Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Health Services, BS


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The Health Services major provides a rigorous and coherent academic program for students who intend to work in support roles in the health care field and/or pursue additional health-care related credentials at the graduate level.

Program Requirements for Health Services Major:

  1. Completion of the Bonaventure Program and requirements for undergraduate degrees.
  2. The technological literacy requirement will be fulfilled through the technological literacy requirements of the two concentrations chosen:
    Behavioral Health: passing CIS 101 - Introduction to Information Technology  or equivalent
    Business: utilizing word processing, presentation software, spreadsheets, and some course specific software
    Natural Science: conducting computerized labs and learning how to use the computer for scientific research in all laboratory courses
    Nursing: using integrative computer skills as evidenced by student papers, computer exams, accessory Blackboard content, and library (computer orientation time)
  3. PHI 323 - EW: Bioethics  fulfills the Bonaventure Program ethics requirement.
  4. Support course: A medical terminology course.
  5. Completion of the capstone course (HLS 497 ), and a 1-3 hour practicum/internship (HLS 480 ) as determined with the advisor (waived for students who complete the Nursing concentration).
  6. Students need a Cumulative Major GPA of 2.0 and no more than 2 major courses below a C to receive a degree. Major courses are all courses listed in section G of the degree checklist.

Concentrations:


Complete two areas of concentration from the following four areas:

Additional Requirements:


Additionally, students choose between the Dealing with Victims Focus and the Dealing with Psychopathology Focus:
Dealing with Victims Focus

OR Dealing with Psychopathology Focus

Note:


Four courses (minimum of 12 hours) must be taken at the 300-400 level, to be selected with the academic advisor.

Nursing Concentration:


(restrictions apply-see the Dean of Academic Support):

Students must take three of the following four courses:


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