Major Requirements
51 to 53 Credits:
Track Requirement (15 to 17 Credits):
All health sciences majors must complete one of the three tracks listed below.
Pre-Nursing Track (17 Credits):
Pre-Physical Therapy Track (15 Credits):
Pre-Occupational Therapy Track (16 Credits):
Core Requirements (46 to 49 credits)
The First Year Symposium (3 credits)
Complete the First Year Symposium
World Language Requirement (3-6 Credits)
Complete either 6 credits at the 101 and 102 level or 3 credits at the 200 level or above
- Introductory Language (For students beginning at the 101 level)
- XXXX 101 (3)
- XXXX 102 (3)
- Advanced Language (For students who begin at the 201 level or above)
- XXXX 201/301 (or higher).
Foundations of Social Science (3 Credits)
Choose 3 credits from among the following:
Foundations of Philosophy (3 Credits)
Origins of the West (3 Credits)
Philosophy in the Modern Age (3 Credits)
Atlantic Encounters (3 Credits)
Mathematical Thinking (3 Credits)
Foundations of Theology: Faith and Revelation (3 Credits)
America in the World (3 Credits)
Theology: Made in God’s Image (3 Credits)
Modernity in Literature or the Arts (3 Credits)
Choose from among one of the following:
Laboratory Science (3-4 Credits)
Choose one laboratory science course:
Global Encounters (3 Credits)
Choose one Global Encounters course:
- XXGE Global Encounters
- Global Encounters courses are offered in many departments, including Business, Communication, English, Education, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Theology.
Ethics and the Human Good (3 Credits)
Complete one of the following:
Ethical Leaders (0 Credits)
The Ethical Leadership Experiential Learning Core Requirement invites students to integrate their own personal call to leadership with a mature reflection on one or more of the core virtues of Justice, Courage, Integrity, and Humility. Students will accomplish this by engaging in and reflecting upon the practice of virtue ethics within the context of one or more experiential learning activities.
Note
Students pursing a Health Sciences major on either the Pre-Occupational Therapy or Pre-Physical Therapy track may obtain a minor in biology. Due to course requirements in the major and track, students pursing a Pre-Nursing track may not minor in biology.
Internship may be 1-3 credits depending upon interest and credit needs for graduation.
To earn a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must also earn a major GPA of 2.0, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0.
BIOL 298, BIOL 299, and BIOL 300 are offered every semester to provide flexibity to student schedules.