2019-2020 BSC Catalog
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86 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS<br />
healthcare industry, students seeking to be professionals will benefit from the critical<br />
thinking, quantitative, and problem solving skills that are central to a liberal arts<br />
education.<br />
The health sciences major is designed to help students master the core competencies and<br />
concepts of human biology, and to expose them to advanced content in disciplines central<br />
to human biology. To achieve these goals, the program stresses a core foundation in the<br />
natural sciences, with an additional emphasis on the social sciences.<br />
Students choose electives based on their individual interests and career goals, and they<br />
should consult with the College’s health professions program advisor to ensure that they<br />
complete all of the requirements needed to prepare for entry into professional programs<br />
of interest after graduation. A required rise 3 3experience allows students to apply their<br />
academic knowledge through research, internship, or service learning. The major<br />
culminates in a capstone experience investigating the latest trends in the health sciences<br />
to be presented by the student during the senior conference.<br />
This major is suitable for students pursuing post-graduate training in allied health and<br />
related careers, including nursing, physical therapy, pharmacy, occupational therapy,<br />
pathology assistant, physician assistant, genetic counseling, medical technology, medical<br />
assistant, nutritionist, clinical laboratory research assistant and more. Alternatively,<br />
students interested in such careers can earn a different major and take the necessary<br />
preparatory courses for allied health careers as free electives. Students seeking careers<br />
with an emphasis on the prevention of disease, injury, or illness at the societal level could<br />
also consider earning a distinction in public health. The health sciences major is not<br />
appropriate for students pursuing entry into medical, dental, veterinary, optometry, or<br />
graduate school; these students typically need different courses and research experience<br />
to be qualified and competitive for these programs. Students earning a health sciences<br />
major may not also earn a biology minor.<br />
Upon completion of the health sciences major, students will be able to<br />
• apply core concepts of natural and social science to human biology and<br />
healthcare<br />
• apply the scientific method to answer health-related questions<br />
• analyze and interpret health-related data<br />
• integrate social and natural science perspectives when describing issues in the<br />
field of human biology and healthcare<br />
Major Requirements<br />
The following courses/experiences are required (13 units):<br />
BI 110 or HON 126<br />
BI 115<br />
BI 215<br />
BI 225<br />
CH 120 or CH 149<br />
Birmingham-Southern College <strong>Catalog</strong> <strong>2019</strong>-<strong>2020</strong>