Minor in Healthcare Studies
The minor in Healthcare Studies is designed for students from any major who have an interest in healthcare. The Healthcare Studies minor will allow students to learn important aspects of the health profession including appropriate terminology and the foundational elements of professionalism in the healthcare setting. Students will also gain an understanding of basic biological and medical principles related to human health and disease, the fundamental aspects of the history or philosophy of healthcare, and psychological, social, or economic issues associated with healthcare in America. Twelve hours must be upper-division courses.
Required Courses in Health Career Development Foundations: 5 semester credit hours
- HLTH 1100 Career Exploration for the Health Professions
- HLTH 3300 Pre-Health Professional Development
- HLTH 3101 Medical Terminology
Electives: 13-15 semester credit hours
- BIOL 3370 Exercise Physiology
- BIOL 3455 Human Anatomy and Physiology with Lab I
- BIOL 3456 Human Anatomy and Physiology with Lab II
- ECON 3330 Economics of Health
- HIST 3328 History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
- HLTH 1322 Human Nutrition
- HLTH 3301 Issues in Geriatric Healthcare
- NSC 4356 Neurophysiology
- NSC 4366 Neuroanatomy
- PHIL 3320 Medical Ethics
- PHIL 4321 Philosophy of Medicine
- PSY 4328 Health Psychology
- PSY 4346 Human Sexuality
- SOC 4372 Health and Illness