Curriculum in Health Sciences
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

1ENGL 101G Freshman Composition 3 hours
1GBIO 151G General Biology I 3 hours
1BIOL 152 General Biology Laboratory I 1 hour
1MATH 105 or
MATH 151 or
MATH 161G
Finite Mathematics
College Algebra with Fundamentals 
College Algebra
3 hours
††HS 133 Healthy Lifestyles for the 21st Century 3 hour
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

1ENGL 102G Critical Reading and Writing 3 hours
1MATH 241G Elementary Statistics 3 hours
1ZOO 250G Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture I 3 hours
1ZOOL 252 Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I 1 hour
PSYC 101G General Psychology I 3 hours
††HS 200 Foundations of Public Health 3 hours
  Total: 16 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

1ZOO 251
Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture II
3 hours
1ZOOL 253 Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II 1 hour
1ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3 hours
History
ElectiveG
  3 hours
††HSM 200 US Healthcare Organization and Delivery 3 hours
Music, 
Visual Arts, 
Dance, 
Theatre 
ElectiveG
  3 hours
  Total: 16 hours

 

Second Semester

1COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3 hours
1CHEM 101 or
CHEM 121
General Chemistry I
General Chemistry I for Science Majors 
3 hours
1CLAB 103 or
CLAB 123
General Chemistry Laboratory I
General Chemistry Laboratory I for Science Majors 
1 hour
††HSM 275 Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology for Healthcare Managers 3 hours
††HS 312 Community and Population Health 3 hours
2Social/
Behavioral
ElectiveG
  hours
  Total: 16 hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††HS 315 Study of Human Diseases I 3 hours
††HS 420 Health Promotion Program Planning                      3 hours
††HS 360 Introduction to Epidemiology 3 hours
††FCS 342 Nutrition 3 hours
††Health Science
Elective3
  3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††HS 316 The Study of Human Diseases II 3 hours
††HS 440 Research Methods in Health Sciences 3 hours
††HS 454 Health Coaching for Behavior Change 3 hours
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3 hours
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††HS 131 Emergency Health Care 2 hours
††HS 331 Health Communication and Media 3 hours
††HS 442 or HS 430 Social Determinants of Health
Health Consumerism and Introduction to Complementary and Alternative Modalities for Health Professionals
3 hours
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3 hours
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3 hours
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3 hours
  Total: 17 hours

 

Second Semester

††HS 410 Internship in Health Sciences                                             6 hours
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3 hours
††Health Science 
Elective3
  1 hour
  Total: 10 hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern Students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.

GGeneral Education Courses
††Major course, grade of "C" or higher is required.
1Grade of "C" or higher is required.
2Social/Behavioral Science Elective must be sophomore level or higher, and selected from courses in Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.
3Health Sciences Electives must be taken from Biology, Chemistry, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health Sciences, Health Studies, Health Systems Management, Kinesiology, Microbiology, Nursing, Physics, and Psychology.