Course Requirements, BS Health Science

 
College of Science
Degree Program Course Requirements
For general degree requirements, see the College of Science and
the General Degree Requirements pages.

Bachelor of Science - Health Science

 
Area A Essential Skills                      Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better) 
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses: 
MATH 1101/1111/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options             Required Hours: 4
COMM 1110 
Select one of the following courses: 
ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105/POLS 2401/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002/Any Area C-E course with a study abroad component.
Note: the two extra hours may be used as electives. 

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts            Required Hours: 6 
Select one of the following humanities courses: 
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105 
Select one of the following fine arts courses: ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100 
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology    Required Hours: 11 
("C" or better required in each course)
Select one lab science course from below: 
BIOL 1215 with BIOL 1215L
BIOL 1225 with BIOL 1225L
Take the following courses:
CHEM 1151 with 1151L
MATH 1127

Area E Social Sciences                       Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112 
Take the following course:
POLS 1101 
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101 
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 1107/ANTH 1107/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156 

Wellness Requirement                         Required Hours: 3
PELM 1205 
Select any one PED course. 

Area F Courses Related to Major         Required Hours: 18 
(C or better required in each course)
HESC 1105 Intro to the Health Professions 
BIOL 2225 Microbiology for Health Sciences
BIOL 2221 Human Anatomy and Physiology
HESC 2105 Personal Health 
HESC 2125 Applied Nutrition
Select one of the following:
ITDS 2746 Business and Society
ITDS 2748 Topics in Global Issues 

Area G Program Requirements             Required Hours: 24 
(C or better required in each course)
HESC 3105 Survey of Environmental Health 
HESC 3107 Habit Forming Substances 
HESC 4105 Community Health Organization 
HESC 4106 Methods/Materials in Health Educ
HESC 4115 Principles of Epidemiology 
HESC 4145 Working With Families 
HESC 5125 Crisis Intervention
PSYC 3211 Research Design and Methodology

Area H Program Electives                      Required Hours: 24
(C or better required in each HESC course)
Select 24 semester hours from the following: 
ENGL 3157 Advanced Exposition
ENGL 3158 Organizational Communication
ENGL 5149 Grant Writing
HESC 3165 Working with the Aged 
HESC 4107 Fundamentals of School Health 
HESC 4129 Death and Dying 
HESC 4698 Internship: Community Health Serv
HESC 4899 Independent Study 
HESC 5106 Behav Determin of Health/Disease
HESC 5107 Human Sexuality
HESC 5108 Consumer Health
HESC 5188 Contemporary Health Problems
HESC 5795 Seminar in Alcohol/Drug Abuse

Area I General Electives                         Required Hours: 12

Total Hours Required: 123