Health

Healthy life; happy life. Make it even better by enrolling at Coastline. Keep your finger on the pulse of the medical field so you can eat your greens and bring home the bacon – keto approved.

Health and Fitness - AA Degree Major
Health Care Management - AS Degree
Health Care Management - Cert. of Achievement
Health Science - Cert. of Achievement

Why study Health at Coastline?

Become a professional trainer, wellness coach, or community health worker.  Or start here and go on to pursue careers such as nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, physician’s assistant, and medicine. Our faculty can guide your first steps through education or offer advice about how to reach higher ranks within your career.

General awareness about the importance of health and fitness continues to rise, as does the variety of related careers and a need for more workers in the field.  Health fads come and go but medical professionals will always be needed. Choose a course of study here at Coastline College that inspires you - and others - to make healthful decisions.

Health and Fitness

Associate of Arts Degree Major
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The Health and Fitness major integrates courses that provide students with information related to physical fitness, health, and quality of life. Topics include physical conditioning and the value of physical activity, food and nutrition, disease prevention and management, and additional health-related issues.

• Program Learning Outcomes

  Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Apply major theories and concepts of health, nutrition, and fitness to improve one's overall wellness and to guide others to make healthy lifestyle choices.
  • Support opinions/ideas using solid research principles.
• Program Courses

  Requirements for the Major

  All courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.

  Students will complete all of the following:

  Course ID	Name	Units
  BIOL C221	Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology	3.0
  FN C170	Nutrition	3.0
  HLTH C100	Personal Health	3.0
  PE C190	Physiology of Exercise	3.0
  Subtotal		12.0

  Program Electives

  Complete 6 units from the following:

  Course ID	Name	Units
  BIOL C120	Biology of Aging	3.0
  FN C225	Nutrition and Aging	3.0
  HLTH C120	Personal Wellness Lifestyle	0.5-2.0
  HLTH C223	Healthy Aging	3.0
  PE C101	Personal Fitness and Wellness	1.0
  PE C102	Lifetime Fitness	0.5-1.0
  PE C289	Exercise Assessment & Program Implementation	3.0
  PE C190L	Physiology/Exercise Lab	1.0
  Subtotal Electives		6.0
  Subtotal for Major		18.0
  Total for Degree		60.0

  OR any other Health, Food, and Nutrition, or Physical Education courses numbered C100 or above approved by the Department.

  Students wanting to take the exam to become a Certified Professional Trainer are advised to take PE C189 Exercise Assessment and Program Implementation as one of their electives.

Health Care Management

Associate of Science Degree
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Healthcare is one of today's most dynamic and growing fields. It is the largest industry in the U.S., and the second largest employer, with more than 11 million jobs, presenting a wide range of management opportunities and challenges.

This program is designed to help office, administrative, and support staff in the medical field to consider advancing to management positions. The program prepares students for transfer into bachelors programs in Health Care Administration, Business, Organizational Behavior, Management, and Leadership fields.

• Program Learning Outcomes

  Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Apply the principles and legal regulations of healthcare management to real-world situations.
  • Effectively communicate solutions to management issues in an organizational (health care) setting, using appropriate language and tools and demonstrating an understanding of management terms and concepts.
  • Develop and exhibit high standards of professional practice, demonstrating awareness of ethical and social responsibilities in today's multicultural, team-oriented, rapidly-changing healthcare/management environment.
• Program Courses

  Students will complete all of the following:

  Course ID	Name	Units
  HLTH C121	Introduction to Healthcare Management	3.0
  LAW C126	Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration	3.0
  MS C100	Business Organization and Management	3.0
  MS C101	Management and Employee Communication	3.0
  MS C104	Human Resources Management	3.0
  Subtotal		15.0

  Program Electives

  Choose 9 units from the following:

  Course ID	Name	Units
  ACCT C100	Introduction to Accounting	3.0
  BIOL C104	Medical Terminology for Health Professionals	3.0
  BC C145	Medical Administrative Assistant I	3.0
  BIOL C200	Pharmacology	3.0
  BIOL C221	Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology	3.0
  BUS C100	Introduction to Business	3.0
  BUS C007	Business Mathematics	3.0
  BUS C281-C284	Work Based Learning	1.0-4.0
  CIS C100	Introduction to Information Systems	3.0
  ECON C170	Principles of Microeconomics	3.0
  MATH C160	Introduction to Statistics	4.0
  MS C102	Human Relations in Business	3.0
  Subtotal Electives		9.0
  Total for Certificate		24.0
  Total for Degree		60.0

Health Care Management

Certificate of Achievement
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The Health Care Management Certificate is designed for the health care practitioner who is considering climbing the health care management ladder. Healthcare is one of today's most dynamic and growing fields. It is the largest industry in the U.S., and the second largest employer, with more than 11 million jobs, presenting a wide range of management opportunities and challenges.

Courses in this certificate will assist students in exploring the management field and provide them with the knowledge and information to pique their interest and consider upward mobility in the health care industry. This program is designed to help office, administrative, and support staff in the medical field to consider advancing to management positions. The program prepares students for transfer into bachelors programs in Health Care Administration, Business, Organizational Behavior, Management, and Leadership fields.

• Program Learning Outcomes

  Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Apply the principles and legal regulations of healthcare management to real-world situations.
  • Effectively communicate solutions to management issues in an organizational (health care) setting, using appropriate language and tools and demonstrating an understanding of management terms and concepts.
  • Develop and exhibit high standards of professional practice, demonstrating awareness of ethical and social responsibilities in today's multicultural, team-oriented, rapidly-changing healthcare/management environment.
• Program Courses

  Students will complete all of the following:

  Course ID	Name	Units
  HLTH C121	Introduction to Healthcare Management	3.0
  LAW C126	Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration	3.0
  MS C100	Business Organization and Management	3.0
  MS C101	Management and Employee Communication	3.0
  MS C104	Human Resources Management	3.0
  Subtotal		15.0

  Program Electives

  Choose 9 units from the following:

  Course ID	Name	Units
  ACCT C100	Introduction to Accounting	3.0
  BIOL C104	Medical Terminology for Health Professionals	3.0
  BC C145	Medical Administrative Assistant I	3.0
  BIOL C200	Pharmacology	3.0
  BIOL C221	Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology	3.0
  BUS C100	Introduction to Business	3.0
  BUS C007	Business Mathematics	3.0
  BUS C281-C284	Work Based Learning	1.0-4.0
  CIS C100	Introduction to Information Systems	3.0
  ECON C170	Principles of Microeconomics	3.0
  MATH C160	Introduction to Statistics	4.0
  MS C102	Human Relations in Business	3.0
  Subtotal Electives		9.0
  Total for Certificate		24.0
  Total for Degree		60.0

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