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 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 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
PETH 495/HLTH 495	Colloquium	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 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	Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management	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	Introduction to Alcoholism and Addiction Treatment	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
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
MATH 131	Calculus for the Life Sciences I	4
	and
MATH 132	Calculus for the Life Sciences II	4
MATH 181	Calculus I	4