Generalist Option 

This interdisciplinary major prepares students for careers in health care, patient care and family support, client advocacy and assistance, health care-related sectors, and for advanced study in allied health. Students develop a diverse range of skill sets and core knowledge to better serve others in health science associated industries. 

Beyond the core, three options exist to provide students with different opportunities to structure their interdisciplinary program in areas of their professional interest: Policy and Ethics, Diversity and Equity and Generalist Option. 

Generalist Option offers flexibility in curriculum selections such that students can customize their courses to fit their career interests in the health sciences. 

REQUIRED CORE COURSES: (23-24 credit hours) 

• BIO 1001G (3 cr.) or *BIO 1550G (4 cr.) or BIO 2210 (4 cr.) or BIO 2005G (4 cr.)..... 3-4 cr. 
• NUR 1511: Health & Human Services Pathways......1 cr. 
• NUR 2613: Medical Terminology…..3 cr. 
• *CHM 1310G & 1315G (CHM 1390G & 1395G): General Chemistry I…… 4 cr. or CHM 1040G: The World of Chemistry 

• PSY 1879G (1890G): Introductory Psychology…..3 cr. 
• PUBH 2270: Community Health…..3 cr. 
• SOC 1838G: Introductory Sociology…… 3 cr. 
• PUBH 4275: Internship…… 3 cr. 

*Students hoping to enroll in professional health programs (such as Medicine, Dentistry, Podiatry, Chiropractic, Pharmacy, Optometry, Veterinary, Physician Assistant, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Pathologists’ Assistant) should take CHM 1310G & 1315G (CHM 1390G & 1395G) and BIO 1500 in their first semester or as early as possible. 

Generalist Option Coursework(21-22 credit hours) 

*Required Research Methods Course options (select one): ……. 3-4 cr. 

• •  PUBH/HSL 2800: Health Education Research Methods I (3 cr.) 
  •  PSY 3905: Neuroscience Research Methods (3 cr.) 
  •  REC 4740: Research & Evaluation in Leisure Studies (3 cr.) 
  •  SOC 3620: Research Methods for Collecting Social Data (3 cr.) 
  •  SOC 3691: Social Statistics, Honors (4 cr.) 

• HCM 3910: Communication in Health Professions…… 3 cr. or SOC 3600: Introduction to Social Work 
• HSL 4850: Human Services Programs: Community, Culture and Intersectionality….. 3 cr. or SOC 4820: Sociology of Health and Health Care 
• PUBH 2700: Foundations of Health Literacy…… 3 cr. 

*Elective options (complete 9 credit hours from courses listed below): 

- CDS 2000: Introduction to Communication Disorders and Sciences…… 1 cr. 

- CDS 2800: Speech and Hearing Science…… 3 cr. 

- CMN 2630: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication…… 3 cr. 

- CMN 4765: Communication in Families…… 3 cr. 

- HCM 3910: Communication in Health Professions…… 3 cr. 

- HSL 2200: Introduction to Human Services Programs…… 3 cr. 

- HSL 2300G: Personal and Family Literacy…… 3 cr. 

- HSL 4770: Family Budgeting and Debt Management….. 3 cr. 

- HSL 4820: Death and Dying…… 3 cr. 

- HSL 4850: Human Services Programs: Community, Culture and Intersectionality…… 3 cr. 

- KSR 2850: Fitness for Life…… 3 cr. 

- NTR 2100: Personal Nutrition….. 3 cr. 

- PUBH 2500: Introduction to Motivational Interviewing…… 1 cr. 

- PUBH 4800: Drugs and Society…… 3 cr. 

- PUBH 3420: Introduction to Medical Cannabis…… 1 cr. 

- SOC 2830: Family and Society……. 3 cr. 

- SOC 3600: Introduction to Social Work……. 3 cr. 

- SOC 3650: Social Psychology…… 3 cr. 

- SOC 4820: Sociology of Health and Health Care….. 3 cr. 

- WLS 112: Spanish for the Health Professions….. 4 cr.