Meta Major: Health Science, AS

Program Description

The healthcare industry provides a variety of high demand occupations that require a broad range of knowledge, skills and abilities in general education and health science concepts. The Associate of Science Degree in Health Science allows the student to explore a variety of areas related to healthcare while completing coursework typically required in most healthcare degrees. The goal of this program is to encourage development of a strong curricular foundation in life science while enabling the student to build upon this knowledge by transferring to a four-year institution. The student interested in completing additional requirements toward a baccalaureate degree in nursing while completing the Associate Degree Nursing Program will benefit from this program of study; as will the student who is interested in a career in healthcare, but is uncertain of a particular area of focus.

General Education Requirements

Writing Level I (WR1) 3 credits
Writing Level II (WR2) 3 credits
American & Wyoming Government (POLS 1000) 3 credits
Student must complete six (6) credits of General Education courses distributed over two (2) different general education areas, ARTS/HUM/SOC. (SOC is in the program) 3 credits
LSCI (in program)
MATH (in program)
ORAL (in program)
SOC (in program)
UNST (in program)

Program Requirements

Course Requirements

Course NumberTitleCredits
BIOL 1010General Biology I

4 credits

 

CHEM 1000Introduction to Chemistry

4 credits

OR

CHEM 1020General Chemistry I

4 credits

 

CO/M 1010Public Speaking

3 credits

MATH 1400College Algebra

4 credits

MOLB 2210General Microbiology

4 credits

NRST 1200Medical Terminology

3 credits

PSYC 1000General Psychology

4 credits

 

STAT 2050Fundamentals of Statistics

4 credits

OR

STAT 2070Intro. Statistics/Social Sciences

4 credits

 

UNST 1005Student Success Course

1 credits

ZOO 2015Human Anatomy

4 credits

ZOO 2025Human Physiology

4 credits

Program Electives

Students must choose a minimum of nine (9) credits from the following list of program electives:

Course NumberTitleCredits
ANTH 1200Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

3 credits

ART 2010Art History I

3 credits

ART 2020Art History II

3 credits

CHEM 1030General Chemistry II

4 credits

ECON 1010Macroeconomics

3 credits

ECON 1020Microeconomics

3 credits

FCSC 1140Nutrition

2 credits

HLED 1245Basic Life Support Certification

0.5 credits

NRST 1500Nursing Assistant

4 credits

PHYS 1050Concepts of Physics

4 credits

SOC 1000Sociological Principles

3 credits

ZOO 2140Cadaver Anatomy

2 credits

Total Credit Hours: 60