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

25

Total Credit Hours:54
Electives: A total of 25 credits must be chosen between Science Electives and Health Science Electives. One class must be upper-division in each elective area.

Science Electives

Select 12-16 hours from the following courses: (One class 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 383Cell Biology III: Genomics and Regulation

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

CHEM 433Foundations of Biochemistry

3

ENVI 385Environmental Stewardship

4

 

Health Science Electives

Select 9-13 hours from the following courses or an HLTH course. One class must be upper division. Approval of health adviser required.
ANTH 225Cultural Anthropology

4

EDUC 220Educational and Developmental Psychology

4

ENVI 385Environmental Stewardship

4

FINA 351Managerial Finance

4

FINA 451Investments

4

HLTH 328Basic Therapy

2

MGMT 275Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

4

MGMT 380Principles of Project Management

4

PEAC 122
Strength Training

or

PEAC 123
Circuit Weight Training

PEAC 128
Jogging

PEAC 133
Aerobic Rhythm

PETH 225Prevention of Injuries

2

PETH 324Adapted Physical Education and Recreation

3

PETH 325Kinesiology

4

PSYC 215Child and Adolescent Development

4

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

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 324Organic Chemistry Laboratory

1

CHEM 325Organic Chemistry Laboratory

1

Select one of the following: (4)

BIOL 250Biostatistics

4

MATH 106Introduction to Statistics

4

GBUS 263Business Statistics

4

Select one of the following: (4-8)

MATH 117Accelerated Precalculus

5

MATH 121Precalculus I

4

and

MATH 122Precalculus II

4

or

MATH 131Calculus for the Life Sciences I

4

and

MATH 132Calculus for the Life Sciences II

4

MATH 181Calculus I

4