Health Studies BA/BS
The health studies major is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in health sciences and to allow for an individualized path to completion of a bachelor's degree. Flexibility of the degree allows students to tailor coursework based on interests and goals in the health care arena. Upon completion of required science courses, students select coursework from multiple content areas such as biology, business, health, psychology, and communications. Graduates can work in a variety of health care settings or pursue graduate health professions programs.
General Education Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Written Communication | ||
| Select one of the following: | 6.00 | |
| WRITING AND RHETORIC I and WRITING AND RHETORIC II | ||
| COLLEGE WRITING AND RESEARCH | ||
| Oral Communication | ||
| Select one from the following: | 3.00 | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION | ||
| PUBLIC SPEAKING | ||
| Mathematical Ways of Knowing | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3.00-5.00 | |
| MATH IN MODERN SOCIETY | ||
| ALGEBRAIC REASONING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING | ||
| PRECALCULUS I: ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS | ||
| STATISTICAL REASONING | ||
| CALCULUS I | ||
| STATISTICAL METHODS FOR THE SCIENCES | ||
| MATHEMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS II | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| MATH FOR TECHNOLOGY | ||
| STATISTICAL REASONING | ||
| Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing | ||
| Select two courses from two different categories (Literature, Arts, Language): | 6.00-7.00 | |
Literature | ||
| LITERATURE AND IDEAS | ||
| WORLD CLASSICS | ||
| INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE (*) | ||
| NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE (*) | ||
| MYTHOLOGIES | ||
Arts | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ART | ||
| THE ART AND HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTS | ||
| SURVEY OF MUSIC | ||
| MUSIC IN AMERICA | ||
| WORLD MUSIC | ||
| HISTORY OF MUSICAL THEATER | ||
| HISTORY OF JAZZ AND POPULAR MUSIC STYLES | ||
| SURVEY OF THE THEATER | ||
Language | ||
| NEZ PERCE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE (*) | ||
| NEZ PERCE LANGUAGE AND HISTORY (*) | ||
| ELEMENTARY SPANISH I (*) | ||
| ELEMENTARY SPANISH II (*) | ||
| Scientific Ways of Knowing | ||
| BIOL-227 | HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I | 4.00 |
| CHEM-105 | GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY | 4.00 |
| Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing | ||
| Select two courses from two different disciplines: | 6.00 | |
| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (*) | ||
| WORLD PREHISTORY (*) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES (*) | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY (*) | ||
| WORLD HISTORY I (*) | ||
| WORLD HISTORY II (*) | ||
| UNITED STATES HISTORY I (*) | ||
| UNITED STATES HISTORY II (*) | ||
| DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS (*) | ||
or SS-184 | DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
| HUMAN RELATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS | ||
or SS-185 | HUMAN RELATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
| AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT | ||
| INTERNATIONAL POLITICS | ||
| COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT (*) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (*) | ||
| SOCIAL PROBLEMS | ||
| Global Perspectives | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3.00-4.00 | |
| Courses above designated with an asterisk (*) are eligible to fulfill the Global Perspectives requirement. Please note that an asterisked course may not be used to satisfy more than one core requirement. | ||
| RACE AND ETHNICITY | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| NATIVE AMERICAN WRITTEN LITERATURE | ||
| ETHICS AND IDENTITY | ||
| SOCIAL-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF SPORTS | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II | ||
| Integrative Seminar: Ethics & Values | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3.00 | |
ID 300A - 300Z (see course descriptions for options) | ||
| HELLS CANYON INSTITUTE | ||
| Total Credits | 38.00-42.00 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Program Requirements | ||
| Take all of the following: | ||
| MATH-153 | STATISTICAL REASONING | 3.00 |
| or MATH-253 | STATISTICAL METHODS FOR THE SCIENCES | |
| or PSYC-300 | STATISTICAL METHODS | |
| HLTH-253 | NUTRITION | 3.00 |
| NU-322 | SURVEY OF MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY AND CODING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS | 3.00 |
| PSYC-385 | RESEARCH METHODS | 3.00 |
| or SS-385 | RESEARCH METHODS | |
| ID 300A - 300Z (if not taken in core) | 3.00 | |
| Take 50 credits of 100 level courses and above | 50.00 | |
| Take 24 credits of 300 or 400 level courses from at least 2 of the following content areas (in consultation with advisor): | 24.00 | |
| Biology (BIOL) | ||
| Health (HLTH) | ||
| Psychology (PSYC) | ||
| Communications (COMM) | ||
| Business (BUS) | ||
| Select from the following: | 1.00-10.00 | |
| INTERNSHIP IN BUSINESS | ||
| INTERNSHIP IN BUSINESS | ||
| INTERNSHIP IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES | ||
| INTERNSHIP IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES | ||
| INTERNSHIP IN COMMUNICATIONS | ||
| INTERNSHIP IN COMMUNICATIONS | ||
| INTERNSHIP IN HEALTH | ||
| Total Credits | 90.00-99.00 | |