Director, Candice Eisenhauer
This is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with a concentration of course work that supports the future study and practice in a healthcare career.
Requirements for a Pre-Health Professions Certificate are 26 - 34 hours from four groups:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Health Professions Certificate | ||
| Note: 15-19 hours of required courses in categories, remaining credits of the students choosing to reach the required minimum of 26 credit hours and a maximum of 34. | ||
| Group One - Core Requirements | ||
| (A) Health Professions Study (Choose one of the options) | ||
| Option One: (Complete course & approved health experience as separate experiences) | ||
| Health Professions & Society | ||
or PHP 291 | Health Professions Colloquium | |
| Health Professions Practicum | ||
| Option Two: (Complete course & approved health experience together) | ||
| Health Professions Integrated Learning | ||
| (B) Biological Science Foundation course: | ||
| Organization of Life: Genetics and Cell Biology | ||
| (C) Physical Science Foundation course - Choose one from this list: | ||
| Course cannot overlap with major requirement (unless student’s major is Chemistry). | ||
| General Chemistry I | ||
| General Chemistry II | ||
| General Physics I | ||
| General Physics II | ||
| Introductory Physics I | ||
| Introductory Physics II | ||
| Group Two - Advance Study of Health & Human Body | ||
| Some courses may have prerequisites not included on the list. | ||
| Course cannot overlap with major requirement. | ||
| At least one course from: | ||
| Introduction to Pharmacology | ||
| Microbiology | ||
| Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis | ||
| Advanced Cellular and Molecular Biology | ||
| Human Anatomy and Physiology I | ||
| Human Anatomy & Physiology II | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Organic Chemistry I | ||
| Organic Chemistry II | ||
| General Biochemistry | ||
| Concepts in Nutrition | ||
| Applied Physiology | ||
| Foundations of Neuroscience | ||
| Group Three – Social, Psychological & Environmental Influences on Health | ||
| Some courses may have prerequisites not included on the list. | ||
| At least one course from: | ||
| Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Food, Farms, and Culture | ||
| Culture and Difference | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Global Health | ||
| Disease Ecology | ||
| Environmental Pollution and Toxicology | ||
| Race & Justice | ||
| Global Justice | ||
| Introduction to Public Health | ||
| Concepts in Epidemiology | ||
| Developmental Psychology | ||
| Intro to Psychopathology | ||
| Biopsychology | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Sociology of Sexuality | ||
| Social Problems | ||
| Violence in Minority Communities | ||
| Violence Against Women | ||
| Racial and Ethnic Relations | ||
| Group Four - Supporting Electives | ||
| Some courses may have prerequisites not included on the list. | ||
| Course cannot overlap with major requirement. | ||
| Bioethics | ||
or PHIL 304 | Bioethics | |
| Diversity of Life: An Introduction to Zoology and Botany | ||
| Reproductive Biotechnology | ||
| Developmental Biology | ||
| Introduction to Bioinformatics | ||
| Health Economics | ||
| Ethics & Society | ||
| Suffering | ||
| Gender and Being Human | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Internship | ||
| Spanish Conversation | ||
| Any course in the Physical Science course list not already counting towards the certificate | ||
| Any course in the Advance Study of Health & Human Body course list not already counting towards the certificate | ||
| Any course in the Social & Environmental Influences on Health list not already counting towards the certificate | ||
| Total Credits | 26-34 | |
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