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A bilingual health care studies professional addresses the diverse cultural issues, religious practices, and specific conventions that can create a barrier to patient accessibility and availability of health care.  You will learn to be a culturally and linguistically capable health interpreter and translator that knows appropriate behaviors, posturing skills, and verbal and non-verbal communication techniques.  Our degree offers language options for Spanish, Arabic, French, or German.\n\nCoursework:\nThe health education component of the degree includes the content areas of community health; epidemiology; principles of US health systems; public health; medical terminology; nutrition and dietetics; grief, loss, and death counseling; and the study of communicable and non-communicable diseases. The language options available through the degree include Spanish, Arabic, French, and German. 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