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Bachelor of Science Health Science - Columbus State University

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Bachelor of Science Health Science

College of Education and Health Professions
Degree Program Course Requirements

For general degree requirements, see the College of Education and Health Professions and the General Degree Requirements pages.

Area A Essential Skills Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options Required Hours: 4
COMM 1110
Select one of the following courses:
ITDS 1125/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/ LEAD 1705/ LIBR 1105/ POLS 2401/ HIST 1111/HIST 1112/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002/Any Area C-E course with a study abroad component.
Note: the two extra hours may be used as electives.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts/Ethics Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 2010
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ ITDS 1145*/ MUSC 1100/ THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology Required Hours: 11
("C" or better required in each course)
Select one lab science course from below:
BIOL 1215
BIOL 1225
Take the following courses:
CHEM 1211 with 1211L
STAT 1127

Area E Social Sciences Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/ PHIL 2030/ PSYC 1101/ SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 1107/ANTH 1107/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ ENGL 2136/ GEOG 1101 /HIST 1111/HIST 1112/ ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement Required Hours: 3
PHED 1205
Select any one PED course.

Area F Courses Related to Major Required Hours: 18
("C" or better required in each course)
BIOL 2221 Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 2222 Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 2225 Microbiology for Health Sciences
HESC 2105 Personal Health
HESC 2125 Applied Nutrition

Area G Program Requirements Required Hours: 25
("C" or better required in each course)
HESC 1105 Intro to the Health Professions
HESC 3105 Survey of Environmental Health
HESC 4105 Community Health Organization
HESC 4106 Methods/Materials in Health Educ
HESC 4145 Working With Families
HESC 5115 Principles of Epidemiology
HESC 5187 Research Methods in Health Professions
HESC 5795 Seminar in Alcohol and Drug Abuse
STAT 3127 Statistical Computing

Area H Program Electives Required Hours: 24
("C" or better required in each HESC course)
Select 24 semester hours from the following:
ENGL 3158 Writing in the Workplace
EXSC 3135 Kinesiology
HESC 3165 Working with the Aged
HESC 4107 Fundamentals of School Health
HESC 4129 Death and Dying
HESC 4698 Internship: Community Health Serv
HESC 4899 Independent Study
HESC 5106 Behav Determin of Health/Disease
HESC 5107 Human Sexuality
HESC 5108 Consumer Health
HESC 5109 Grant Writing Skills for Health Promotion Programs
HESC 5188 Contemporary Health Problems
ITDS 2106 Medical Terminology

Area I General Electives Required Hours: 11

Total Hours Required: 123

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