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2021-2022 APU Catalog 
    
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PY 25000 - Behavioral Sciences for Healthcare Professionals


(4) This course provides healthcare professionals with foundational concepts of the behavioral sciences as applied to individuals and populations. This course explores the history and latest research of key theories, major advances, and contemporary concepts of psychology and sociology. Students will learn the tools and methods behavioral scientists use for investigation of individual and group behaviors. This course will explore the different stages of human life, from prenatal through end-of-life, and the major biological, psychological and social changes occurring in individuals during them. This course examines assumptions about culture, history, psychology through evidence-based reasoning. Through emphasizing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, this course helps students build the foundation for a deeper understanding of theory and methods in the social sciences. Satisfies SI Social/Behavioral Scientific Inquiry. Offered: Fall.



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