Health Science, Bachelor of Science

Requirements for a major in Health Science:

Required Courses (38-40 Hours)

BIOL 101	Modern Biology	3
BIOL 105	Introductory Biology Laboratory I	1
BIOL 106	Introductory Biology Laboratory II	1
BIOL 131	Introduction to Cellular Biology	3
BIOL 202	General Microbiology	4
BIOL 212	Human Anatomy	4
BIOL 360	Medical Botany	3
BIOL 390	Research Methods	3
CHEM 131	General Chemistry I	3
CHEM 132	General Chemistry II	3
CHEM 133	General Chemistry Laboratory I	1
CHEM 134	General Chemistry Laboratory II	1
COMM 213	Introduction to Health Communication	3
SPTM 101	Medical Terminology	1
	Plus ONE of the following:
CHEM 303	Organic Chemistry I	3
CHEM 305	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I	1
	Or
PHYS 211	College Physics I	4
PHYS 212	College Physics II	4
	Or
PHYS 221	General Physics I	4
PHYS 222	General Physics II	4

Physiology: One of the following (3 Hours)

BIOL 203	Human Physiology	3
BIOL 204	Animal Physiology	3

Math/Statistics (6-8 Hours)

MATH 120	Discrete Mathematics	3
	Or
MATH 125	Calculus I	4
MATH 223	Statistics for Natural & Social Sciences	3
	Or
PSYC 285	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences	4

Applied Experience

One of the following:

BIOL 397	Biology Internship	1-3
BIOL 398	Biology Tutorship	1-2
BIOL 497	Biology Internship	1-3
BIOL 498	Biology Tutorship	1-2
HSCI 397	Health Coach Internship	0-2

Electives (including 2 labs) (12 hours)

BIOL 245	Environmental Toxicology	3
	Or
BIOL 340	Toxicology	4
BIOL 303	Introduction to Neuroscience	3
BIOL 309	Cell Biology	4
BIOL 310	Developmental Biology	4
BIOL 330	Genetics	3
BIOL 331	Molecular Biology Lab	1
BIOL 430	Immunology	3
BIOL 401/SPTM 401	Advanced Human Anatomy	3
HSCI 201	Community Healthcare	2
SPTM 285	Applied Nutrition	3
SPTM 304	Medical Aspects of Sports Medicine	3
SPTM 385	Pathophysiology	3

 

Capstone (3 Hours)

Choose one of the following sequences:

BIOL 481	Biology Library Research I	1
BIOL 482	Biology Library Research II	2
	Or
BIOL 491	Biology Research I	1
BIOL 492	Biology Research II	2

Total Credit Hours: 63-73