapeutic health services (Basic Core Health Skill standards) while learning how to work with clients, use intra-team communication, information gathering, treatment planning and implementation, patient monitoring and evaluating patient status. Health care skills standards, Washington essential learnings and grade level expectations, and Skills-USA Vica national programs are frameworks used for assessing student learnings.

Sports Med/Athletic Trainer 2 is a continuation course of Sports Med/Athletic Trainer 1, for those with a B or better, and interested in physical therapy, occupational therapy, health and medical services careers.

Course Code:
WCT1525 - WCT1526

Schools:
City Campus

Credit Value:1.500

College Credit:
Tech Prep college credits

Cross-credited Courses:
Science (pending)

Pre-requisite:
Sequential Courses

Course Title: XCC Health Informatics 1 & 2

Are you interested in information systems and practices which document client and patient care? Communication, confidentiality, analysis, abstracting and coding, information systems, documentation, storage, and operations are skills developed as functions of workers who document client care. Students use a variety of learning strategies, technology, and applications to explore careers and skills and develop competencies leading to health-related certifications. Washington Health and Fitness and other core essential learnings and grade level expectations, National Health Care Skills standards, and Washington Skills-USA Vica national programs will provide frameworks for student assessments. Upon completion, the Health Sciences Career Strand can provide up to 20 Tech Prep college credits with the Seattle Community College District. The course is an advanced course in the Health Sciences and Human Service Career Strand.

Course Code:
WCT7625
WCT1852

Schools:
City Campus

Credit Value:1.500

College Credit:
Tech Prep college credits

Cross-credited Courses:
Science (pending)

Pre-requisite:
Sequential Courses

Course Title: XCC Health Medical I & II

Are you interested in medical, health, sports medicine, nursing, and related careers? Learn all about health care and patient interaction, intra-team communication, information collection, treatment planning, monitoring and evaluating patient status as you change the health status of clients over time. Students (grade 11-12) use a variety of learning strategies, technology, and applications to explore careers and skills and develop competencies leading to introductory health-related certifications. Health Strand BASIC CORE, Washington Health and Fitness and other core essential learnings and grade level expectations, National Health Care Skills standards, and Washington Skills-USA Vica national programs will provide frameworks for student assessments. Upon completion, the Health Sciences Career strand can provide up to 20 Tech Prep college credits with the Seattle Community College District. The course is an advanced course in the Health Sciences and Human Service Career Strand.

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