Summary of Units
Common Core | 39 units |
Additional required GE | 21 units |
Additional GE & American Institutions | 27 units |
Health Informatics Emphasis | 24 units |
Electives | 9 units |
Total | 120 units |
Common Core (39)
- BIOL 210 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Units: 4
- BIOL 211 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Units: 4
- CHEM 110 - Chemistry of Life Units: 4
- HLTH 100 - Medical Terminology Units: 1
- HLTH 101 - Overview of Health Care Industry and Its Delivery Units: 3
- HLTH 102 - Community Health Organizations and Their FunctionsUnits: 2
- HLTH 300 - Nutrition, Exercise and Wellness Units: 3
- HLTH 301 - Introduction to Public Health Administration Units: 3
- HLTH 302 - Introduction to Health Care Informatics Units: 3
- NRS 348 - Healthy Aging (Cross-listed as PSY 348, SOC 348) Units: 3
- SOC 303 - Statistical Applications in the Social Sciences (Cross-listed as PSY 303, POLS 303) Units: 4
BIOL 203 - Quantitative Methods for Biology (3, B3, B4) or MATH/ PSY 202-Biostatistics (3, B3) taken as pre-nursing student at CI may be accepted for Health Science major in lieu of SOC 303.
Complete 2 units of the following:
- HLTH 492 - Service Learning in Health Science Units: 1-2
- HLTH 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-2
- HLTH 497 - Directed Study Units: 1-2
and
- HLTH 499 - Senior Capstone Project Units: 3
Health Informatics Emphasis (24)
- IT 152 - Programming for Health Informatics Units: 4
- IT 403 - Advanced Programming for Health Informatics Units: 3
- IT 420 - Database Theory and Design (Cross-listed as COMP 420) Units: 3
- IT 424 - Computer System Security (Cross-listed as COMP 424) Units: 3
- IT 428 - Computer Networks for Health Informatics Units: 3
- HLTH 200 - Diagnostic and Procedural Coding Units: 2
- MATH 301 - Discrete Mathematics for IT Units: 3
- MIS 310 - Management Information Systems Units: 3
Electives (9)
Complete at least 9 units of courses. At least two courses should be selected from the elective courses under the general option of the Health Science degree program.
* The Emphases could be completed as independent Certificate programs.
Additional Required Supporting GE (21)
- ANTH 443 - Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Perspectives On Health and Healing Units: 3
- BIOL 326 - Scientific and Professional Ethics (Cross-listed as MGT 326) Units: 3
- BIOL 333 - Emerging Public Health Issues Units: 3
- BIOL 432 - Principles of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Units: 3
- COMM 210 - Interpersonal Communication Units: 3
- PSY 213 - Developmental Psychology Units: 3
- SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Units: 3
Additional GE and American Institutions Courses (27)
- General Education not included in the major (21 units, categories A2, A3, B3 or B4, C1, C2, C3a, C3b)
- Six of the nine units of upper-division interdisciplinary General Education are included in the requirements for the major.
- American Institutions (6)