{
  "college": "antelope-valley-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "HE",
  "name": "Health Education",
  "sourceUrl": "https://avc.elumenapp.com/catalog/2026-27/department/health-education",
  "courses": [
    {
      "code": "HE 100",
      "subject": "HE",
      "number": "100",
      "title": "First Aid and Emergency Care",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total",
      "cid": [
        "KIN 101"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Instructional materials fee required for this course and must be paid at registration. A study of first aid and CPR skills required by the American Red Cross. This course will result in an American Red Cross First Aid and CPR card being issued.",
      "notes": [
        "Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)",
        "Repeatable an unlimited number of times"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 5,
          "open": 5,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/he/#he-100",
          "subject": "HE"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 3,
          "open": 3,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/he/#he-100",
          "subject": "HE"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "HE 101",
      "subject": "HE",
      "number": "101",
      "title": "Health Education",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Students will explore health behaviors, health promotion and wellness concepts. The course includes study and analysis of specific life-style factors and their relationships to well-being and disease. Areas of study will include mental wellness, stress and stress management, physical fitness, nutrition, weight management, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, heart disease, cancer, infectious diseases, sexuality, birth control, consumerism and environmental health.",
      "notes": [
        "Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 9,
          "open": 9,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/he/#he-101",
          "subject": "HE"
        },
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/winter-2027/he/#he-101",
          "subject": "HE"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 9,
          "open": 9,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/he/#he-101",
          "subject": "HE"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "HE 110",
      "subject": "HE",
      "number": "110",
      "title": "Ethnic Health Issues",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "The course addresses health issues confronting ethnic/racial minority groups politically as well as socioeconomically disadvantaged in America. The course is not intended to be a comprehensive treatment of all pertinent health problems affecting minorities, but will address some of the more salient health concerns. The purposes of the course are: 1) to identify selected health problems affecting specific target groups and suggest possible strategies for alleviating them; 2) to provide a forum to discuss the social, economic, and political factors that impact health, health status, and health care; 3) to discuss culturally relevant and sensitive strategies and models to prevent and minimize diseases in minority communities; and 4) to develop policy recommendations that may positively impact the health of minority communities.",
      "notes": [
        "Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/he/#he-110",
          "subject": "HE"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/he/#he-110",
          "subject": "HE"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "HE 120",
      "subject": "HE",
      "number": "120",
      "title": "Stress Management",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "This course examines stress and stressors from a health and wellness perspective. It is designed to enable all students to understand the role of stress in their lives. The course focuses on the multidimensional nature of stress, the role of stress in the etiology of many chronic diseases, and the development of a personal stress management plan. It is based on a holistic approach to stress management, rather than an approach that just teaches a variety of individual coping techniques.",
      "notes": [
        "Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 5,
          "open": 5,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/he/#he-120",
          "subject": "HE"
        },
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/winter-2027/he/#he-120",
          "subject": "HE"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 6,
          "open": 6,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/he/#he-120",
          "subject": "HE"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "HE 201",
      "subject": "HE",
      "number": "201",
      "title": "Women's Health Issues",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Students will explore health issues that relate specifically to women. Topics will include women and the health care system, mental health, drugs, alcohol and smoking, menstruation, mid-life and older women’s health, sexuality, fertility and infertility, childbearing, politics of disease, violence against women, and body image, food and nutrition. Each of the topics will be explored in relation to poverty, ageism, racism, and sexism.",
      "notes": [
        "Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 4,
          "open": 4,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/he/#he-201",
          "subject": "HE"
        },
        {
          "term": "winter-2027",
          "name": "Winter 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/winter-2027/he/#he-201",
          "subject": "HE"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 6,
          "open": 6,
          "url": "/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/he/#he-201",
          "subject": "HE"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}