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Nov 04, 2024
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Graduate Catalog 2015 - 2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Health Sciences, Accelerated 4 + 1 BS/MS
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The 5-year B.S. + M.S. in Health Sciences is an accelerated degree completion program designed for high-performing undergraduates in the General Interest or Associate Degree Completion (2+2) tracks of the Health Sciences major. This program is designed to respond to the growing job opportunities in health-related settings by shortening the time for completion of a Master’s degree. Students can jump-start their careers as professionals in health sciences by accelerating the completion of the two degrees.
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Admission Requirements
To be eligible for admission to the program, the student must:
- Have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher;
- Have completed 90 credit hours of the Bachelor of Science and BSHS program requirements
Undergraduate students must submit two application forms:
- Accelerated 4+1 Master’s program application submitted to the graduate program director of the Master of Science in Health Sciences (MSHS) program no later than spring semester of junior year (junior year standing).
- MSHS application
The 4+1 Program consists of the following courses/requirements:
Undergraduate-Level
- HSC 200 Introduction to Health Professions (Waived for 2+2 students) (3)
- HSC 203 Medical Terminology (1)
- MTH 347 Applied Statistics (3) OR
- PSY 317 (3)
- PHL 240 Bioethics (3)
- COM 362 Health Communication (3)
- 36 credit hours of approved electives (36)
- HSC 484 Advanced Research and Writing Capstone (3) OR
- HSC 410 Evidence-Based Practice (3) OR
- HSC 487 Community Participatory Research (3)
Overview of Procedures:
Students admitted to the joint five-year Bachelor/Master of Science program retain undergraduate status until they meet the requirements for the bachelor’s degree, at which point they will receive the BSHS degree.
Students must apply to the MSHS Program during Spring semester of Junior year. Once admitted to the combined program, students may complete up to 12 credit hours of graduate courses while enrolled in the undergraduate program. These 12 credit-hours count towards BOTH the undergraduate degree and the graduate degree requirements.
Upon receipt of the Bachelor’s degree, students who have been accepted into the combined program and who have a 3.0 or better average in their graduate courses will AUTOMATICALLY be admitted to the Graduate Program. They will have up to 12 hours of graduate coursework (and grades) placed on their graduate transcripts.
NOTE: STUDENTS MUST ATTEND THE NEXT REGULAR SEMESTER AFTER RECEIVING THE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AS A GRADUATE STUDENT TO CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM. Graduate students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 to remain in the program. |
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