Health Science Major (Bachelor of Science)

A student majoring in health science must complete 58 quarter hours of interdisciplinary courses as listed below, the required cognates, the general studies program, and all baccalaureate degree requirements as outlined in this bulletin.

Core Requirements:

HLTH 110Wellness for Living

3

HLTH 205Survey of Health

2

HLTH 210Ethics in the Health Sciences

2

HLTH 220Human Nutrition

4

HLTH 315Etiology of Selected Diseases

3

HLTH 331Consumer Health

3

HLTH 370/PSYC 370Health Psychology

3

HLTH 496/PETH 496Senior Seminar

3

PETH 325Biomechanics

4

PETH 425Motor Learning

4

PETH 426Physiology of Exercise

4

PETH 427Fitness Evaluation Techniques

3

PETH 495/HLTH 495Colloquium

0

Electives

20

Total Credit Hours:58
PETH 495 - Colloquium: Eight quarters required or two quarters for every year in residence as a declared Health Science Major at WWU, whichever is less.

Electives

A total of 20 credits must be chosen from the following electives. Any HLTH course may apply.

ANTH 225Cultural Anthropology

4

BIOL 121Anatomy and Physiology

4

BIOL 122Anatomy and Physiology

4

BIOL 123Anatomy and Physiology

4

BIOL 222Microbiology

5

BIOL 305General Ecology

4

BIOL 381Cell Biology I: Structure and Bioenergetics

4

BIOL 382Cell Biology II: Genetics and Molecular Biology

4

BIOL 383Cell Biology III: Genomics and Regulation

4

BIOL 464Animal Physiology

4

BIOL 465Ecological Physiology

3

BIOL 466Immunology

4

CHEM 431Foundations of Biochemistry

4

CHEM 432Foundations of Biochemistry

3

CHEM 433Foundations of Biochemistry

3

FINA 351Managerial Finance

4

FINA 325Investments

4

MGMT 375/MKTG 375Foundations of Entrepreneurship

4

MGMT 470/MKTG 470Principles of Project Management

4

NRSG 234Medical Terminology

2

PETH 225Care and Prevention of Injuries

3

PETH 324Adapted Physical Education and Recreation

3

PSYC 215Developmental Psychology

4

PSYC 217Psychology of Learning and Development

4

PSYC 344Social Psychology

4

PSYC 366Theories of Personality

4

PSYC 373/MGMT 373Organizational Behavior

4

PSYC 464Introduction to Counseling

4

PSYC 466Biological Psychology

4

PSYC 492Abnormal Psychology

4

SOCI 236Privilege and Oppression

4

SOCI 437/PSYC 437/SOWK 437Death and Dying

3

SOWK 327Introduction to Alcoholism and Addiction Treatment

3

SOWK 383Topics in Geriatric Mental Health

2; 4

 

Cognates:

BIOL 141General Biology

4

BIOL 142General Biology

4

BIOL 143General Biology

4

CHEM 141General Chemistry

3

CHEM 142General Chemistry

3

CHEM 143General Chemistry

3

CHEM 144General Chemistry Laboratory

1

CHEM 145General Chemistry Laboratory

1

CHEM 146General Chemistry Laboratory

1

PSYC 130General Psychology

4

PHYS 211General Physics

3

PHYS 212General Physics

3

PHYS 213General Physics

3

and

PHYS 214General Physics Laboratory

1

PHYS 215General Physics Laboratory

1

PHYS 216General Physics Laboratory

1

or

CHEM 321Organic Chemistry

4

CHEM 322Organic Chemistry

4

and

CHEM 324Organic Chemistry Laboratory

1

CHEM 325Organic Chemistry Laboratory

1

Select one of the following: (4)

BIOL 250Biostatistics

4

MATH 106Introduction to Statistics

4

Select one of the following: (4-8)

MATH 121Precalculus I

4

and

MATH 122Precalculus II

4

or

MATH 171Calculus I

4