Health Professions Foundations
The Health Professions Foundation is for those students interested in pursuing one of the clinical biology specialization programs after two years of study. Students in the Health Professions Foundation will take foundation courses in biology, chemistry, math as well as general distribution requirements, before applying to one of the specialization programs. Acceptance to an individual specialization program, be it Histotechnology or Medical Laboratory Sciences, is dependent upon the satisfactory completion of the first two years of study with a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA. The department’s admissions committee will review academic performance and suitability to each discipline before granting a change of major into a specialization program.Curriculum (67 credits)
Curriculum (67 credits)
Core Courses (31 credits)
| BIO-110 | GENERAL BIOLOGY I | 3 |
| BIO-110L | GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB I | 1 |
| BIO-105 | BIOMEDICAL TERMINOLOGY | 1 |
| BIO-220 | Foundations of Human Anatomy | 3 |
| BIO-220L | FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN ANATOMY/LAB | 1 |
| BIO-240 | FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (4,1) | 4 |
| BIO-240L | FOUNDATION OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY LAB | 1 |
| CHE-111 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS I | 3 |
| CHE-111L | GEN CHEMISTRY & QUAL ANLYS I LAB | 1 |
| CHE-152 | CHEMISTRY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES | 3 |
| CHE-152L | CHEMISTRY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES LAB | 1 |
| MAT-109 | PRECALCULUS MATHEMATICS I | 3 |
| MAT-152 | ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS | 3 |
| CS-180 | INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL LITERACY | 3 |
General Distribution (36 credits)
These courses or their equivalents are prerequisites for the specialization programs.
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| Theology and Philosophy-3 credits of Biomedical Ethics is required | 9 |
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| Written and Oral communication | 9 |
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| Social and Behavioral Science | 9 |
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| Humanities and Arts | 9 |