RP 400 Essentials of Distance Education

This course is often the student’s first opportunity to try a distance-learning format. It is designed to aid the student through his or her distance education journey. It will help the student know what is expected for distance learning and aid the student in finding the answers needed to accomplish this goal. Finally, this course will prepare the student on how to begin college writing.

HS 468 Energy Medicine for the 21st Century

This course is designed to introduce the student to a variety of ancient healing techniques and concepts that are being incorporated into 21st-century medicine. The student will discover ways in which to bring the body, mind, and spirit back into balance through the use of energy balancing. By adjusting the harmonic structure through different modalities, the student will discover the secrets of cellular regeneration. This course is about holism, and how ancient and present healers view disease and the various methods used to bring harmony and balance.

HM 407 Preventive Health Care Protocol

This course will present an overview of health and health care. In our present society, there is a transition from crisis-oriented health care to preventive medicine and wellness care. This course will look at the impact that our personal habits, environment, society, lifestyles, foods, stress, past beliefs and negative attitudes have on our health as individuals and as a society. The student will learn how these factors affect our health. Students will learn how to identify them and change them. The course will provide information on how to do a wellness assessment and create an implementation plan for change.

HS 453 Anatomy and Physiology

Almost any aspect of health and healing involves some knowledge of what constitutes a healthy body and how it is supposed to work. This course introduces human anatomy and physiology together so that the student can appreciate the close relationship between structure and function. This course begins with basic concepts and the building blocks of life. It explores how these are combined into cells, tissues, organs and systems to achieve specific purposes through organization and metabolism. The course is designed so that the student who successfully masters it can be assured of being well prepared for other courses in the field of health and healing.

HS 451 Introduction to Nutrition

This course provides the student with an in-depth and comprehensive knowledge of basic nutrition. Through the course of study, the student will learn aspects of gastrointestinal nutrition, basic minerals, vitamin and enzyme nutrition, as well as an introduction to the study of amino acids and other pertinent nutrients.

HM 401 Nutritional Counseling for the Health Care Practitioners

The student will learn the basics of nutrition starting with the components of food and how they are assimilated through the utilization of protein, carbohydrates, fats, calories, and nutrients. The impact of diet will be studied along with the concepts of toxicity, pH balance, cleansing, fasting, supplementation, enzymes, and the healing process.

HS 455 Dietary Nutrition

This course is a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of various dietary regimens focusing on nutritional, spiritual, and social belief systems concerning foods. Vegetarianism, macrobiotics, raw food, food combining, hereditary predispositions, and health fads will be explored. Specific dietary recommendations for ailments such as candidacies, hypoglycemia, allergies, pre-menstrual, and auto-immune deficiency syndromes will be covered.

HS 452 Applied Nutrition

This course provides the student with an intensive study of how nutritional applications can correct specific disorders of the body. Through dietary nutritional programs, the student will learn to counteract deficiencies by utilizing nutrition and diet for optimal health.

HS 457 Nutritional Counseling and Hair Mineral Analysis

A study of the scientific literature regarding minerals and their relation to biochemistry. The student will learn the theoretical concepts involved in the interpretation of the test and clinical observations regarding the use of hair mineral analysis for understanding body chemistry, preventing illness, designing corrective programs, and monitoring progress. The laboratory procedures necessary will be explained.

HS 725 Blood Chemistry

This comprehensive course provides the BS and ND students with excellent resources on both conventional and alternative scopes of laboratory chemistry. Through reading and audio study, students learn the use of blood chemistry and urinalysis results in the diagnosis and monitoring of a patient’s health. The course content focuses on the assessment of nutritional status and chronic disease through the use of basic lab tests and presents an in-depth study of acid-alkaline diet theory. This course also teaches how to monitor chronic disease states with up-to-date, scientific lab methods.

HS 454 Applied Nutrition / Herbology

The student will learn the therapeutic and healing properties of plants, including their physiological properties and active constituents. Specific formulas for the treatment of acute and chronic disorders, plant identification, and various herbal preparation methods will be depicted.

HE 420 Exercise Techniques for Health and Weight Management

The importance of exercise in addition to nutrition is emphasized. The student will learn how the body can make better use of nutrients with exercise incorporated into the lifestyle. Exercise helps the body maintain health as well as weight management. Exercises for the whole body are studied, including the slant board, which helps supply blood to the brain and relieve the organs from gravitational stress. Neck exercises, skin brushing, circulation exercises, and musculoskeletal exercises are demonstrated. Kneipp water treatments, the use of the mini-trampoline, and various eye exercises are also described.

HS 459 Fasting and Detoxification: A Holistic Approach

This course provides the student with an in-depth knowledge of fasting and detoxification to restore optimal bodily health. Therapeutic methods will be studied such as the cleansing diet, digestive wellness, juice fasting, and various tissue cleansing procedures.

HE 440 Natural Healing Methods

An in-depth study of natural healing methods and prevention of disease. Students will learn about fasting, eliminative diets, rejuvenating foods/herbs, hydrotherapy, exercise, water treatments, and replacing old tissue with new. This course examines some of the more chronic diseases including arthritis, asthma, heart disease, and cancer. It shows how the disease is built through habits and lifestyle. Drug suppression and its effects are discussed. How to revitalize glands, promote healthy blood, and a healthy circulatory system are studied.

HS 465 Business Practices and Office Management

This course provides a cookbook approach for the new graduate who is about to enter the world of health care as a business. Information is gleaned from the instructor’s experience as a solo practitioner in a one-man home office. Information from this course is equally valuable for the seasoned businessman or brand new practitioner.

BA 516 Legal Guidelines for Unlicensed Practitioners

This course will lead the student beyond simple legal protection to discuss the legal structure of health care. It will include new materials regarding licensing laws and the use of the Ninth Amendment declarations. This course will give the student background of knowledge with regard to licensing laws that are aimed at regulating the health care practitioner.

HS 464 History Taking

This course presents the theoretical and practical aspects of patient history taking. Ancillary diagnostic modalities used in Western medicine will be discussed in order to provide familiarity. Both the art and science of taking a history will be emphasized.

IR 404 The Science and Practice of Iridology I

The student will learn specific techniques of iris readings and begin to practice using a magnifying lens. A study is made on the normal and abnormal iris and understanding fiber density. How to locate landmarks, the autonomic nerve wreath, and zones corresponding to each of the major body organs, will be explained. Interpretations of iris markings are detailed including types of inflammation, inherent lesion acidity and catarrh, tents, nerve rings, injuries, the lymphatic rosar, the scurf rim radii Solaris brain anemia, and the sodium/cholesterol ring.

IR 405 Iris Wisdom and the Allied Healing Arts

An advanced iridology and nutrition study that suggests office procedures for iridology and clinical nutrition. Special supplements for special needs are reviewed along with herbal combinations for certain ailments. A wide variety of research in the field of Iridology will be studied. Camera studies and lighting effects are covered. Computerized iris analysis will be demonstrated and explained. Interviews with Iridologists in from around the world are included. The student will learn how iridology may apply to many other healing arts such as chiropractic, homeopathy, acupuncture, and osteopathy.

IR 400 Bridging the Gap between American and European Iridology

This is a live class taught by Ellen Tart on the video to assist the student in understanding the likenesses and differences between American / Jensen Iridology and the research being done in Europe. A fascinating study using visual aids such as charts, iris slides, and diagrams to teach the students constitutional types, iris signs, and the implications of pupil sizes and shapes. Specific nutritional advice and herbal recommendations are given for each constitutional type.

IR 480 Beyond Basic Health through Iridology and Nutrition

This course will introduce Iridology and nutritional connection. The history of Iridology, what it is, and how to use the iris chart to detect specific patterns in the iris, will be taught. The physiology of iris signs will be explained, including iris topography and color variations. Other areas addressed are how Iridology can be used to locate inflammation, toxic material, and mineral deficiencies and estimate tissue integrity. Important information is given concerning the doctor-patient relationship.

HS 450 Bio-Chemistry – Primary

This course is based upon a unique text by Stephen Goldberg, M.D. It is designed to make learning biochemistry easy and even enjoyable. This course focuses on the concepts of biochemistry, and practical, clinical applications. This course is designed for all types of holistic practitioners, who will find it full of useful and relevant material about the chemistry of our bodies, and how it relates to health and disease.

NU 405 New Concepts of Nutrition I

An introduction to the way food is utilized by the human body for building healthy tissue. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of whole and living foods as provided by nature. The student will learn the important properties of specific foods and how they benefit various systems of the body. A Master Feeding Program will be detailed which includes guidelines for all of the nutrients a person needs for optimum health, vitality, and longevity.

NU 410 Food Preparation for Health and Harmony

This course teaches practical nutrition and how to build a healthier body starting in your kitchen. Descriptions of cookware and food preparation methods are given. Eating habits are discussed. The student will learn about a wide variety of delicious and creative recipes made from whole foods and how to replace packaged processed foods with whole foods. Ideas for salads, soups, natural desserts, home freezing, special blending recipes, sprouting, making yogurt, and using nuts and seeds are presented.

NU 460 Newer Concepts of Nutrition II

This course is an extension of nutritional principles introduced in Newer Concepts of Nutrition I. Protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and whole foods are discussed according to the ways they are used by the body. Body systems are examined and the foods which are best for strengthening each one. The student will learn how certain foods can overcome nutritional deficiencies and allergies, and how they can build immunity. Selecting and preparing foods for the best nutritional value for adults as well as children is explained.

NU 470 Environmental Nutrition

This course examines our ecosystem and the vital link between our food, our immunity, and our planet. Topics discussed include the greenhouse effect, the growing pollution problem, food irradiation, the indiscriminate use of toxic pesticides, and the destruction of the world’s forests. It focuses on the existing dangers inherent in our agricultural systems such as the demineralization of our soil, the declining nutritional values of our food supply, and the resulting diseases that occur. A wide range of practical solutions is offered including foods for survival, alternatives to pollution/pesticides, antibiotics, and various methods of organic gardening are explained.

RP 401 Research Project: Basics for Research

Students will become familiar with basic research techniques through study and hands-on activities such as conducting interviews and writing abstracts. This course will cover topics such as strategies and storage of data collected, ethics and confidentiality, interviewing, and analysis. This course is designed to guide and assist the student with the basics needed to conduct a research project prior to the completion of a formal thesis.

TH 410 BS Thesis – 10,000-word minimum

Upon completion of the required credit hours of course work, the student will submit a 10,000-word thesis, demonstrating his or her understanding of the field of their choice. Students will have to demonstrate their grasp of the basic concepts in their fields and are encouraged to do a comparative study of techniques or philosophies. Students will be able to apply some of their homework towards their thesis, if relevant to the proposal.