Catalog Info
Title when registering
Basic Lactation Concepts
Course Master
Credit Hours
3.00
Contact Hours Per Week
3 (for 15-week classes)
Pre-requisites
Instructor permission
Course Description
The first course in a two-semester sequence that examines basic lactation concepts including the history of breastfeeding: Breastfeeding Then and Now; Breastfeeding data; Breast Embryology and Anatomy; Relevant Infant Anatomy; Components of Human Milk; and Lactogenesis and Milk Production.
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Portfolio Review Details
Evidence of completion of a Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC) approved course offering 95 hours of didactic instruction, which meets the IBLCE® requirement for lactation education. This is in combination with the CPCLL of AH 122: Applied Principles of Breast Feeding.
See the following website for a list of approved courses.
https://www.leaarc.org/docs/NewApproved_Courses.pdf
Office Contact
School of Health and Human Services: 313-845-9877, hhsinfo@hfcc.edu, Health Careers Education Ctr, Room: G-132
Requirements are subject to change.
The information represented here is effective starting Fall 2025 and applies to the current catalog year.
If you were admitted prior to this year, please check your requirements under the
My Progress section of HFC Self Service.