Major
Health Sciences
Professor Laura Corey
Associate Professor Paul Hamilton
Associate Professor Miranda Karban
Assistant Professor Prasanna Acharya
The Health Sciences program is administered by the Biology department.
The Health Sciences major offers students opportunities to explore coursework in a range of disciplines related to human health. A major in Health Sciences consists of the Health Sciences Core, four directed electives, one additional elective, the Health Sciences Senior Seminar, and requires a minimum of 49 credits. Health Sciences students will work with their academic advisors to select appropriate elective coursework. Depending on the career or graduate training plans of the student, additional courses may be necessary beyond the minimum required for the major. Students should plan to complete the three introductory science courses in their first two or three semesters.
A student wishing to double major in Health Sciences and another field may count no more than 12 credit hours in the major field towards both majors. A minor in health sciences is not offered; please see the Kinesiology and Exercise Science minor.
Majors & Programs
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Health Sciences,
Courses
HS 140: Introduction to Public and Community Health
This course describes organization and administration of local, state, and national health agencies, their purposes, and functions. The student is expected to understand the differences among public, community, and population health, methods for identifying and meeting community health needs and gaps in services. Student assessments consisting of in-class activities, exams, projects, and hands-on learning, incorporate the foundations of health, factors of influence, social determinants of health, health education, communication strategies, epidemiology, and health acre delivery systems.
HS 441: Senior Seminar
This Health Sciences Senior Seminar features discussion of primary literature related to topics under the broad umbrella of biology including, but not limited so, human health and disease, ecology, conservation and organismal diversity, anatomy and physiology, etc. with emphasis on critical analysis of data and research articles. The seminar requires completion of a presentation of the topic based on publish research, and a written literature review synthesizing what's known about the topic and what future directions are necessary to expand knowledge of the topic.
