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, a comprehensive examination, and all baccalaureate degree requirements as outlined in this bulletin.

Core Requirements:

HLTH 110	Wellness for Living	3
HLTH 205	Survey of Health	2
HLTH 210	Ethics in the Health Sciences	2
HLTH 220	Human Nutrition	4
HLTH 315	Etiology of Selected Diseases	3
HLTH 331	Consumer Health	3
HLTH 370/PSYC 370	Health Psychology	3
HLTH 495	Colloquium	0
HLTH 496/PETH 496	Senior Seminar	3
PETH 325	Biomechanics	4
PETH 425	Motor Learning	4
PETH 426	Physiology of Exercise	4
PETH 427	Fitness Evaluation Techniques	3
	Electives	20
Total Credit Hours:		58

HLTH 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 225	Cultural Anthropology	4
BIOL 121	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 122	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 123	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 222	Microbiology	5
BIOL 305	General Ecology	4
BIOL 381	Cell Biology I: Structure and Bioenergetics	4
BIOL 382	Cell Biology II: Genetics and Molecular Biology	4
BIOL 383	Cell Biology III: Genomics and Regulation	4
BIOL 464	Animal Physiology	4
BIOL 465	Ecological Physiology	3
BIOL 466	Immunology	4
CHEM 431	Foundations of Biochemistry	4
CHEM 432	Foundations of Biochemistry	3
CHEM 433	Foundations of Biochemistry	3
FINA 351	Managerial Finance	4
FINA 325	Investments	4
MGMT 375/MKTG 375	Foundations of Entrepreneurship	4
MGMT 470/MKTG 470	Principles of Project Management	4
NRSG 234	Medical Terminology	2
PETH 225	Care and Prevention of Injuries	3
PETH 324	Adapted Physical Education and Recreation	3
PSYC 215	Developmental Psychology	4
PSYC 217	Psychology of Learning and Development	4
PSYC 344	Social Psychology	4
PSYC 366	Theories of Personality	4
PSYC 373/MGMT 373	Organizational Behavior	4
PSYC 464	Introduction to Counseling	4
PSYC 466	Biological Psychology	4
PSYC 492	Abnormal Psychology	4
SOCI 236	Privilege and Oppression	4
SOCI 437/PSYC 437/SOWK 437	Death and Dying	3
SOWK 327	Substance Use Disorders and Recovery	3
SOWK 383	Topics in Geriatric Mental Health	2; 4

 

Cognates:

BIOL 141	General Biology	4
BIOL 142	General Biology	4
BIOL 143	General Biology	4
CHEM 141	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 142	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 143	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 144	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 145	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 146	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
ENGL 223	Research Writing (WD)	3
PSYC 130	General Psychology	4
PHYS 211	General Physics	3
PHYS 212	General Physics	3
PHYS 213	General Physics	3
	and
PHYS 214	General Physics Laboratory	1
PHYS 215	General Physics Laboratory	1
PHYS 216	General Physics Laboratory	1
	or
CHEM 321	Organic Chemistry	4
CHEM 322	Organic Chemistry	4
	and
CHEM 324	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 325	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	1

Select one of the following: (4)

BIOL 250	Biostatistics	4
MATH 106	Introduction to Statistics	4

Select one of the following: (4-8)

MATH 121	Precalculus I	4
	and
MATH 122	Precalculus II	4
	or
MATH 171	Calculus I	4