Be part of a team! The Health Sciences team, that is. The Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences is a degree program for persons holding AA, AS or AAS degrees from an accredited two-year college, or the equivalent. A student holding an AA degree from a Florida community college and meeting all of the prerequisites can complete this degree in 60 semester hours. (18 hours Health Science major and 42 hours from one of the 7 specializations) Students not holding an AA from Florida will be required to meet UWF general studies and lower level requirements. Please see the UWF Catalog for details. Students entering the program without the prerequisite courses may be admitted to the program under the premise they will fullfil those requirements during the first two semesters.

This program is open to all students including UWF and transfer students. The BSHS trains students on issues impacting the design and deployment of health information systems and basic legal fundamentals of health care and public health. Students in this degree also study advances in health sciences research and technology, and learn to apply their knowledge to guide sound business analysis and decision making in health care. Students can pursue a track in one of seven concentration areas, with five of these tracks available completely online!

In order to expedite planning for this degree program, prospective students must submit the following materials by these deadlines:

APPLICATION MATERIALS:

1. Official transcripts from all high schools and undergraduate institutions attended.
2. UWF Undergraduate Admission Application
   On this application, students need to specify the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and choose a specialization.

B.S.H.S. Core Courses (Available Online)
All students seeking a B.S.H.S. degree would take all of the following courses:		18 credits	Term Offered
HSC 3034	Advances in Health Sciences Technology	3	Su,Fa
HSA 4431	Business Analysis and Decision Making in Health Care	3	Fa,Su,Sp
HSC 3535	Medical Terminology	3	Sp,Su,Fa
HSA 4191	Health Information Systems	3	Sp, Su
HSC 4050	Health Sciences Research Seminar	3	Sp,Su
BUL 4602	Legal Fundamentals of Health Care and Public Health	3	Fa,Sp,Su
Common Prerequisites
Example prerequisite courses for various areas of concentration are listed below:		32 credits total	Term Offered
BSC 1005/L	Biology for Non-Majors/Lab [BSCxxxx/L or BSCxxxxC]	4	Fa, Sp, Su
CGS 2570	Personal Computer Applications [CGSxxxx]	3	Fa, Sp, Su
MAC 1105	College Algebra [MACx105]	3	Fa, Sp, Su
PSY 2012	General Psychology [PSYx012] Sub3	3	Fa, Sp, Su
STA 2023	Elements of Statistics [STAxxxx]	3	Fa, Sp, Su
Substitutions for Common Prerequisites			Term Offered
Sub3: DEP xxxx Developmental Psychology can be substituted for PSY 2012		3

• Aging Studies - Available soon Online!
• Allied Health - Available Online!
• Health Care Administration - Available Online!
• Health Care Professional - Available Online!
• Medical Information Technology - Available Online!
• Psychology of Health
• Public Health - Available Online!