Health Sciences The health science major is designed for students who want to make a difference in local and global communities by studying and addressing issues related to health care. Throughout the health science curriculum, you’ll develop the knowledge and skills needed to tackle complex issues that affect today’s dynamic healthcare systems and to improve overall health outcomes. Start with a solid foundation in health sciences and then apply your knowledge about health care to healthcare policy, ethics, leadership, and disease prevention. The program takes an interdisciplinary approach meaning you will look at healthcare issues through multiple points of view like behavioral, environmental, and socioeconomic perspectives. This approach prepares you for a variety of careers in the healthcare field since you will be able to understand, evaluate, and respond to new and evolving healthcare trends in a wide range of settings like hospitals, nursing homes, pharmaceutical companies, or non-profit organizations. Prepare yourself to become the type of leader that the future of health sciences needs, working collaboratively and ethically to care for the whole person, for and with the well-being of others. General Studies in Health Sciences The health science major is designed for students with eclectic academic interests, invested in the overall health and well-being of the world around them. General studies in health sciences incorporates biology, psychology, and health promotion, which prepares students for the National Health Science Certificate examination. The General Studies Track provides flexible, elective options so you can mold your degree with the courses that are most in line with your career goals and interests. Radiography Track The Radiography track is for students who want to study imaging techniques of the human body for diagnostic purposes. Through our partnership with Englewood Hospital School of Radiography, health science students can prepare for their certification in Radiography while earning their Bachelor’s Degree in Health Sciences. Experiential Learning Through a collaboration with the Center for Career Engagement and Experiential Learning (CEEL), all health science students are required to complete an internship while in the program. This means you graduate with real-world experience on your résumés!
What can I do with a degree in Health Sciences? This major gets you ready for a broad range of entry-level positions within healthcare and health-related organizations like: • • • • •
Administrative Practice Coordinator Community Health Worker Health Advisor Health Advocate Health Program Coordinator
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Health Scientist Medical Practice Manager Outreach Specialist Patient Care Liaison Patient Educator
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Thinking About Your Master’s? Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in just five years at Saint Peter’s! Highly motivated students, with strong academic backgrounds can begin graduate coursework at the undergraduate level, getting a jump start and matriculating directly into the graduate program in health sciences. Our graduate courses are taught by exceptional practitioners and leaders in the healthcare dedicated to instilling the professional skills, extensive knowledge, and critical values needed to be successful in the industry.