Bachelor of Science in Health Science

Science as a Way of Knowing

Our graduates learn how to frame testable hypotheses and predictions. With expertise based on lecture material and prior investigations, students are expected to hypothesize the answers to a testable question. Such hypotheses should provide the basis for detailed predictions of expected results.

Science as a Way of Knowing

Our graduates learn how to design and execute investigations and perform analyses that address biomedical and biopsychosocial questions or problems.

Critical Analysis and Communication

Our graduates learn how to ommunicate results of scientific investigations effectively, both orally and in writing. No matter which careers our students pursue, they are able to communicate in a professional manner to diverse audiences. Thus, we require our student to present their scientific findings (e.g., from experimental or library research) in written and oral forms.

Critical Analysis and Communication

Our graduates learn how to locate and understand appropriate literature in the biomedical sciences. In this era of frequent misinformation, careful reading from a skeptical perspective is critical to becoming an informed citizen. To this end, we teach our students how to effectively search scientific databases for the literature appropriate to the question they are investigating. We require our students to become proficient with challenging literature in the biomedical sciences initially outside their expertise by thoroughly reading each section and applying knowledge from their courses.

Critical Analysis and Communication

Our graduates evaluate scientific arguments critically. As students build an understanding of the field, they are expected to compare and critique competing scientific ideas. Once completed, they must effectively argue for their own opinion based on the literature and/or their own data.

Working Knowledge

Our graduates demonstrate knowledge of major career paths in medicine. Students entering the Health Science major often have limited understanding of the clinical health career opportunities available to them. We require our students to explore all relevant options, determine their best path, and work with their advisors to move forward with their goals.

Working Knowledge

Our graduates understand impacts on health from various levels of biological organization, particularly cellular/molecular biology, organismal biology, and population biology.