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The Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy operate on both the Oxford and Jackson campuses. The Schools of Dentistry, Health Related Professionals and Medicine, and the Health Sciences Graduate School, are based in Jackson only. (Additional healthcare programs are available through the School of Applied Sciences on the Oxford campus.) Other than these exceptions, the schools above are on the Oxford campus.

ES 396: Allied Health Terminology

HEALTH, EXERCISE SCI & RECREATION MGMT

This course offers an introduction to medical terms through an examination of their composition, focusing on prefixes, suffixes, word roots and their combined forms by review of each body system and specialty area. Use of this specialized language in a professional health care environment and in scholarly and professional writing is also emphasized.

3 Credits

Prerequisites

  • [Bisc 102 and Bisc 103] or [Bisc 160 and Bisc 161] or [Bisc 206].
  • Pre-Requisite: 24 Earned Hours

Instruction Type(s)

  • Lecture: Lecture for ES 396
  • Lecture: Web-based Lecture for ES 396

Subject Areas

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