2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Health Sciences, B.S.

Requirements of the Health Sciences Major - 58 credits

Students must earn at least a 3.00 GPA in all major core courses and electives required of the Health Sciences program to graduate.

Required Major Core courses - 31 credits

A minimum grade of “B” is required of all major core courses.

HESC 0101 - Introduction to the Health Care Practice Credits: 3
HESC 0201 - Human Assessment Credits: 3
HESC 0250 - Medical Ethics Credits: 3
HESC 0350 - Research Methods in Evidence Based Practice Credits: 3
HESC 0380 - Public Health Intervention Credits: 3
BIOL 0237 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Credits: 4
BIOL 0239 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Credits: 4
CHEM 0109 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHEM 0111 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4

Choose 2 courses from the following - 8 credits

BIOL 0203 - Genetics Credits: 4
BIOL 0209 - Medical Microbiology Credits: 4 or BIOL 0223
CHEM 0201 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHEM 0203 - Organic Chemistry II Credits: 4
PHSC 0115 - General Physics I Credits: 4
PHSC 0117 - General Physics II Credits: 4

Choose one of the following - 3 credits

COMM 0102 - Introduction to Human Communication Credits: 3
PSYC 0207 - Lifespan Development Credits: 3
PSYC 0311 - Health Psychology Credits: 3
PSYC 0312 - Behavioral Neuroscience Credits: 3

Additional Required Common Core courses - 16 credits

BIOL 0129 - General Biology I Credits: 4
MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 3
MOVP 0100 - Science of Physical Activity and Health Credits: 3
PSYC 0101 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
SOCI 0101 - Principles of Sociology Credits: 3

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in the Common Core .