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Integrative Studies (B.S.) Professional Science Curriculum

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| Area A | Area B | Area C | Area D | Area E | Area F |

| Integrative Studies Requirements |

| Science Program Courses |

| Health Care Management and Business Program Courses |

The student and advisor plan the actual curriculum for the degree. This curriculum then must be approved by the program coordinator upon recommendation of a faculty advisory group. The curriculum shown below is a pre-approved example.

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Area A - Essential Skills - 9 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  ENGL 1101 English Composition I 3
  ENGL 1102 English Composition II 3
  MATH 1112A* Trigonom. & Analytic. Geom. 3

*MATH 1112A has a prerequisite of MATH 1111. 

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Area B - Critical Thinking and Communications - 4 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  CRIT 1101 Critical Thinking across the Curriculum 3
  COMM 1001 Presentational Speaking 1

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Area C - Humanities - 6 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
 

one of the following

  • ENGL 2111
  • ENGL 2112
  • ENGL 2130
  • PHIL 2201
  • PHIL 2601
  • SPAN 2001
  • FREN 2001
  • SPAN 2002
  • FREN 2002

Select ONE (1) of the following Literature or Philosophy or Language courses:

  • World Literature I - Pre-Modern
  • World Literature II Modern
  • American Literature
  • Introduction to World
    Philosophy
  • Ethics/Hist./Contemporary Persp.
  • Intermediate Spanish
  • Intermediate French
  • Intermediate Spanish
  • Intermediate French
 3
 

one of the following

 

  • ART 2301
  • ART 2302
  • CMS 2100
  • THEA 1100
  • MUSC 2301
  • MUSC 2101
  • PHIL 2401
  • SPAN 2001
  • FREN 2001
  • SPAN 2002
  • FREN 2002

Select ONE (1) of the following Fine Arts or Language courses:

  • Art of the Pre-Modern World
  • Art of the Modern World
  • Theater Appreciation
  • Introduction to Film
  • Intro to World Music
  • Music Appreciation
  • Intro to Aesthetics
  • Intermediate Spanish
  • Intermediate French
  • Intermediate Spanish
  • Intermediate French
 3

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Area D - Science, Mathematics and Technology - 11 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  CHEM 1211 Principles of Chemistry I 3
  CHEM 1211L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory I 1
  CHEM 1212 Principles of Chemistry II 3
  CHEM 1212L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory II 1
  MATH 1501*
or
SCI 1901**		 Calculus I
or
Selected Topics in Science		 3*
OR
3

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Area E - Social Sciences - 12 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  POLS 1101 American Government 3
  HIST 2111
or
HIST 2112		 US History to 1877
or
US History Since Reconstruction		 3
  PSYC 1101
or
SOCI 1101		 Introduction to General Psychology
or
Introduction to Sociology		 3
 

SOSC 2501
or
HIST 1111
or
HIST 1112

 Survey of Social Sci & Contemp. Issues
or
World History I
or
World History II (Modern World History) 		3
  • * PSYC 1101 is recommended rather than SOCI 1101 to prepare the student for PSYC 3350, Abnormal Psychology, which is required in the upper-division courses.

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Area F - Other Program Requirements - 18 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  MATH 1501* Calculus I 1*
  BIOL 1107 Principles of Biology I 3
  BIOL 1107L Principles of Biology Laboratory I 1
  BIOL 1108 Principles of Biology II 3
  BIOL 1108L Principles of Biology Laboratory II 1
  CHEM 2411 Organic Chemistry I 3
  CHEM 2411L Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 1
  CHEM 2412 Organic Chemistry II 3
  CHEM 2412L Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 1
 

Choose from the following:

  • CPTG 1010
  • CPTG 1111
  • CSCI 1301

A minimum of 18 credit hours are
required for Area F:

  • Computing with Spreadsheets
  • Introduction to Computing
  • Introduction to Computer Science

number of hours

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • * If MATH 1501 is taken in Area D.

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Integrative Studies Requirements - 9 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  INTE 3500 Seminar I, Culture of the World of Work 3
  INTE 3901 Integrative Studies Practicum/Intern 3
  INTE 4500 Integrated Studies Seminar II Capstone 3

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Science Program Courses - 35 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  PHYS 1111 Introductory Physics I 3
  PHYS 1111L Introductory Physics Laboratory I 1
  PHYS 1112 Introductory Physics II 3
  PHYS 1112L Introductory Physics Laboratory II 1
  BIOL 1151 Human Anatomy and Physiology I 3
  BIOL 1151L Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I 1
  BIOL 1152 Human Anatomy and Physiology II 3
  BIOL 1152L Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II 1
  BIOL 3650 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy 2
  BIOL 3650L Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Laboratory 1
  BIOL 4201 Genetics 3
  CHEM 4110 Environmental Chemistry 3
  CHEM 4202 Biochemistry 3
  PSYC 3350 Abnormal Psychology 3
  BIOL 3250 Microbiology 2
  BIOL 3250L Microbiology Laboratory 2

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Health Care Management and Business Program Courses - 18 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  HCMG 3112/L
or
MGMT 3101		 Intro to Health Systems Management (was HCMG 3111)
or
Principles of Management		 3
  HCSI 3520
or
BUSA 3370		 Legal Issues in Health Care
or
Business Law		 3
  HCMG 4560
or
FINA 3101		 Health Care Finance
or
Managerial Finance		 3
  Select three (3)
of the following:

HCSI 3341
HCSI 3401
HCSI 3501
HCSI 3550
HCMG 3101
HCMG 3301
HCMG 3801*
HCMG 4110
BUSA 3111
BUSA 3122
MGMT 3120
MKTG 3101
MKTG 3312**
MGMT 4403***

 Select three (3) courses from
the following list:

Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness (3 hrs)
Contemporary Women's Health (3 hrs)
The AIDS Epidemic (3 hrs)
Ethical Issues in Health Care (3 hrs)
Intro to Health Systems Mgmt (3 hrs)
Intro to Primary/Long Term Care (3 hrs)
Future Trends in Health Care (3 hrs)
Administration of Managed Care (3 hrs)
Survey of Economics (3 hrs)
Survey of Applied Accounting (3 hrs)
Managerial Communication (3 hrs)
Principles of Marketing (3 hrs)
Services Marketing (3 hrs)
Entrepreneurship (3 hrs)

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  • * Prerequisite: HCMG 3101
  • ** Prerequisite: MKTG 3101
  • *** Prerequisite: MGMT 3101

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