Health Sciences Major, B.S. (Human Health Concentration)

General Program Information

Human Health Concentration

The Department of Health Sciences awards a B.S. Health Sciences. This major has two concentrations: Microbiology and Human Health.

The purpose of the Human Health Concentration is to provide a “human-centric” program with exposure to current concepts, laboratory techniques, and disease prevention/health care recommendations and protocols. The concentration emphasizes anatomy, physiology, disease, and human health. The graduates with a Microbiology concentration are qualified to be employed as technicians in academic or industrial research laboratories or pursue advanced degrees in graduate or professional schools.

TBR General Education Requirements: 41 Credit Hours

• ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
• ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)

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• (select one)

• SPCH 1300 - General Speech (3 credits) or
• SPCH 2300 - Public Speaking (3 credits) or
• SPCH 2320 - Argumentation and Debate (3 credits)

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• MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics – Noncalculus (3 credits)
• BIOL 1110 - Biology for Science Majors Lecture I (4 credits)
• BIOL 1111 - Biology for Science Majors Lab I (0 credit)
• BIOL 1120 - Biology for Science Majors Lecture II (4 credits) *
• BIOL 1121 - Biology for Science Majors Lab II (0 credit) *
• HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
• HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)
• Literature (select one) (3 credits)
• Fine Arts (select one) (3 credits)
• Humanities (select one) (3 credits)
• PSYC 1310 - Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)
• Social and Behavioral Science (select one) (3 credits)

Other graduation requirements

• CSCI 1100 - Using Information Technology (3 credits)

Major Field Core: 16 Credit Hours

• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry Lecture (4 credits)
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry Laboratory (0 credit)
• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry Lecture (4 credits)
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry Laboratory (0 credit)
• PHYS 2010 - General Physics I-Noncalculus (3 credits)
• PHYS 2011 - General Physics Laboratory I-Noncalculus (1 credit)
• PHYS 2020 - General Physics II-Noncalculus (3 credits)
• PHYS 2021 - General Physics Laboratory II-Noncalculus (1 credit)

Human Health Concentration Required Courses: 18 Credit Hours

• HSCI 3000 - Human Anatomy (4 credits)
• HSCI 3006 - Microbes and Human Disease (3 credits)
• HSCI 3020 - Human Physiology (4 credits)
• HSCI 3030 - Introductory Biochemistry (4 credits)
• HSCI 3031 - Introductory Biochemistry (0 credit)
• HSCI 3046 - Human Genetics (3 credits)

Human Health Concentration Disciplinary Guided Electives: 24 Credit Hours

 (chosen in consultation with an advisor)

• *  BIOL 4147 - Biochemistry of Macromolecules (3 credits)
• *  BIOL 4157 - Biochemistry of Macromolecules Lab (2 credits)
• CHEM 2010 - Organic Chemistry Lecture (3 credits)
• CHEM 2011 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits)
• CHEM 2020 - Organic Chemistry Lecture (3 credits)
• CHEM 2021 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits)
• ENVH 3010 - Human Ecology and Environmental Education (3 credits)
• ENVH 3040 - Environmental Sanitation (3 credits)
• HSCI 2500 - HIV/AIDS: Biology and Beyond (3 credits)
• HSCI 3540 - Immunology (3 credits)
• HSCI 4018 - Honors Thesis (3 - 6 credits)
• HSCI 4067 - Neurology (4 credits)
• HSCI 4480 - Clinical Parasitology (4 credits)
• HSCI 4590 - Independent Studies (1-4 credits)
• HSCI 4957 - Special Topics in Health Sciences (1-6 credits)
• PUBH 3000 - Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credits)
• PUBH 3080 - Principles of Epidemiology (3 credits)

• * Can be substituted with BIOL 4167 /BIOL 4177 .

Human Health Concentration Interdisciplinary Guided Electives: 18 Credit Hours

(chosen in consultation with advisor)

Free Electives: 3 Credit Hours

Total Hours Required for Degree: 120 Credit Hours