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Program Description:

The Health Care Science Certificate of Credit is a program that provides academic foundations at the degree level in communications, mathematics, and human relations, as well as technical fundamentals. Program graduates are trained in the underlying fundamentals of health care delivery and are well prepared for employment and subsequent upward mobility.

Length of Program:

  • 63 Credit Hours
  • 78 Credit Hours for Developmental Math Track

Program Sequence

A student may enter any quarter.

Quarter Course Description Contact Hours Credit Hours
1st ENG 191 Composition and Rhetoric I 5 5
SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers 5 3
BIO 093 Introduction to Human Biology 7 5
MAS 101 Legal Aspects of the Medical Office 2 2
Total 19 15
2nd ENG 193 or Composition and Rhetoric II 5 5
HUM 191 Introduction to Humanities (5) (5)
BIO 193 Anatomy and Physiology I 7 5
AHS 104 Introduction to Health Care 5 3
Total 17 13
3rd MAT 191 College Algebra 5 5
BIO 194 Anatomy and Physiology II 7 5
PSY 191 Introduction to Psychology 5 5
Total 17 15
4th SPC 191 Fundamentals of Speech 5 5
CHM 191 Chemistry I 7 5
BIO 197 Introductory Microbiology 7 5
Total 19 15
5th PHY 190 or Introductory Physics 7 5
PHY 191 Mechanics (7) (5)
Total 7 5

Credits required for graduation: 63

Developmental Math Track Sequence (Provisional Admission Status - Algebra Only):

Quarter Course Description Contact Hours Credit Hours
1st ENG 191 Composition and Rhetoric I 5 5
SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers 5 3
MAS 101 Legal Aspects of the Medical Office 2 2
MAT 098 Pre-Algebra 5 5
Total 17 15
2nd ENG 193 or Composition and Rhetoric II 5 5
HUM 191 Introduction to Humanities (5) (5)
BIO 093 Introduction to Human Biology 7 5
MAT 103 Algebraic Concepts 5 5
Total 17 15
3rd PSY 191 Introduction to Psychology 5 5
BIO 193 Anatomy and Physiology I 7 5
MAT 099 Intermediate Algebra 5 5
Total 17 15
4th SPC 191 Fundamentals of Speech 5 5
MAT 191 College Algebra 5 5
BIO 194 Anatomy and Physiology II 7 5
Total 17 15
5th AHS 104 Introduction to Health Care 5 3
CHM 191 Chemistry I 5 5
BIO 197 Introductory Microbiology 7 5
Total 17 13
6th PHY 190 or Introductory Physics 7 5
PHY 191 Mechanics (7) (5)
Total 7 5

Credits required for graduation: 78

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