On-Campus Program

Bachelor of Science in Health Studies Degree Program

 

The Department of Health Studies offers a Bachelor of Science in Health Studies degree through in-class, on campus attendance. The undergraduate program offers on-campus education with two options:

 

Health Studies Pre-Professional (HSPP) Option: This option is for those students who plan to seek admission to post-baccalaureate graduate programs such as occupational therapy (OT) or other health-related graduate schools. The Pre-Professional Health Studies option can be customized to include necessary requirements for admission to health professions graduate programs.

 

Health Studies Healthcare Management/Marketing (HSMM) Option: This option is for those students who desire a terminal undergraduate degree for mid-level managerial employment in healthcare. This option incorporates the same core health studies courses as the Pre-Professional Health Studies Option and includes additional management and marketing courses.

 

Elective Credits: Both options have adequate elective credits which allow students to design a course of study in an area of their interest (e.g. a minor in Psychology, Gerontology, Biology, Finance, Business Administration, etc.).  Hence, students can focus their degree in a specialized field of study, still keeping healthcare marketing/management or pre-professional health studies as the major concentration.  Students can access the guided electives for this major in FlightPath.

 

NOTE:  It is always important to check the current undergraduate catalog for updates, pre-requisites and changes to the curriculum.  Information on this webpage does not supersede, replace or override the undergraduate catalog.

 

Minor in Health Studies:

The following courses are required to minor in Health Studies: HLST 201 Healthcare Issues, HLST 202 Healthcare Informatics, HLST 301 Healthcare Ethics, HLST 302 Social Epidemiology, HLST 304 Research Design for Healthcare, HLST 401 Cultural Diversity, HLST 402 Healthcare Law, HLST 405 Principles of Leadership in Healthcare, HLST 406 Healthcare Administration.  Total of 24 hours.