Courses | B.S. in Health Sciences
Below are the course requirements for this academic program. In addition to these program-specific requirements, all majors include Biola's traditional undergraduate core curriculum. For more program details, including a sample course sequence, visit Biola's academic catalog.
Graduate/Professional School Requirements
The student should be aware that most graduate programs and many professional schools require an overall minimum GPA of 3.0 and that a grade of C or better was earned for all science courses and they will not accept Advanced Placement science credit to fulfill the entrance requirements.
Curriculum Requirements
Pre-Health Care Professional (68+ Credits)
The Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences degree offers one concentration: Pre-Health Care Professional.
For Pre-Health Care Professional careers, especially Pre-Physical Therapy and Pre-Physician’s Assistant, this degree/concentration is offered upon the completion of the University baccalaureate and major requirements as follows:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences majors meet the Core Curriculum requirement of 9 credits in science, mathematics, and behavioral science within the major. The foreign language requirement is met by two years of high school study in the same language or four credits of college foreign language. PHIL 215 is strongly recommended and meets the Philosophy Core Curriculum requirement. | ||
| Program Courses | ||
| BIOS 111 & BIOS 113 | Fundamentals of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Fundamentals of Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOS 112 & BIOS 114 | Fundamentals of Organismal Biology and Fundamentals of Organismal Biology Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOS 200 | Sophomore Writing Seminar | 1 |
| BIOS 254 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
| BIOS 281 | Physiology | 4 |
| or BIOS 381 | Advanced Physiology | |
| BIOS 308 | Biochemistry | 3 |
| BIOS 311 | Neurobiology | 3 |
| BIOS 312 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 3 |
| BIOS 322 | Laboratory in Cell and Molecular Biology | 1 |
| BIOS 355 | Environmental Health: An Ecological Perspective | 4 |
| PSYC 200 | Introduction to Psychology 1 | 3 |
| PSYC 309 | Introduction to Psychopathology | 3 |
| or PSYC 320 | Developmental Psychology: Lifespan | |
| Supporting Science courses 2 | ||
| CHEM 107 | Introduction to Chemistry 3 | 3 |
| CHEM 105 & CHEM 115 | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Lab | 4 |
| CHEM 106 & CHEM 116 | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
| CHEM 301 & CHEM 311 | Organic Chemistry I and Laboratory in Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| MATH 210 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| or MATH 318 | Biostatistics | |
| PHSC 111 & PHSC 117 | Physics I and Physics I Laboratory 4 | 4 |
| or PHSC 100 & PHSC 117 | Physics I with Foundations and Physics I Laboratory | |
| or PHSC 132 & PHSC 134 | General Physics I: Mechanics and Heat and General Physics I Laboratory | |
| Select 12 credits from the following (9 credits of upper-division BIOS, 3 credits of BIOS/KNES/PSYC) | 12 | |
| Microbiology | ||
| Vertebrate Biology | ||
| Prosection | ||
| Nutrition and Metabolism | ||
| Nutrition and Metabolism Lab | ||
| Genetics and Laboratory in Genetics | ||
| Medical Terminology | ||
| Advanced Microbiology | ||
| Parasitology | ||
| Developmental Biology | ||
| Topics in Advanced Biology | ||
| Immunology | ||
| Design of Life | ||
| General Virology | ||
| Clinical Observation Practicum | ||
| Internship | ||
| Directed Research | ||
| Kinesiology | ||
| Exercise Physiology | ||
| Introduction to Psychopathology | ||
| Developmental Psychology: Lifespan | ||
| Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood | ||
| Psychology of Family | ||
| Program Course Requirements: 68-71 credits | ||
| Core Curriculum Requirements 5 | 54-58 | |
| Total Credits | 122-129 | |
- 1
Fulfills the Behavioral Science Core Curriculum requirement.
- 2
The following courses do not count as supporting science or major electives: BIOS 100, BIOS 105, BIOS 120, BIOS 128, BIOS 130.
- 3
CHEM 107 is waived for students who meet the qualifications to enter CHEM 105. See the current Placement Options for CHEM 105 for more information.
- 4
All students who do not meet one of the Physics 111 Placement Options must enroll in PHSC 100. The prerequisite for PHSC 132 is MATH 150 or an Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus AB or BC exam score of 4 or higher.
- 5
See Core Curriculum Program section for details.