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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Improve lives for a living
Whether you choose counseling, advocacy or general health and wellness, our programs ensure you will stay up-to-date with industry trends and insights.
Classes are taught by leading professionals with real-world experience. Our instructors are eager to assist students with their educational and professional goals as well as their personal development.
Health Care & Counseling
Courses
PHYSCI X 451
Introduction to Human Nutrition
This course provides background and practical knowledge of nutrition and its relation to health, disease, and exercise performance.
PUB HLT X 420
Introduction to Microbiology for Infection Prevention
The course provides an introduction to microbiology for infection prevention.
COM HLT X 470.6
Law and Ethics for Addiction Professionals
This course is designed to understand the legal and ethical implications related to counseling while students also clarify their own beliefs and values.
MED X 410.2
Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions
This UCLA Medical Assistant Program course introduces the legal, ethical, & professional implications for medical assistant practice.
COM HLT X 440
Live Healthier Longer: Evidence-based Nutrition
This course evaluates different nutrition and lifestyle habits of places where people are living longer and healthier than the rest of the world.