The Health Care Professional track in the BSHS was originally designed to address the difficulties encountered by junior college graduates with AAS degrees (e.g., dental assistants, radiology technicians, emergency medical technicians, medical technologists, etc.) in earning a BS degree. State-mandated courses required for certification and the core courses required for these specialties by junior colleges provide students earning this degree with a significant number of credits that do not count toward a BS degree. This track was designed in conjunction with Gulf Coast Community College (GCCC) to make the BS more easily attainable through adjustments in courses required of these students by GCCC and by adjustments in the transfer credits accepted for this track by UWF. Careful progress through an AAS degree at other junior colleges can also prepare students for this track. Students graduating from this concentration area receive training in professional writing, accounting, economic theory, principles of public policy, and end-of-life ethics. In addition, students examine issues related to medical disaster management and occupational safety and health in the health care environment.

  						TERM				CREDIT
  COURSE		TITLE			OFFERED		FORMAT		HOURS

  ACG 3082	Accounting for Non-Majors	Fa, Sp, Su	MC / ONLINE	 3
  ECO 3003	Principles of Economic Theory	Fa, Sp		ONLINE		 3
  ENC 3250	Professional Writing		Fa, Sp, Su	ONLINE		 3
  HSC 4658	End-of-Life Ethics		Fa, Sp, Su	ONLINE		 3
  GEY 4001	Gerontology			Fa, Sp, Su	ONLINE		 3
  PHC 4363	Occupupational Safety & Health
		in Health Care			Sp, Su		ONLINE		 3
  HSC 4404	Medical Disaster Management	Fa, Sp, Su	ONLINE		 3
  NUR 3145	Pharmacology			Fa, Sp, Su	ONLINE		 3
  NUR 4177	Holistic Healthcare		Su, Sp		ONLINE		 3

Choose one of the following:							 3
  PCB 4703	Human Physiology		Fa, Sp, Su	ONLINE 
  HSC 3555	Pathophysiology			Fa, Sp, Su	MC / ONLINE

		Upper level approved electives					12

								TOTAL HOURS	42