<< Accelerated Degree Completion Program for Adult Learners
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH SCIENCES
The Health Sciences curriculum provides individuals with the necessary background and skills to work in noncredential-driven health-career positions, as well as providing prerequisite coursework required for application to graduate programs in a variety of allied health professions. Students who are pursuing admission to graduate programs in allied health, such as
Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy or
Physician Assistant Studies, will need to complete Anatomy and Physiology II and will be advised to select that course as one of their five required major option courses.
Other students may select any five of the six courses that are offered.
Receive your degree. Realize your dream.
This program is intended for adults who have a base of 60 credits to apply to their BS degrees. These credits are acquired through block transfer of credits from previously attended, accredited colleges and universities and/or credits earned by taking courses at Philadelphia University and/or credits earned for lifelong learning experiences (i.e. professional, personal, educational) that are granted by faculty after compilation and submission of a directed portfolio.
Credits must include college-level courses in Writing, Math, Scientific Reasoning, History, Social Science, Humanities and Information Systems.
(Please note: Information Systems training or coursework required within 5 years of enrollment in the program.)
Orientation/Portfolio Assessment: 3 credits
- CSSEM-300 Professional Practice Seminar
General Education Core: 15 credits
- HIST-321 Business, Industry and Work in American History
- HUMN-310 Globalization and World Politics
- SOC-310 The Social Science of the Workplace
- COMM-320 Professional Communication Skills
- CSSEM-499 Professional Studies Capstone Seminar
Continuing Professional Studies Core: 17 credits
- MGMT-351 Leadership Theory
- BIOL -104 Biology II
- STAT-311 Finding and Evaluation Statistical Data
- BIO-201 Anatomy and Physiology I
- MGMT-330 Organizational Ethics
Major Courses: 15-16 credits
(Choose any five of the below six options; Introduction to Psychology is the prerequisite for all Psych courses)
- PSYCH-201 Abnormal Psychology
- PSYCH-233 Interpersonal Relations and Small Group Dynamics
- PSYCH-213 Developmental Psychology
- BEHLT-341 Behavioral Health and Neurorehabilitation
- BEHLT-499 Applied Project in Behavioral Health and Neurorehabilitation
- BIOL-202 Anatomy and Physiology II
Free Electives: 9 -10 credits
Call 215.951.2900 or email evening@PhilaU.edu
for more information about this innovative program or to schedule an appointment with an academic advisor.
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