# Health: Non-Credit (HEA) courses

College of the Siskiyous · 2026-2027 Catalog · 7 courses

Source: https://siskiyous.elumenapp.com/catalog/cos26-27catalog/heanc

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

### HEA 0519 — Health

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

An informed use of health-related information and an overview of positive attitudes and responsible behaviors for making decisions to promote lifelong health.

### HEA 0520 — Eating for a Healthy Life

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 36 contact hours total
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

A course in personal nutrition. Students will learn how to choose nutritious foods, create nutritious rich meals, and eat according to a healthy lifestyle.

### HEA 0521 — Stress Management

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 36 contact hours total
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

A study of the key elements of stress management. Topics will include the recognition of stress, causes of stress, benefits of stress management, and the psychological components of stress. Various stress management techniques will be covered.

### HEA 0522 — Working with Seniors

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 36 contact hours total
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

A noncredit course providing instruction in the knowledge, skills, and appropriate standards of conduct required for working with seniors. This is vocational training for anyone who works on a regular basis with older adults including service providers, business owners, or community members. Topics include the social and physical changes that accompany aging, the use of common assistive devices, and common myths related to aging.

### HEA 0525 — Health Education

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 36 contact hours total
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

Practical information, effective strategies, and skills that teach the student how to practice good nutrition, manage personal health, and maintain an active, healthy lifestyle in the later years. This short-term course will focus on consumer skills related to food purchasing, label reading, and stretching the food dollar, meal planning, food safety, and health literacy.

### HEA 1009 — Human Sexuality

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/spring-2027/hea.md)

This course is an overview of the psychological and biological aspects of human sexuality. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach dealing with the entire area of human sexual behavior viewed in the context of the total integrated personality.

### HEA 1010 — Health in Action

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/fall-2026/hea.md); Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/winter-2027/hea.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/spring-2027/hea.md)

This course covers personal and community health problems including mental health, drugs and alcohol, tobacco use, nutrition, fitness and wellness, sex education, diseases, cardiovascular health, personal safety, aging, and environmental awareness.