Courses | B.S. in Health Sciences
Below are the course requirements for this academic program. In addition to these program-specific requirements, all majors include 51ÂÜÀò's traditional undergraduate core curriculum. For more program details, including a sample course sequence, .
Graduate/Professional School Requirements
The student should be aware that most graduate programs and many professional schools require an overall minimum GPA of 3.0 and that a grade of C or better was earned for all science courses and they will not accept Advanced Placement science credit to fulfill the entrance requirements.
Curriculum Requirements
Pre-Health Care Professional (68+ Credits)
The Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences degree offers one concentration: Pre-Health Care Professional.
For Pre-Health Care Professional careers, especially Pre-Physical Therapy and Pre-Physician’s Assistant, this degree/concentration is offered upon the completion of the University baccalaureate and major requirements as follows:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences majors meet the Core Curriculum requirement of 9 credits in science, mathematics, and behavioral science within the major. The foreign language requirement is met by two years of high school study in the same language or four credits of college foreign language. is strongly recommended and meets the Philosophy Core Curriculum requirement. | ||
| Program Courses | ||
& | Fundamentals of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Fundamentals of Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory | 4 |
& | Fundamentals of Organismal Biology and Fundamentals of Organismal Biology Laboratory | 4 |
| Sophomore Writing Seminar | 1 | |
| Human Anatomy | 4 | |
| Physiology | 4 | |
| or | Advanced Physiology | |
| Biochemistry | 3 | |
| Neurobiology | 3 | |
| Cell and Molecular Biology | 3 | |
| Laboratory in Cell and Molecular Biology | 1 | |
| Environmental Health: An Ecological Perspective | 4 | |
| Introduction to Psychology 1 | 3 | |
| Introduction to Psychopathology | 3 | |
| or | Developmental Psychology: Lifespan | |
| Supporting Science courses 2 | ||
| Introduction to Chemistry 3 | 3 | |
& | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Lab | 4 |
& | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
& | Organic Chemistry I and Laboratory in Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| Introduction to Probability and Statistics | 3 | |
| or | Biostatistics | |
& | Physics I and Physics I Laboratory 4 | 4 |
| or & | Physics I with Foundations and Physics I Laboratory | |
| or & | General Physics I: Mechanics and Heat and General Physics I Laboratory | |
| Select 12 credits from the following (9 credits of upper-division BIOS, 3 credits of BIOS/KNES/PSYC) | 12 | |
| Microbiology | ||
| Vertebrate Biology | ||
| Prosection | ||
| Nutrition and Metabolism | ||
| Nutrition and Metabolism Lab | ||
& | Genetics and Laboratory in Genetics | |
| Medical Terminology | ||
| Advanced Microbiology | ||
| Parasitology | ||
| Developmental Biology | ||
| Topics in Advanced Biology | ||
| Immunology | ||
| Design of Life | ||
| General Virology | ||
| Clinical Observation Practicum | ||
| Internship | ||
| Directed Research | ||
| Kinesiology | ||
| Exercise Physiology | ||
| Introduction to Psychopathology | ||
| Developmental Psychology: Lifespan | ||
| Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood | ||
| Psychology of Family | ||
| Program Course Requirements: 68-71 credits | ||
| Core Curriculum Requirements 5 | 54-58 | |
| Total Credits | 122-129 | |
- 1
Fulfills the Behavioral Science Core Curriculum requirement.
- 2
The following courses do not count as supporting science or major electives: , , , , .
- 3
is waived for students who meet the qualifications to enter . See the current Placement Options for CHEM 105 for more information.
- 4
All students who do not meet one of the Physics 111 Placement Options must enroll in . The prerequisite for is or an Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus AB or BC exam score of 4 or higher.
- 5
See for details.