Healthcare Studies, B.S. - STEM Foundations for Nursing

The graduation requirements are listed below. In addition, students select free electives to reach 120 credits overall required for the degree, and this program requires a 3.0 cumulative GPA for graduation.  The department website provides an overview of the program, admission requirements for the major (when applicable), faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/hsi/programs. 

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (46 Credits)

All bachelor’s degree programs include liberal education (LEP) and writing (W) course requirements. To review more detailed information, please visit General Education (LEP) Degree Requirements.   

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (36 Credits)

(*) When up to three courses in the major/cognate may also satisfy LEP requirements, they are recommended below; only two courses within Explorations (T2) may be fulfilled by courses in the same subject.  

HLS 200 or HSC 200 – Healthcare Professions and Medical Terminology
HLS 210 – Principles of Patient Centered Healthcare
HLS 330 – Case Studies in Healthcare Ethics or PHI 325 Bio–Ethics of the Life Sciences
HLS 400 – Health Informatics
HLS 415 – Healthcare Systems, Policy, and Billing
HLS 440 – Research Methods for Evidence–Based Healthcare
HLS 490 – Career Skills for the Healthcare Professional
MGT 300 – Management and Organization or PCH 362 – Public Health Management
PCH 265 – Illness and Disease
PSY 366 – Health Psychology
REC 307 – Disabilities in Society

Choose one of the following:
Any HLS courses at the 200, 300 or 400 level
ECO 320 – Health Economics
HSC 450 – Medical Documentation
JRN 331 – Public Relations Techniques for Health & Medicine
MGT 385 – Human Resources Management
PCH 202 – Introduction to Public Health
REC 231 – Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation
SPA 201 – Medical Spanish
SWK 200 – Social Welfare and Social Services in America
Other courses may be substituted with approval of program director

Nursing Prerequisites and Cognates (38 credits)

'C+' or better required in all Cognate Requirements
BIO 200 – Human Anatomy & Physiology I (T2LE)*
BIO 201 – Human Anatomy & Physiology II
BIO 120 – Microbiology (T2LE)*
CHE 120 – General Chemistry I (T2PR)*
CHE 125 – Principles and Applications of General, Organic, and Biochemistry (T2LE)*
ENG 112 – Writing Arguments OR  ENG 120 – Writing Arguments for Bilingual Students (T1WC)*
MAT 107 – Elementary Statistics (T1QR)*
PCH 200 – Introduction to Nutrition
PSY 100 – Introduction to Psychology (T2MB)*
PSY 219 – Lifespan Development

Select one:
MAT 108 – Mathematics for the Natural Sciences 
MAT 112 – Algebra for Business and the Sciences
MAT 120 – College Algebra 
MAT 122 – Precalculus 
MAT 124 – Finite Mathematics 
MAT 139 – Short Course in Calculus 
MAT 150 – Calculus I 
MAT 151 – Calculus II