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Health Science Major (Bachelor of Science)

A student majoring in health science must complete 54 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 208Drugs and Society

3
HLTH 220Human Nutrition

4
HLTH 315Etiology of Selected Diseases

3
HLTH 370Health Psychology (or PSYC 370)

3
HLTH 427Fitness Evaluation Techniques

3
HLTH 472Stress Management

3
HLTH 496Seminar

1
PETH 426Physiology of Exercise

4
Electives

9-13
Electives: One class must be upper-division. See electives for Health Science and Health Promotion Majors.

Select 12-16 hours from the following courses: (4 hours must be upper division) (12-16)

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 420Sociobiology

3
BIOL 449Vertebrate Histology

4
BIOL 464Animal Physiology

4
BIOL 466Immunology

4
CHEM 431Foundations of Biochemistry

4
CHEM 432Foundations of Biochemistry

4
ENVI 385Environmental Stewardship

4
Total Credit Hours:54

 

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
CHEM 323Organic Chemistry

3
and
CHEM 325Introduction to Organic Chemistry Laboratory

1
CHEM 326Introduction to Organic Chemistry Laboratory

1

Select one of the following: (4)

BIOL 250Biostatistics

4
MATH 206Applied Statistics

4
GBUS 263Business Statistics

4

Select one of the following: (4-8)

MATH 117Accelerated Precalculus

5
MATH 121 + 122Precalculus Mathematics I, II

8
MATH 181Analytic Geometry and Calculus I

4

Electives for Health Science and Health Promotion Majors

Electives must be chosen from the following courses or any HLTH course. Four hours must be upper division. Approval of health adviser required.

ANTH 225Cultural Anthropology

4
ENVI 385Environmental Stewardship

4
FINA 351Managerial Finance

4
FINA 451Investments

4
HLTH 328Basic Therapy

2
MGMT 275Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

4
PEAC 122Strength Training
or
PEAC 123Circuit Weight Training
PEAC 128Jogging
PEAC 133Aerobic Rhythm
PETH 225Prevention of Injuries

2
PETH 324Adapted Physical Education and Recreation

3
PETH 325Kinesiology

4
PSYC 215Child and Adolescent Development

4
PSYC 220Educational Psychology

3
PSYC 344Social Psychology

4
PSYC 464Introduction to Counseling

4
SOCI 435Social Gerontology

3
SOCI 437Death and Dying (or PSYC, SOWK 437)

3
SOWK 224Human Development and The Family

4
SOWK 477Introduction to Alcoholism and Addiction Treatment

3