# Health Education (HEA) courses

Palo Verde College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 1 courses

Source: https://catalog.paloverde.edu/index.php?catoid=2

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

### HEA 140 — Health Education

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Student Learning Outcomes: Identify the 6 dimensions of health and the basic traits shared by healthy people. Assess their individual levels of wellness in each area of the 6 dimensions of health. Develop enhancement strategies to improve any area of the 6 dimensions of health that may be lacking.
- General Education: Not approved for General Education
- Course Duration (Weeks): 18

This course is the study of healthful living through the development of sound emotional health, self-actualization and self-esteem. Successful stress management, rewarding relationships with other people and physical fitness are covered. Emphasis is on a positive approach to health with most health problems seen as being preventable through healthful living habits. Course includes sections on: problems associated with substance abuse, including tobacco, alcohol, and drugs; violence in the world; preventing and fighting disease; and facing life changes.