DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN HEALTH, DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION   [Archived Catalog]
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog
   

REHSCI 1292 - DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN HEALTH, DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides a forum for exploring issues of diversity and multiculturalism as they affect both daily interactions and professional practice in health care and rehabilitation. In this course students will build a greater understanding of: personal culture; how factors of culture and diversity influence an individual's health, living needs, and response to stress; international concepts of disability and health & rehabilitation services; and globalization and its relationship to rehabilitation. In addition, students will learn how to apply concepts of cross-cultural competence and intercultural communication to clinical services and program development.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Rehabilitation Science (BS, BSH, BPH)


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