Health Care & Counseling
Health Care & Counseling
Build your health care skills and prepare for success in this rewarding industry.
UCLA Extension’s Health Care and Counseling programs offer a variety of courses and certificates to help you take the next step in your professional development and career.
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Health Care & Counseling
Courses
COM HLT X 470.3
Developmental Aspects of Psychology and Addiction
This course provides an understanding of the etiology of addiction and clinical implications to effectively understand chemically dependent behavior.
COM HLT X 456
Evaluating Diet Trends: Tools for Promoting Effective Nutrition
Student will gain the ability to critically evaluate any nutrition trend. Students will learn how to identify credible sources of information and gain the ability to assess the soundness of evidence and make corresponding practical recommendations.
COM HLT X 404.7
Exercise and Sports Nutrition
Designed for fitness and sports enthusiasts, this course provides an in-depth understanding of the relation between dietary needs and optimal exercise performance and training.
PHYSCI X 450
Exercise Physiology
Designed for fitness instructors, this course provides an in-depth practical exposure to the interaction of various systems within the human body during exercise.
COM HLT X 454
Exercise Prescription, Program Design, and Coaching Techniques
This course provides fundamentals and practice in formulating prescriptions along with designing safe and effective exercise programs for individual clients, all based on sound scientific practices.