Academic Catalog

Health Sciences - BS

The Bachelor in Health Science major provides students with entry-level credentials to work in a variety of healthcare settings. The emphasis of the program is placed on developing skills in interprofessional collaboration, cultural fluency, ecological approaches to health, leadership, and patient care. This degree positions graduates for advancement in healthcare roles and opportunities to seek further healthcare related education.

This major is offered in the College for Adults in a fully online, some synchronous format. Students with no college or technical healthcare training can complete the program in 8 terms (inclusive of summer) by taking 12-16 credits per term. For students with some college or technical healthcare training, the length of program and credit requirements are less. The program includes 32 major credits (22 to 26 of those at the upper division level).

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Interprofessional Collaboration

  • Identify the full scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities of professionals from health and other fields.
  • Collaborate with other professionals, patients, and communities to promote beneficial outcomes relevant to prevention, health improvement, and healing.

Cultural Fluency

  • Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies.
  • Demonstrate cultural humility in respecting individual and/or community values and priorities/preferences for care in decision-making and planning.

Ecological Approaches to Health

  • Recognize the dynamic nature of the relationship between people/communities and their environment and the impact on health and well-being.
  • Analyze health within the context of systemic injustice and disparities.
  • Propose interventions to improve health equity and address social determinants of health.

Leadership

  • Engage others in shared decision-making.
  • Apply leadership practices that support collaborative practice and team effectiveness.

Patient Care

  • Apply an evidence-based approach in the delivery of healthcare to individuals, families, or communities.
  • Incorporate knowledge of leadership principles to the care of clients/patients.

Curriculum

CAST 4100Building Resilience for Professional Sustainability in the Helping Professions3
ECON 3250Healthcare Economics4
or SOWK 3910 Social Policy for Social Change
HHS 2050Culture, Health and Healing4
or SOWK 3400 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
IPE 1030Healthcare Teams Foundations and Medical Terminology2
IPE 1040Healthcare Teams and Quality Outcomes2
IPE 4200WHealthcare Teams - Evidence-Based Practice4
IPE 2400Patient Care 12
IPE 3400Patient Care II2
IPE 4400Patient Care III2
IPE 4853WSenior Seminar3
LEAD 3400Leadership, Effective Teams, and Change Management4
Total Credits32
Fall Term
IPE 1030Healthcare Teams Foundations and Medical Terminology2
IPE 1040Healthcare Teams and Quality Outcomes2
PSYC 2020/2025Lifespan Developmental Psychology4
Spring Term
BIOL 2400General Anatomy and Physiology with Lab4
IPE 2400Patient Care 12
Choose one from:4
ECON 1090
Statistical Analysis for Decision Making
HLTH 1090
Biostatistics
PSYC 1090
Statistical Methods in Psychology
STAT 1090
Statistical Analysis
Summer Term
BIOL 2410Advanced Anatomy and Physiology with Lab4
IPE 3400Patient Care II2
Fall Term
ECON 3250Healthcare Economics4
or SOWK 3910 Social Policy for Social Change
HHS 2050Culture, Health and Healing4
or SOWK 3400 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
IPE 4400Patient Care III2
Spring Term
CAST 4100Building Resilience for Professional Sustainability in the Helping Professions3
Summer Term
PHIL/CRST 3400Biomedical Ethics4
Fall Term
LEAD 3400Leadership, Effective Teams, and Change Management4
MGMT 3850Healthcare Policy4
Spring Term
IPE 4200WHealthcare Teams - Evidence-Based Practice4
IPE 4853WSenior Seminar3
Total Credits56
Spring Term
Select one of the following:4
ECON 1090
Statistical Analysis for Decision Making
HLTH 1090
Biostatistics
PSYC 1090
Statistical Methods in Psychology
STAT 1090
Statistical Analysis
PSYC 2020/2025Lifespan Developmental Psychology4
Summer Term
BIOL 2400General Anatomy and Physiology with Lab4
IPE 1030Healthcare Teams Foundations and Medical Terminology2
IPE 1040Healthcare Teams and Quality Outcomes2
IPE 2400Patient Care 12
Fall Term
BIOL 2410Advanced Anatomy and Physiology with Lab4
HHS 2050Culture, Health and Healing4
or SOWK 3400 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
IPE 3400Patient Care II2
Spring Term
CAST 4100Building Resilience for Professional Sustainability in the Helping Professions3
IPE 4400Patient Care III2
Summer Term
PHIL/CRST 3400Biomedical Ethics4
Fall Term
ECON 3250Healthcare Economics4
or SOWK 3910 Social Policy for Social Change
LEAD 3400Leadership, Effective Teams, and Change Management4
Spring Term
IPE 4200WHealthcare Teams - Evidence-Based Practice4
MGMT 3850Healthcare Policy4
Summer Term
IPE 4853WSenior Seminar3
Total Credits56
Summer Term
IPE 1030Healthcare Teams Foundations and Medical Terminology2
IPE 1040Healthcare Teams and Quality Outcomes2
IPE 2400Patient Care 12
PSYC 2020/2025Lifespan Developmental Psychology4
Fall Term
BIOL 2400General Anatomy and Physiology with Lab4
Select one from:4
ECON 1090
Statistical Analysis for Decision Making
HLTH 1090
Biostatistics
PSYC 1090
Statistical Methods in Psychology
STAT 1090
Statistical Analysis
Spring Term
BIOL 2410Advanced Anatomy and Physiology with Lab4
IPE 3400Patient Care II2
Summer Term
HHS 2050Culture, Health and Healing4
or SOWK 3400 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
IPE 4400Patient Care III2
Fall Term
ECON 3250Healthcare Economics4
or SOWK 3910 Social Policy for Social Change
PHIL/CRST 3400Biomedical Ethics4
Spring Term
CAST 4100Building Resilience for Professional Sustainability in the Helping Professions3
LEAD 3400Leadership, Effective Teams, and Change Management4
Summer Term
IPE 4200WHealthcare Teams - Evidence-Based Practice4
IPE 4853WSenior Seminar3
Fall Term
HLTH 3350Environmental Health4
Total Credits56