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Focus in Allied Health

The BGS program focus in Allied Health is designed for those with a background in Allied Health who want to expand and broaden their credentials in today’s changing health care system. This focus may also prepare students for entrance into a graduate degree program in a specific health discipline. There are four required core Allied Health classes in this focus, and another twelve credits can be taken in courses in Allied Health and related disciplines.

Focus Requirement
24 credits minimum, with 18 credits at the 200s level.
 
Required Courses (12 credits)
  Allied Health - AH
    241W/4241W Research for the Health Professional (3)
    242/4242 Counseling and Teaching for the Health Professional (3)
    243/4243 Health Care Issues for the Health Professional (3)
    244/4244 Management for the Health Professional (3)
 
Recommended Courses (12 credits)
Minimum 6 credits at the 200s level.
  Allied Health - AH
    203/3203 Aging: Implications for Health Professionals (3)
    204/ Conversational Spanish for the Health Professional (3)
    237/3237 Women’s Health and Health Care (3)
    280/ Safety and Health Management (3)
    281/3271 Industrial Hygiene (3)
    282/3272 Accident Prevention Techniques (3)
    283/3273 Occupational Safety and Health Regulations (3)
    284/3274 Ergonomics (3)
  Anthropology - ANTH
    246W/3202W Illness and Curing (3)
    261/3302 Medical Ecology (3)
    277/3300 Medical Anthropology (3)
  Biology - BIOL
    107/1107 Principles of Biology (4)
    108/1108 Principles of Biology (4)
  Chemistry - CHEM
    127Q/1127Q-128Q/1128Q General Chemistry (4 each)
    141/2241 Organic Chemistry (3)
    142/2242 Organic Chemistry Lab (1)
    243/2443-244/2444 Organic Chemistry (3 each)
    245/2445 Organic Chemistry Lab (3)
  Communication - COMM
    210/3100 Persuasion (3)
    220/3200 Interpersonal Communications (3)
    225W/4220W Small Group Communication (3)
    245/3450 Gender and Communication (3)
 

Economics - ECON

    261/3451 Health Economics (3)
  General Studies - GS
    296/3081 BGS Internship (variable)
    297/4297 BGS Summary Project (3)
    299/3099 Independent Study (variable)
  Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
    202/2100 Human Development: Infancy - Adolescence (3)
    204/2200 Human Development: Adulthood and Aging (3)
    248/3240-248W/3240W Aging in American Society (3)
    250/3249 Gender and Aging (3)
    252/3252 Death, Dying and Bereavement (3)
    266/3340 Introduction to Counseling (3)
    273/2300 Family Interaction Processes (3)
    274/3530 Public Policy and the Family (3)
    277/3277 Issues in Human Sexuality (3)
  Molecular and Cell Biology - MCB
    203/2000 Introduction to Biochemistry (4)
    213/2413 Concepts of Genetic Analysis (4)
    218/2400/218W/2400W Heredity and Society (3)
    229/2610 Fundamentals of Microbiology (4)
  Nutritional Sciences - NUSC
    165/1165 Fundamentals of Nutrition (3)
    166/1167 Food, Culture and Society (3)
  Physical Therapy - PT
    213/3213 & 215/3215 Human Anatomy and Lab (3 each)
  Physiology and Neurobiology - PNB
    264/2264-265/2265 Human Physiology and Anatomy (4 each)
 

Psychology - PSYC

    132/1100 General Psychology I (3)
    133/1101 General Psychology II (3)
      or
    135/1103 General Psychology II (4)
    236/2400 Developmental Psychology (3)
    245/2300-245W/2300W Abnormal Psychology (3)
    246/3102-246W/3102W Psychology of Women (3)
  Sociology - SOCI
    241/3453 Women and Health (3)
    244/3457-244W/3457W Sociology of Mental Illness (3)
    247/3451-247W/3451W Sociology of Health (3)
  Women's Studies - WS
    268/3268 Gender and Communication (3)