# Health (HLTH) courses

Butte College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://butte.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/25393/28400/28006

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027.

### HLTH 2 — Health and Wellness

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 51 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** PH 100
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/hlth.md); Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/butte-college/schedule/winter-2027/hlth.md); Spring 2027, 4 sections (/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/hlth.md)

This course focuses on the exploration of major health issues and behaviors in the various dimensions of health. Emphasis is placed on individual responsibility for personal health and the promotion of informed, positive health behaviors. Topics include nutrition, exercise, weight control, mental health, stress management, violence, substance abuse, reproductive health, disease prevention, aging, healthcare, and environmental hazards and safety. Graded only. (C-ID PH 100).

### HLTH 40 — Drugs, Health, and Society

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 51 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** PH 103
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

This course offers a comprehensive examination of the epidemiological and toxicological dimensions of substance use and abuse, with a particular emphasis on its implications for public health. Students will engage with foundational and advanced concepts related to substance dependence, including the classification and pharmacodynamics of both licit and illicit drugs. The curriculum delves into the neurobiological and physiological mechanisms by which various substances affect the human brain and body. The course investigates the sociopolitical and economic determinants that influence drug production, distribution, and consumption. Students will analyze national data on substance use trends—including tobacco, alcohol, prescription medications, and other psychoactive agents—while exploring the multifactorial risk profiles associated with addiction. The course also surveys contemporary recovery paradigms and evaluates the efficacy of local and national support systems and resources. (C-ID PH 103).

### HLTH 99 — Work Experience-HLTH

- **Units:** 0.5-8
- **Hours:** 25.5-408 hours independent study
- **Prerequisite:** Permission of Work Experience Education instructor and employment supervisor
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

Work experience is an experiential course where students apply what they have learned in the classroom to a work environment. The course offers students the opportunity to develop technical skills, explore possible career choices, build confidence, network with people in the field, and transition into the world of work. Work experience may include paid or unpaid employment. Students may earn one semester unit of college credit in this course for every fifty-one hours of work experience. Students may enroll in this course up to 8 unit(s) to complete the entire curriculum of the course. A maximum of sixteen units can be earned in work experience courses during a student’s enrollment with Butte College.