College of Health Sciences
The College of Health Sciences offers a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences degree program with a variety of specialties. The goal of the program is to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills needed for management or education careers in various health fields. For students interested in health education, this undergraduate program prepares them to plan, implement and evaluate programs for health and human services such as those offered by health departments, voluntary health agencies, clinics, hospitals, and businesses and health care industries. For students interested in management the program provides health care professionals with an opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills in the principal functions of management. Students will help develop analytical and problemâ€solving skills required of professionals in the health care system. Students will learn to recognize and appreciate the economic, political and social environment in which health care functions. The program is also designed to provide students with basic research skills to use and evaluate data upon which health care l and
managers and educators base decisions. Students will also develop awareness of legaethical issues in the health field.
