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Health Sciences
Bachelor of Science Honors Degree: 132.0 credits

Requirements			Semester Hours
	Composition and literature		6.0
	Computer studies		3.0
	Mathematics		11.0
	Precalculus
	Calculus I
	Statistics for Physical Sciences
	Natural sciences*		44.0
	General Biology I and II (plus labs)
	General Chemistry I and II (plus labs)
	Anatomy and Physiology I and II
	Organic Chemistry I and II (plus labs)
	General Physics I and II
	Health science electives**		16.0
	Humanities electives***		18.0
	Critical Thinking
	Ethics and Medicine
	Social science electives***		18.0
	Open electives		16.0
			132.0
	See Electives for more information.

Electives
* Humanities electives include approved courses in ethics, fine arts, folklore, languages, literature, music, mythology, philosophy, religion, speech, and theater. (Courses used to fulfill the composition and literature requirement will not count as humanities electives.)

**Natural science and Health science electives include approved courses in biology, chemistry, and physics and advanced anatomy, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, cross-sectional anatomy, developmental anatomy, genetics, human physiology, medical microbiology, neurobiology, pathophysiology, and physiology.

***Social science electives include approved courses in anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. With the approval of the program director, three semester hours of accounting, administration, business, economics, finance, law, management, or marketing may be used in place of a three-semester-hour social science elective for the bachelor’s degree program.

Pre-Physician's Assistant Requirements
Pre-PA students must take Biology I and II, General Chemistry I, General Chemistry II or Medical Microbiology (with lab), and Anatomy & Physiology I and II as natural science electives, Critical Thinking and Ethics & Medicine as Humanities electives and Introductory Psychology (including Developmental Psychology or Human Growth & Development) and Abnormal Psychology as social science electives.

Pre-PT students must take six semester hours of psychology as social science or open electives.