Health Sciences Major — B.S.
Students in health sciences are required to declare one of two concentrations.
- The premedical concentration is designed to meet the curricular needs of students pursuing premedical graduate education.
- The planned clinical concentration is designed for students planning to pursue post-baccalaureate education in health fields such as physician assistant, nursing, dietetics, chiropractic, veterinary, and dentistry.
Summary
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences B.S. Major Requirements | 71-77 | |
| Integrative Core Curriculum and Electives 1 | 43-49 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
| 1 | This major is approved to fulfill the Integrative Core Curriculum requirement for the Natural Sciences perspective. |
Degree Requirements
Note: some required courses include a math placement score prerequisite. Check course prerequisites prior to registration.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HEALTH COURSES | ||
| HLTH 10100 | Introduction to Healthy Aging (Introduction to Healthy Aging) | 3 |
| HLTH 20200 | Human Nutrition | 3 |
| HLTH 20500 | Critical Health Issues | 3 |
| HLTH 21700 | Epidemiological Approaches to Disease Prevention and Control | 3 |
| HLTH 22900 | Human Disease | 3 |
| HLTH 31600 | Health Research and Analysis | 3 |
| Select 3 credits of the following: | 3 | |
HLTH 349xx | Fieldwork in Health | |
HLTH 453xx | Supervised Research | |
| HLTH 41700 | Public Health Policy and Justice | 3 |
| HLTH 44400 | Leadership and Health Promotion | 2 |
| STATISTICS COURSE | ||
| MATH 14400 | Statistics for Business, Economics and Management | 3-4 |
| or MATH 14500 | Statistics for the Health, Life, and Social Sciences | |
| or MATH 15500 | Basic Statistical Reasoning | |
| or MATH 21600 | Statistical Analysis | |
| PSYCHOLOGY COURSE | ||
| PSYC 10300 | General Psychology | 3 |
| or PSYC 10400 | Introduction to Developmental Psychology | |
| SCIENCE COURSES | ||
| BIOL 11900 | Fundamentals of Biology: Cells and Bodies | 4 |
| BIOL 12000 | Fundamentals of Biology: Ecology and Evolution | 4 |
| CHEM 12100 | Principles of Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 12200 | Principles of Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 23200 | Quantitative Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 23300 | Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| EXSS 12000 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| EXSS 12100 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| REQUIRED CONCENTRATION | ||
| Health Sciences majors must complete either the Premedical Concentration or the Planned Clinical Concentration; requirements are listed below. | 15-20 | |
| Total Credits | 71-77 | |
PREMEDICAL CONCENTRATION
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CHEM 22100 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 22200 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 22300 | Organic Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 22400 | Organic Chemistry II Laboratory | 1 |
| Select one of the following Physics sequences: | 8 | |
| Introduction to Physics I and Introduction to Physics II | ||
| Momentum, Energy, and Heat and Classical Fields: Gravity, Electricity, & Magnetism 1 | ||
| Select one of the following Math courses: | ||
| MATH 10800 | Applied Calculus | 4 |
| or MATH 11100 | Calculus I | |
| Total Credits | 20 | |
| 1 | PHYS 12200: Requires MATH 11100 as prerequisite. |
PLANNED CLINICAL CONCENTRATION
For students who plan to pursue post-baccalaureate education in fields other than medical school or food and nutrition, such as nursing, chiropractic, physician assistant, veterinary, dentistry, optometry, and other careers. Students must submit their planned concentration proposal, including list of courses and stated goal, for approval by their advisor and the department chair. Total required credits: 15