Feb 09, 2025

Spring 2021 Catalog

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Spring 2021 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Health Science: Pre-Physical Therapy Option, B.S.

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This major is administered by the School of Health Care Professions .

Consists of a minimum of 96 credits.

Health Science academic core

General Education Program Requirements

Health Science, 23 credits

Collateral courses, 26-27 credits

BIOL 160 - Introduction to Animal Biology 5 cr.
BIOL 385 - Human Physiology 4 cr.
CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr.
HS 301 - Fundamentals of Biostatistics 3 cr. or
MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr.
PHIL 121 - Critical Thinking 3 cr.
PSYC 110 - Introduction to Psychology 3 cr.
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 cr.

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Health, 9 credits

Choose nine credits from:

ANTH 380 - Medical Anthropology 3 cr.
HS 310 - Communication in Health Care 3 cr.
ENGL 391 - Biomedical Writing 3 cr.
HPW 290 - Psychological Aspects of Health 3 cr. or
PSYC 385 - Health Psychology 3 cr.
HPW 406 - Introduction to Motivational Interviewing and Health and Wellness Coaching 3 cr.
PHIL 302 - Ethics and Medicine 3 cr.
POLI 306 - Health Politics and Policies 3 cr.
REL 307 - Religion and Health 3 cr.
SOC 263 - Ethical Practice in the Helping Professions 3 cr. or
SW 263 - Ethical Practice in the Helping Professions 3 cr.
SOC 270 - Race and Ethnicity 3 cr.
SOC 308 - Sociology of Medicine 3 cr.
SOC 327 - Social Inequality 3 cr.
SW 381 - Death, Dying, Loss and Grief 3 cr.

Pre-Physical Therapy Option

Required, 38 credits

BIOL 387 - Human Anatomy 4 cr.
CHEM 106 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr.
FN 253 - Introduction to Nutrition and Nutrient Metabolism 3 cr.
HPW 312 - Exercise Physiology 3 cr.
HS 390 - Human Pathophysiology 4 cr.
HS 375 - Kinesiology 3 cr.
PHYS 203 - College Physics I 5 cr.
PHYS 204 - College Physics II 5 cr.
PSYC 260 - Introduction to Developmental Psychology 3 cr.
PSYC 351 - Abnormal Psychology 3 cr.

Communication in the Major

Capstone Experience

HS 490 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Health Care 3 cr. or
HS 498 - Experiential Learning 6-12 cr.

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