Professional Health Sciences (BS)

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements
Select General Education Requirements63
Major Requirements
Professional Health Sciences
A. Complete the following:
PRH 310Intro into Health Care Mgmt3
PRH 320Legal/Law in Health Care Admin3
or EMS 320 EMS Law and Legal Issues-W
PRH 340Disaster Mgt & Event Planning3
or EMS 340 Disaster Mgt & Event Planning
PRH 401Seminar in Health Professions3
PRH 440Health Insurance/Managed Care3
or EMS 440 Health Insurance/Managed Care
PRH 460Issues & Trends in Health Care3
B. Complete the following:
CA 275Decision Making - Small Groups3
EH 372Technical Writing - W3
FIN 200Personal Finance3
IST 450The Job Campaign3
MGT 300Management Theory and Practice3
C. Select at least 12 hours of General Electives or an Approved Minor General Electives are any college-level courses not specifically required for your degree.12
Minor Requirements
A minor is not required for this degree program0
Total Hours108

Healthcare Management Concentration

MGT 306Organizational Comm Non Bus3
MGT 341Organizational Behavior3
MGT 351Human Resource Management3
MKT 320Principles of Marketing3
Total Hours12

Healthcare Informatics Concentration

HI 300Health Info Clinical Environme3
HI 410Health Informatics3
HI 450Health Data Secur/Compliance3
HI 455Hlth Data Mgt & Decision Supp3
Total Hours12

General Education Requirements

Area I - Written Composition
A. Complete the following:3
English Composition I
B. Complete the following:3
English Composition II
Area II - Humanities & Fine Arts
A. Complete the following:3
Public Speaking
B. Complete one of the following: 13
Brit Lit before 1785
Brit Lit after 1785
Am Lit before 1865
Am Lit after 1865
World Lit before 1650
World Lit after 1650
C. Complete one of the following:3
Survey of Art
Art History I
Art History II
Art Appreciation
Introduction to Theatre
Introduction to Music
D. Complete one of the following:3
Intro to African Amer Studies
Survey of Art
Art History I
Art History II
Survey of Non-Western Art
Art Appreciation
Intro Anc Greek Roman Culture
Introduction to Theatre
Brit Lit before 1785
Brit Lit after 1785
Am Lit before 1865
Am Lit after 1865
World Lit before 1650
World Lit after 1650
Introductory Latin I
Introductory Latin II
Introductory French I
Introductory French II
Introductory Chinese I
Introductory Chinese II
Introductory Spanish I
Introductory Spanish II
Intro Classical Greek I
Intro Classical Greek II
Introductory German I
Introductory German II
Accelerated Intro German
Introductory Russian I
Introductory Russian II
Accelerated Intro Russian
Intermediate Latin I
Intermediate Latin II
Intermediate French I
Intermediate French II
Accelerated Inter French - H
Intermediate Chinese I
Intermediate Chinese II
Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish II
Inter Spanish Accel -H
Interm Classical Greek I
Interm Classical Greek II
Intermediate German: Film
Intermediate German: Culture
Intermediate Russian I
Intermediate Russian II
Intensive Second Year Russian
Introductory Japanese I
Introductory Japanese II
Introductory Arabic I
Introductory Arabic II
Intro American Sign Language I
Intro American Sign Lang II
Introductory Korean I
Introductory Korean II
Intermediate Japanese I
Intermediate Japanese II
Intermediate Arabic I
Intermediate Arabic II
Intermediate ASL I
Intermediate ASL II
Introduction to Music
Introduction to Philosophy
Critical Thinking
Introduction to Logic
Introduction to Ethics
Social Ethics
Western Philosophy: Classical
Intro to the Study of Religion
Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
Survey of the New Testament
Area III – Natural Sciences & Mathematics
A. Complete one of the following:3-4
Finite Mathematics
Math in Society
Precalculus Algebra
Precalculus Trigonometry
Precal Algebra-Trigonometry
Calculus and Its Applications
Calculus I
Calculus II
Calculus III
Linear Algebra I
Differential Equations I
B. Complete one of the following:4
Life Science I
and Life Science I Laboratory
General Biology I
and General Biology I Lab
C. Complete one of the following:4
AN 121
121L
Biological Anthropology: The Story of Us
and Biological Anthropology Lab: The Story of Us
4
Life Science II
and Life Science II Lab
General Biology II
and General Biology II Laboratory
Survey of Inorg and Org Chem
and Survey Inorg-Org Chem Lab
General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry I Lab
General Chemistry II
and General Chemistry II Lab
Environmental Geography
and Environmental Geography Lab
Earth and the Environment
and Earth and the Environment Lab
Physical Geology
and Physical Geology Lab
Earth History
and Earth History Lab
Ocean Science
and Ocean Science Lab
Introduction to Meteorology
and Intro to Meteorology Lab
Introduction to Astronomy
and Introduction to Astronomy Lab
Concepts of Physics
and Concepts of Physics Laboratory
Physics with Algebra-Trig I
and Alg-Trig Based Physics I Lab
Physics with Algebra -Trig II
and Alg-Trig Based Physics II Lab
Calculus-Based Physics I
and Calculus-Based Physics I Lab
Calculus-Based Physics II
and Calculus-Based Physics II Lab
Area IV – History, Social & Behavioral Sciences 1
A. Complete one of the following:3
HY of Western Civilization I
HY of Western Civilization II
World Civilization I
World Civilization II
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
B. Complete the following:3
Introductory Sociology
Social Problems
C. Complete the following:3
Introduction to Psychology
D. Complete one of the following:3
Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Archaeology and the Human Journey
Intro to Communication
Interpersonal Comm
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Prin of Microeconomics
Prin of Macroeconomics
People, Places, Environment
World Regional Geography
Intro to Gender Studies
HY of Western Civilization I
HY of Western Civilization II
World Civilization I
World Civilization II
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
Global Issues
Seasons of Life
Intro Native American Studies
Intro to US Government
Life Span Development
Area V
A. Complete the following:
AHP 101Freshman Sem in Allied Health2
or CAS 100 First Yr Exp -
or BUS 150 Intro to Business and Mgt
or EDU 100 Role of the Teacher
or EG 101 Intro to Engineering & Design
or HON 101 First-Year Honors Seminar
or NU 101 Freshman Seminar in Nursing
or CIS 101 Freshman Seminar CIS
BMD 110Introduction to A & P I4
or BMD 251
251L
Human Anatomy & Physiology I
and Human A&P I Lab
B. Complete the following:
BMD 111Introduction to A & P II4
or BMD 252
252L
Human Anatomy & Physiology II
and Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
C. Complete the following:
BLY 213Microbiology3
or BMD 210 Microbiology in Healthcare
D. Complete the following:0
EMS 104First Aid/CPR (or Valid CPR Certification)0-1
or HS 170 First Aid
E. Complete the following:3
EMS 110Emergency Medical Responder (or Lab Science Elective - 4)3
F. Complete the following:
ST 210Stat Reason and Application3
or ST 305 Applied Stat Health Sciences
or BUS 245 Data Analytics I
G. Complete the following:
EMS 210Medical Terminology3

Footnote

1

Students must complete a 6 credit hour sequence either in literature (Area II – EH 215 & EH 216, EH 225 & EH 226, or EH 235 & EH 236) or history (Area IV – HY 101 & HY 102, or HY 121 & HY 122, or HY 135 & HY 136).

All undergraduates must complete at least two designated writing credit (W) courses, both of which are already required in the major.

Graduation Plan

(121 Total Hours)

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
FallHours
AHP 101 Freshman Sem in Allied Health 2
BLY 101
101L
Life Science I
or General Biology I and General Biology I Lab
4
EH 101 English Composition I 3
MA 110 Finite Mathematics 3
CA 110 Public Speaking 3
 Hours15
Spring
EH 102 English Composition II 3
SY 109 Introductory Sociology 3
2nd Lab Science Elective 4
History Elective 3
Fine Arts Elective 3
 Hours16
Second Year
Fall
BMD 110
Introduction to A & P I
or Human Anatomy & Physiology I and Human A&P I Lab
4
Literature 3
ST 210
Stat Reason and Application
or Applied Stat Health Sciences
or Data Analytics I
3
PSY 120 Introduction to Psychology 3
General Elective 3
 Hours16
Spring
2nd Literature or Humanities Elective 3
2nd History or Social Science Elective 3
BMD 111
Introduction to A & P II
or Human Anatomy & Physiology II and Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
4
PRH 401 Seminar in Health Professions 3
EMS 210 Medical Terminology 3
 Hours16
Third Year
Fall
EMS 110 Emergency Medical Responder 3
PRH 310 Intro into Health Care Mgmt 3
PRH 320 Legal/Law in Health Care Admin 3
MGT 300 Management Theory and Practice 3
General Elective 3
 Hours15
Spring
BLY 213 Microbiology 3
PRH 340 Disaster Mgt & Event Planning 3
PRH 440 Health Insurance/Managed Care 3
EH 372 Technical Writing - W 3
3
 Hours15
Fourth Year
Fall
PRH 460 Issues & Trends in Health Care 3
IST 450 The Job Campaign 3
FIN 200 Personal Finance 3
Complete one of the following sets for concentration: 6
Healthcare Management Concentration  
Organizational Comm Non Bus  
Principles of Marketing  
Healthcare Informatics Concentration  
Health Info Clinical Environme  
Health Informatics  
 Hours15
Spring
CA 275 Decision Making - Small Groups 3
General Elective 3
EMS 104 First Aid/CPR 1
Complete one of the following sets for concentration: 6
Healthcare Management Concentration  
Organizational Behavior  
Human Resource Management  
Healthcare Informatics Concentration  
Health Data Secur/Compliance  
Hlth Data Mgt & Decision Supp  
 Hours13
 Total Hours121
1

A minimum of two Intensive Writing (W) courses are required.

Notes

A two-course sequence is required in Literature or History: EH 215 & EH 216; EH 225 & EH 226; EH 235 & EH 236 or HY 101 & HY 102; HY 121 & HY 122HY 135 & HY 136.