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

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
1ENGL 101G Freshman Composition 3
1GBIO 151G General Biology I 3
1BIOL 152 General Biology Laboratory I 1
1MATH 105 or
MATH 107/108 or
MATH 161G
Finite Mathematics
Applied Algebra
College Algebra
3-5
††HS 133 Healthy Lifestyles for the 21st Century 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15-17

Second Semester

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

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

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

Second Semester

Course
Description
Credit Hours
1COMM 211G
3
1CHEM 101 or
CHEM 121
3
1CLAB 103 or
CLAB 123
1
††HSM 275 or Nursing 214
or Medical Terminology
3
††HS 312
3
2Social/
Behavioral
ElectiveG
 
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††HS 315 Study of Human Diseases I 3
††HS 420 Health Promotion Program Planning                      3
††HS 360 Introduction to Epidemiology 3
††NUTR 342 Nutrition 3
††Health Science
Elective3
  3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course
Description
Credit Hours
††HS 316
3
††HS 440
3
††HS 454
3
††HS 430
3
††Health Science 
Elective3
 
3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††HS 331 Health Communication and Media 3
††HS 442  Social Determinants of Health

3
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††HS 410 Internship in Health Sciences                                             6
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3
††Health Science 
Elective3
  3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120-122

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 Athletic Training, Athletic Training Lab, Biology, Biology Lab, Chemistry, Chemistry Lab, Health Sciences, Health Studies, Health Systems Management, Kinesiology, Kinesiology Lab (maximum of 3 hours), Microbiology, Microbiology Lab, Nursing, Nursing Lab, Nutrition, Physics, Physics Lab, Psychology, Zoology, and Zoology Lab.