Offered by Health Science Programs:

Health Science Minor

MN 1098

Minimum hours required for minor = 24

  1. Requirements (18 hours required):
    • Take all of the following:
      • HSCI 300, Seminar in Health Sciences - 1 hour
      • BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
      • BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
      • BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
      • BIOL 325, Medical Terminology - 1 hour
    • Take ONE of the following options:
      • Take 1 course:
      • OR take 2 courses:
        • CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102 or Math ACT score of 20 or better or permission of instructor)
        • CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
  2. Electives (6 hours required):
    • Take 6 hours from:
      • HSCI 125A-P, Orientations - 1-2 hours
      • HSCI 140, Introduction to Public Health - 3 hours
      • HSCI 225, Introduction to Hematology - 2 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of BIOL or permission of instructor)
      • BIOL 311, Bioethics - 3 hours
      • BIOL 404, Developmental Biology - 3 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of college biology or permission of instructor)
      • BIOL 461, Human Genetics - 3 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of college biology or permission of the instructor)
      • CSP 417, Counseling Skills - 3 hours
      • ECON 410, Health Care Economics - 3 hours
      • FSID 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours
      • PE 265, Advanced First Aid & Critical Care - 2 hours
      • PE 460, Gross Anatomy of Movement - 3 hours
      • PSY 192, Death and Dying - 1-3 hours
      • PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours
      • PSY 231, Abnormal Behavior and Society - 3 hours
      • PSY 462, Adult Development and Aging - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS or PSY 230GS)
      • SOC 201, Social Inequality - 3 hours
      • SOC 420, Race and Minority Relations - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS or permission)
      • SOC 462, Sociology of Health and Illness - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS or permission)
      • SPAN 103, Spanish for Special Purposes: Medical Professionals - 3 hours
      • SPCH 300, Interpersonal and Relational Communication - 3 hours

Academic policy states that there can be NO MORE than 6 HOURS OF DUPLICATION between your major and minor. This applies only to Major Options - not to Comprehensive Majors. Students with Comprehensive Majors can add minors without duplication concerns. Work with your academic advisor regarding this issue.

16 Apr 2009

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