Health Sciences 4-year plan 2025-2026 GS 7-30-25.xlsx

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1	Health Sciences 4 Year Plan, 2025-2026 Catalog				Core	Additional Information
2	This program focuses on evidence-based, health-related knowledge, with a goal of developing future healthcare leaders on the local, national, and global levels.				Core 2020 is the foundation of the Catholic, liberal arts education students receive at Carroll College. The Core engages students in a broad spectrum of quantitative, scientific, aesthetic, & humanities disciplines.	See additional notes & contact information here.
3	Fall 1st Year		Spring 1st Year		Intro Course (take in semesters 1-3)	Notes
4	CORE 110 or TH 101 or PR or OC	3	CH 102 - General Chemistry II and lab or BI 121 - Cell & Molecular Bio and BI 131 - Lab or BI 122 - Organismal Biology and BI 132 - Lab	4	CORE-110	Consider applying for study abroad. Contact Shannon Ackeret, Director of Global Learning.
5	TH 101 or PR or OC	3	HS 198 - Intro to Health Sciences	3	PR - Philosophical Reasoning	All students must complete the program and Core requirements and earn a minimum of 122 credits to complete the degree.
6	CH 101 - General Chemistry I and lab or BI 121 - Cell & Molecular Bio and BI 131 - Lab or BI 122 - Organismal Biology and BI 132 - Lab.	4	CORE 110 or TH 101 or PR or OC	3	OC - Oral Communications	All students must complete an internship. See Health Sciences Department web page and Laurie Rodriguez in the Career Center for internship assistance.
7	PSY 105 - General Psychology (SS) or MA 207 - Intro to Statistics or MA 315 - Probability and Statistics (QA)	3	TH 101 or PR or OC	3	TH 101 - Theological Foundations	Students need one cultural diversity (CD) course before taking an ethical reasoning (ER) course. Students need an intermediate writing (IW) course before an advanced writing (AW) course.
8			PSY 105 - General Psychology (SS) or MA 207 - Intro to Statistics or MA 315 - Statistics and Probability (QA)	3
9	Total	13	Total	16	3 Intermediate Courses (sems 3-5)
10	Fall 2nd Year		Spring 2nd Year		IW - Intermediate Writing (HS 335 or PO 260 for HS and PH majors).	Major Specific Information
11	CH 101 - General Chemistry I and Lab or BI 121 - Cell & Molecular Bio and BI 131 - Lab	4	CH 102 - General Chemistry II and Lab or BI 122 - Organismal Biology and BI 132 - Lab	4	CD - Cultural Diversity (Can also count toward a distribution, if applicable)	CH 101-102 may be substituted with CH 111-112; however, be aware that most graduate and professional programs in health fields require CH 101-102.
12	HS 230 - Intro Epidemiology or HS 303 - Public Health Nutrition	3	HS 230 - Intro Epidemiology or HS 303 - Public Health Nutrition	3		Additional 12 credits of science classes to be selected in consultation with your academic advisor.
13	PO 260 - Health Politics/Policy (IW, CD) or HS 335 - Health Policy Management/Issues (IW, CD) or other CD	3	PO 260 - Health Politics/Policy (IW, CD) or HS 335 - Health Policy Management/Issues (IW, CD) or other CD	3	3 Advanced Courses (sem. 5-8) PR and one CD course must be taken prior to Ethical Reasoning; Intermediate Writing must be taken prior or concurrently.	Central Sequence 1. First Year Exp: COR 110 or HNR 150 2. Oral Com: COM 101, Spanish, French 3. TH Foundations: Choose 1 4. PHIL Reasoning: Choose 1 5. Cultural Diversity (CD): Choose 1 6. Intermed Writing (IW): Choose 1 7. Eth Rsn: Choose 1 (TH or PHIL) 8. Advance Writing (AW): Choose 1 9. Capstone: Sed Vitae, Choose 1 Distribution Requirements 1. Art (1 course) 2. History (1 course) 3. Literature (1 course) 4. Philosophy (1 course) 5. Theology (1 course) 6. Quantitative Analysis (1 course) 7. Social Science: Choose 2 from diff fields (psy, soc, anth, pol sci, econ) 8. Cultural Diversity: Choose 1 (from diff field than the one in Central Sequence) 9. Natural Science (Science with a Lab): total 4 credits 10. Sed Vitae (for HS majors, this can be your internship Major Program Requirements: 40-42 credits 1. BI 121 + Lab Fund Cell and Molecular Bio (4) 2. BI 122 + Lab Fund of Organismal Bio (4) 3. CH 101 Gen Chem I (4) & CH 102 Gen Chem II (4) or CH 111 Ess of Chem (4) & Ess of Chem II 112 (3) or CH 103 Accelerated Chemistry (4) 4. HS 198 Intro to HS (3) 5. HS 230 Intro to Epidemiology (3) 6. HS 303 Public Health Nutrition (3) 7. HS 307 Evidenced Based Research (AW) (3) 8. HS 335 Health Policy or PO 260 Health Politics and Policy (IW) (3) HS 405 Senior Seminar (AW) (1) HS 425 Internship (1-6) MA 207 or MA 315 Statistics (3) One Ethics Course: PHIL 205, PHIL 206, or PHIL 208, TH 222, or TH 254 (3) Minimum of Twelve Credits of Additional Science Courses with Lab: 1. BI 201 Anatomy and Physiology (4) 2. BI 202 Anatomy and Physiology (4) 3. BI 214 General Microbiology (4) or BI 305 Microbiology (4) 4. BI 281 Genetics (4) 5. BI 311 Ecology (4) 6. BI 307 Animal Physiology plus lab (4) 7. BI 232 Comparative Anatomy plus lab (4) 8. BI 346 Biomechanics (3) 9. BI 369 Neuroscience plus lab (4) 10. BI 382 Cell Biology (4) 11. CH 301 Organic Chemistry (4) 12. CH 302 Organic Chemistry (4) 13. PHYS 201 Physics I (4) 14. PHYS 202 Physics II (4)
14	Elective	3	PHIL 205, 206, 208, TH 222 or TH 254 - Ethics, Environmental Bioethics, Health Care Ethics (ER)	3	AW - Advanced Writing (HS 307 and HS 405 for HS majors)
15	Elective	3	Elective	3	ER - Ethical Reasoning (Counts toward Faith and Reason-PHIL or Faith and Reason-TH distribution)
16	Total	16	Total	16	CORE-PROJ Core Capstone Project
17	Fall 3rd Year		Spring 3rd Year
18	XXX - Science Course with Lab	4	XXX - Science Course with Lab	4	SV - Sed Vitae (1). HS 425 Internship for HS majors.
19	Elective or CD	3	Elective or CD	3
20	HS 307 - Research Methods (AW) OR Elective	3	HS 307 - Research Methods (AW) OR Elective	3	Distribution (8-10) Could also be major requirements
21	Distribution	3	Distribution	3	FAR - Arts and Letters - Fine Arts
22	Elective	3	Distribution	3	HIS - Arts and Letters - History
23	Total	16	Total	16	LIT - Arts and Letters - Literature
24	Fall 4th Year		Spring 4th Year		PHIL - Faith and Reason - Philosophy
25	HS 405 - Senior Seminar (AW), or in Spring	1	HS 405 - Senior Seminar (AW), or in Fall		THE - Faith and Reason - Theology
26	HS 425 - Internship 1-6 credits (SV)	3	XXX - Science Course with Lab	4	NS - Natural Science with Lab
27	Distribution	3	CORE-PROJ Core Capstone Project	0	QA - Quantitative Analysis	Advisor Contact Information
28	Elective	3	Distribution	3	SS - Social Science	Kelly Parsley kparsley@carroll.edu
29	Elective	3	Elective	3	SS - Social Science	Gerald Schafer gschafer@carroll.edu
30	Elective	3	Elective	3	CD - Cultural Diversity
31	Total	16	Total	13	CD - Cultural Diversity
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34	Cumulative Total Credits	122
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