Health Science Course Sequence
Major Courses
| Fall Junior Yr. |
Spring Junior Yr. |
Fall Senior Yr. |
Spring Senior Yr. |
| HSC 4652L - Ethical and Legal Issues in the Health Professions |
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| HSA 3111 - Introduction to US Health
Care System |
HSC 4608 - Critical Thinking in Health Care (Sections 4619, 4621, 4637, 4644, 4646, 4848, 4663, 4671, 5229, 5230) |
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| RCS 4415 - Therapeutic |
Electives |
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Electives |
Electives |
Electives |
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| Electives |
Electives |
Electives |
Electives |
*Must be completed by the end of the junior year but can be taken in spring instead of fall
all syllabi are
in Microsoft Word format |
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| Course Number |
Course Title |
# Of Credits |
Course Description |
| HSC 3502 |
Survey of Diseases and Disability |
03 |
Overview of medical and psychosocial aspects of chronic diseases and disability. |
| HSA 3111 |
U.S. Health Care System |
03 |
Overview of organization, delivery, and financing of health services in the U.S. Topics include health professionals, health care facilities, financing of health services, managed care, and current health policy issues. |
| HSC 4558 |
Disability Management |
03 |
Issues in disability management, including occupational health, impact of disability, treatment strategies and general rehabilitation process, ADA, workers compensation and assistive technology. |
| OTH 3446 |
Pathophysiology |
03 |
Basic overview of normal and abnormal
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HSC 3661 |
Therapeutic |
02 |
Understanding basic principles of therapeutic communication with patients, families, and the health care team |
| RCS 4415 |
Therapeutic |
01 |
Hands-on practice of Therapeutic communication skills based on simulated patient health care scenarios |
| HSC 4608L |
Critical Thinking in Health Care |
04 |
Development of critical thinking skills and solving problems in the health care environment. |
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HSC 4184 |
Leadership |
03 |
Introduction to leadership philosophy, assessment of personal leadership style, developing team work skills with others with different leadership styles. |
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HSC 3057
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Research Methods and Issues in Health Science
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04 |
Emphasis on four aspects of research: understanding research principles, evaluating journal articles, applying research findings to clinical settings, and designing programmatic evaluation projects.
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| HSC 4653L
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Ethical and Legal Issues in the Health Professions
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03 |
Overview of ethical and legal issues in the health professions, including contemporary ethical issues in disease management.
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| PHC 4101 |
Public Health Concepts |
03 |
Introduction to the five core areas of public health and contemporary issue and challenges. |
| STA 3024
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Introduction to Statistics
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03 |
Introduction to analysis of variance and nonparametric methods.
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