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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Health Sciences Major (HLSC), BS

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A B.S. in Health Sciences may be awarded, upon request, to students who 1) complete all the science and math prepharmacy requirements after high school at Harding; 2) complete a minimum of 25 hours of Harding’s liberal arts requirements for a bachelor’s degree at Harding; and, 3) successfully complete the entire first year curriculum in the first professional year at an approved College of Pharmacy.

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 44 Hours

General education requirements for biology, physical science and mathematics are counted below in the hours required for the major.

Major: 88 Hours

BIOL 121 - General Zoology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 249 - Anatomy and Physiology I Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 253 - Anatomy and Physiology II Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 259 - Cell Biology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 271 - Microbiology Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 121 - College Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 122 - College Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 249 - Organic Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 250 - Organic Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 324 - Biochemistry I Credit Hours: 3
MATH 200 - Elementary Statistics Credit Hours: 3
or BIOL 254 Biostatistics Credit Hours: 3
MATH 201 - Analytics and Calculus I Credit Hours: 5
PHYS 201 - General Physics Credit Hours: 4
or PHYS 211 Engineering Physics Credit Hours: 4
² PHA 501 - Introduction to Pharmacy and Health Care Delivery Systems Credit Hours: 2
PHA 502 - Christian Bioethics Credit Hours: 2
PHA 503 - Biostatistics/Literature Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
PHA 505 - Patient Counseling and Communication Credit Hours: 3
PHA 520 - Clinical Human Anatomy and Physiology Credit Hours: 5
PHA 521 - Pathophysiology Credit Hours: 4
PHA 522 - Medical Immunology Credit Hours: 3
PHA 523 - Biochemistry and Biotechnology Credit Hours: 3
PHA 525 - Introduction to Pharmeceutical Sciences Credit Hours: 3
PHA 526 - Pharmaceutics Credit Hours: 3
PHA 527 - Pharmaceutics Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
PHA 570 - Patient Centered Care I Credit Hours: 3
PHA 571 - Patient Centered Care II Credit Hours: 2

Remaining Bible: 2 Hours

Total Hours: 134

Note(s):

Available only to those who complete their prepharmacy requirements at Harding University and are accepted to pharmacy school.
The first professional year of pharmacy courses at Harding’s College of Pharmacy. Courses at other colleges of pharmacy may vary.

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