Community Health & Wellness (with Health Administration)

A writing-intensive capstone course for the General Education curriculum that provides students with guidance in their application of interdisciplinary knowledge to problem solving. Students are challenged to practice critical and creative thinking skills, and they are expected to demonstrate competence in oral, written, and other creative modes of expression. This course is open to all majors. This course undertakes in depth exploration of the internal and external factors that influence health in the United States. By taking a cross- disciplinary and health-focused approach, students are guided to critically examine social, genetic, technological, cultural, economic, and political factors that impact the health of a community. Employing concepts from the liberal arts, sciences, and technologies as well as evidence-based data, students will analyze cross-disciplinary factors relevant to health and community, and will develop proposals for effective community solutions and intervention strategies. Students will also be guided to apply course learning to individual health and reflect on ways to optimize their own personal culture of health.

The purpose of the course is to provide the student with an understanding of the application of the social and behavioral sciences to health.  The course reviews behavioral, social and cultural factors related to individual and population health and health disparities over the life course.  Public health issues related to individuals and populations will be examined in terms of social and behavioral theories, empirical research findings, and methodologies.

Financial accounting deals with the preparation, presentation, and analysis of financial statements. The course involves the study of the terminology and conceptual framework underlying the measurement, processing, and communication of financial information to external and internal users. The course is required of all business and management majors, but is open to any student with an interest in learning this essential part of the language of business.

This course will explore price theory and its application to the factors of production, and the concept of elasticity of supply and demand. The course will also cover the relationship of organizations to production, costs, markets, pricing, and alternative economic systems. International trade and monetary policy will also be explained.

Descriptive and inferential statistics for the behavioral sciences; frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, variance, probability, hypothesis testing, and parametric tests (including analysis of variance); and an introduction to correlation and regression.

Concepts and constructs of wellness and health promotion are studied and analyzed in relation to one's self and the public's health.  Students will integrate health behavior theories along with models of community health promotion and wellness with the objectives of Healthy People.  Students will apply wellness and health promotion principles and strategies to one's own life and a proposed target population within the community.

An examination of contemporary business institutions and their relationship to society. Topics include historical antecedents, basis of the American enterprise system, functional areas of business, and principles of management.

This course introduces the basic principles and methods of epidemiology, with an emphasis on critical thinking, analytic skills, and application to health policy.  Topics include outcome measures, methods of adjustment, surveillance, quantitative study designs, and sources of data.  Students will practice using epidemiology to better understand, characterize and promote health at a population level through experiential learning activities.

An analysis of the management concerns associated with small business. This course examines the means of ownership and characteristics of small business, as well as the benefits derived from and problems associated with managing small retail stores, service-oriented organizations, franchises, and manufacturing firms. Problems in marketing, finance, production, accounting, personnel, and insurance associated with the management of a small business are studied and analyzed. Development of a business plan is included.

This course focuses on the development of advocacy and leadership at the local, state, national, and international level.  Students will study topics including ethics, policy making and legislation/regulation of community health and wellness concerns at all levels.

The purpose of this course is to promote a wellness mindset (physical, mental, and spiritual). Through participation in classroom experiential activities and independent learning, students will acquire knowledge and skills that support the practice of wellness in daily life. Students will be guided, through self-assessment and reflection, to identify areas in their life where the practice of wellness will be most beneficial. Finally, students will develop a personal plan for continued practice of wellness in the future.

Aspects of the human resources function operable in business organizations; analysis of employment personnel testing, job classification, wage and salary administration, and performance evaluation; overview of labor relations in American business.

This course unites business theory and practical application by means of the Keuka Collegewine project. The project allows students to practice entrepreneurship by managing their own for-profit microenterprise. The students, with supervision, will perform the functions of management, marketing, and accounting. Student entrepreneurs will be responsible for product development, procurement and supply, quality control, labeling, packaging, advertising and sales, ordering and distribution, and financial reporting for the project. (Offered every spring.)

Students will work in small project teams with faculty advisement to complete a scholarly, culminating capstone project.  The faculty-led small group project allows student(s) to demonstrate application of knowledge gained. The baccalaureate capstone is an integral part of the major's curriculum design and is completed over the course of two semesters.

Students will work in small project teams with faculty advisement to complete a scholarly, culminating capstone project.  The faculty-led small group project allows student(s) to demonstrate application of knowledge gained. The baccalaureate capstone is an integral part of the major's curriculum design and is completed over the course of two semesters.