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The Allied Health program establishes an excellent foundation for many allied health careers and educational programs. The purpose of this degree is to get students ready to either transfer into an allied health career program or to a pre-professional program at a four-year college.

The degree is highly flexible and offers “focused” pathways to accommodate various pre-requisite requirements for the many health-related programs students may enter. Possible professions include but are not limited to: laboratory scientist, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant and counseling.

In addition to the courses listed below for this program of study, students placing below college level proficiency in Math and English on their entrance exams (ACT, SAT, or Accuplacer) must complete institutional proficiencies of ENG098 or equivalent before being allowed to register for ENGL1110 and MATH095 or equivalent of other courses offered within this program that may require math at the stated level as a pre-requisite or co-requisite.

Degree Requirements

The follow degree requirements are for the 2024-2025 Catalog. For other catalogs, please see Catalogs

Minimum of 60 Credit Hours

General Education Core (17 credit hours)
Area I. Communications (3 credit hours)
ENGL1110 Composition I 3
Area II. Mathematics (3 credit hours)
MATH1215 Intermediate Algebra 4
Area III. Laboratory Science (4 credit hours)
BIOL1110 General Biology 3
BIOL1110L General Biology Lab 1
BIOL1140 Biology for Health Sciences 3
BIOL1140L Biology for Health Sciences Lab 1
CHEM1120 Introduction to Chemistry(Non-Majors) 3
CHEM1120L Introduction to Chemistry Lab(Non-Majors) 1
Area IV. Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credit hours)
PSYC1110 Introduction to Psychology 3
PSYC2120 Developmental Psychology 3
Concentration Requirements (21 credit hours)
BIOL2210 Human Anatomy and Physiology I 3
BIOL2210L Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab 1
BIOL2225 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 3
BIOL2225L Human Antmy & Physiology II Lab 1
COMM1130 Public Speaking 3
COMM2120 Interpersonal Communication 3
NUTR2110 Human Nutrition 3
PSYC2120 Developmental Psychology 3
PSYC2210 Abnormal Psychology 3
Approved Concentration Electives (23 credit hours)
AH105 Nursing Assistant Training 4
ANTH1115 Introduction to Anthropology 3
BIOL1135 Introductory Environmental Scien 4
BIOL1135L Introductory Environ. Science La 0
BIOL2110 Princ. of Biology: Cellular andMolecular Biology 3
BIOL2110L Princ. of Biology: Cellular Lab 1
BIOL2310 Microbiology 3
BIOL2310L Microbiology Lab 1
BIOL2505 Pathophiology 4
BIOL2610 Principles of Biology:Biodiversity, Ecology, andEvolution 3
BIOL2610L Principles of Biology:Biodiversity, Ecology, andEvolution Lab 1
CHW101 Community Health Worker I 4
CHW101L Community Health Worker I Lab 0
CHW102 Community Health Worker II 4
CHW102L Community Health Worker II Lab 0
CHW110 Community Health WorkerField/Clinical 2
ECED1115 Health, Safety, and Nutrition 2
EMT150 Emergency Medical Tech-Basic 8
EMT150L Emergency Medical Tech-Basic Lab 3
EMT180 Emergency Med Tech Field/Clinic 1
HLED1115 American Heart Association CPR 0.5
HLED1160 Stress Management 3
HLED2160 Nutrition for Exercise and Sport 3
HLED2510 History and Philosphy of PE 3
MATH1215 Intermediate Algebra 4
MATH1350 Introduction to Statistics 3
MGMT2110 Principles of Management 3
PHED1610 Fitness for Life 2
PRPE2150 Motor Performance and Learning 3
PSYC1130 Introduction to Substance Abuse 3
PSYC1140 Psychology of Drug and AlcoholAbuse 3
PSYC2210 Abnormal Psychology 3
SOCI1110 Introduction to Sociology 3
SPAN1410 Spanish for Health Care Prof 3
SPMD1310 Introduction to Kinesiology 3
*It is essential that students see a Student Success Specialist to ensure that the proper course sequence is followed. **In consultation with a Student Success Specialist and with approval by the Academic Director, additional courses not listed may be used as approved electives.