�ZOOLOGY�

OPEN COURSES FOR OTHER STREAMS

�HUMAN GENETICS, NUTRITION AND PUBLIC HEALTH

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OPEN COURSES FOR OTHER STREAMS�HUMAN GENETICS, NUTRITION AND PUBLIC HEALTH� 

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

• To create an awareness in students on various aspects of genetics and health science.

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• To introduce students to some of the present and future applications of bio-sciences. 

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PART  I - HEALTH, EXERCISE AND NUTRITION

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MODULE I: Definition and Meaning of Health

MODULE II: Nutrition and Health

MODULE III: Safety education and health promotion

MODULE IV: Life Skills education

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�MODULE I: Definition and Meaning of Health

• Effect of Exercise on various Systems of the body.
• Programmes on Community Health promotion

Alcoholism Drug Abuse

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MODULE I��MODULE II: Nutrition and Health�V: Nutrition and Health�

• Concepts of Balanced diet.
• Role of Diet and exercise.
• Calorie intake and expenditure.
• Malnutrition, deficiency disease, Obesity.
• BMI

MODULE III: Safety education and health promotion�

• Health and Safety in daily Life
• First aid in emergency care
• Modern Life style and hypokinetic

diseases.

MODULE IV: Life Skills education

• Physical Activity.
• Emotional Adjustment and wellbeing.
• Yoga, meditation, relaxation.
• Psychoneuro immunology

PART  II -  PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION

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MODULE V: Public health and water quality

MODULE VI: Public health and diseases

�MODULE V: Public health and Water Quality�

• Potable water quality monitoring &Purification.
• Water borne diseases and their prevention.
• Waste management –vermicompost.

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MODULE VI: Public health and diseases�

• Food borne diseases & their prevention.
• Food poisoning by microbes.

Emerging pathogens

• Emerging Pathogens: Swine flu H1N1, Bird Flu H5N1, SARS, Anthrax
• Reemerging: TB, Chikungunya, Malaria, Dengue fever.
• Mosquito and Rodent control measures.
• Cancer-types, causes, prevention measures.

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PART  III -  HUMAN GENETICS

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MODULE VII: Genetic disorders in man

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