Health Sciences (HSCX)

This course provides a survey of health careers including career planning and career development. Covers rights, responsibilities, and skills required for career pathways in diagnostic, therapeutic, and support services careers, health information careers, and biotechnology research and development careers.

Introduces a comprehensive medical vocabulary arranged according to body systems. Presents medical terms for organs, diseases, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatments and surgical procedures. Introduces a method for defining medical terms by dividing them into roots, prefixes and suffixes. Includes practice in building medical terms.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to medical vocabulary and the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Students will learn medical terms arranged according to body systems, covering organs, diseases, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatments, and surgical procedures. A method for defining medical terms by dividing them into roots, prefixes, and suffixes is introduced, with practice in building and using medical terms. The course also examines the structure and function of the skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. Through detailed study, students gain a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of anatomy and physiology, preparing them for advanced applications in various healthcare settings.

A basic but comprehensive introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Examines structure and function of skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary and reproductive systems.

Students will be introduced to the most common diseases and disorders of each body system. Cause, diagnosis, treatment and applicable surgical procedures are highlighted, as well as any pertinent anatomy and physiology. This course also introduces the principles of pharmacology, drug classifications, and the effects of selected medications on the human body.

This course introduces students to the conventions, genres, and communication standards essential to effective writing within clinical, administrative, and patient-facing healthcare environments. Emphasizing clarity, precision, evidence-based reasoning, and ethical communication, the course prepares students to produce professional documents that support safe, equitable, and high‑quality healthcare practice. Students learn to analyze audience needs, integrate scholarly and technical sources, and craft writing appropriate for interprofessional communication, patient education, policy contexts, and digital health settings. This course builds on foundational academic writing skills and extends them into discipline-specific applications relevant to diverse health‑related fields.

This course provides an overview of applied biostatistical methods, and gives students the knowledge and skills to perform, interpret, and present, basic statistical analyses. Students will learn how to summarize and visualize data, perform statistical inference, analyze associations, and interpret results in context. Emphasis is placed on applying statistical methods using real-world health data and appropriate statistical software. By the end of the course, students will be able to critically evaluate statistical findings in the health sciences and independently conduct basic biostatistical analyses.

This course explores the multifaceted factors that significantly influence health outcomes. By examining social, economic, cultural, and environmental contexts, students gain insights into health disparities and learn how to address them. Through critical analysis, application assignments, and policy discussions, this course equips students with knowledge and tools to promote health equity.

This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts, practices, and challenges of research design and methods in the health sciences, as well as ethical issues in conducting research. Students are introduced to the formal steps in the research process, including literature search, hypothesis generation and testing, research design (qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods), data analysis, results interpretation and report-writing. This course will build students’ skills in interpreting research studies in a critical manner and to begin original research.

This course serves as a capstone course in the Health Sciences program. Students will have the opportunity to explore current issues related to their specific disciplines and health care in general. In addition, each student will prepare a portfolio assessment providing an opportunity to integrate and synthesize their growth in knowledge and skills over the course of the program. Identification of goals for continued professional growth and lifelong learning will be identified.

The Capstone Seminar is the culmination of the bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences. In this course, students will apply knowledge and skills acquired throughout the entire program of study, to develop a research project in an area of health sciences. Working with the instructor, students will make connections among concepts, ideas and experiences gained from the courses in the program and apply them to their research project. This course will culminate in a final written report and a poster presentation.