- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Veterinary medicine
- Public health
- Physician assistant studies
- Nurse practitioner
- Pharmacy
- Physical therapy
- Social work
- Speech-language pathology
The health science major offers students a solid academic and experiential foundation that positions them well to pursue graduate and professional school training in the following programs:
In addition to the required courses for the Bachelor of Science in Health Science, students who are interested in clinical graduate school programs can utilize available elective slots to complete prerequisite courses. The Northeastern PreMed and PreHealth Advising Program provides individualized advising resources to Northeastern undergraduate students and alumni considering careers in the areas of allopathic medicine (MD), osteopathic medicine (DO), dentistry, optometry, physician assistant, podiatric medicine, or veterinary medicine. Please visit the BS Health Science webpage to learn more about premed and prehealth pathways.
The health science major is also designed for students who are seeking a strong foundation for a career in health administration and in community-based health promotion and public health.
Please visit Bouvé College Learning Outcomes for the specific student learning outcomes for this program.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Public Health Core
Code | Title | Hours |
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PHTH 1260 | The American Healthcare System | 4 |
or PHTH 1261 | Comparative Healthcare Systems | |
PHTH 2210 and PHTH 2211 | Foundations of Biostatistics and Recitation for PHTH 2210 | 4 |
PHTH 2300 | Communication Skills for the Health Professions | 4 |
or PHTH 2301 | Communication Skills for the Health Professions—Global | |
PHTH 2350 | Community and Public Health | 4 |
or PHTH 2351 | Community and Public Health - Global | |
PHTH 2515 | Healthcare Policy and Administration | 4 |
PHTH 4120 | Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health | 4 |
PHTH 4202 | Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health | 4 |
PHTH 4540 | Health Education and Program Planning | 4 |
Science Requirement
Code | Title | Hours |
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BIOL 1111 and BIOL 1112 | General Biology 1 and Lab for BIOL 1111 | 5 |
BIOL 1113 and BIOL 1114 | General Biology 2 and Lab for BIOL 1113 | 5 |
CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | General Chemistry for Science Majors and Lab for CHEM 1161 and Recitation for CHEM 1161 | 5 |
MATH 1241 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
Selectives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete at least three courses from the groups listed below with at least two in one category. At least one of the courses must be at the 2000 level or higher. Students may complete additional courses to fulfill a minor, such as global health, nutrition, and exercise science. | 9-13 | |
Society and Health | ||
Medical Anthropology | ||
Psychology of Crime | ||
The (in)Visibility of (dis)Ability in Society | ||
Introduction to Health and Humanities | ||
Introduction to Global Health | ||
or AFRS 1270 | Introduction to Global Health | |
Environmental Health | ||
Rural Health: An Interdisciplinary Seminar | ||
Environmental Health | ||
Health Advocacy | ||
Global Health | ||
Economic Perspectives on Health Policy | ||
Sociology of Poverty | ||
Environment and Society | ||
Sociology of Gender | ||
Drugs and Society | ||
Sociology of Disability | ||
Gender and Reproductive Justice | ||
Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
Sociology of Health and Illness | ||
Environmental Justice | ||
Gender, Race, and Medicine | ||
Policy and Administration | ||
Healthcare and Medical Economics | ||
International Food Policy | ||
Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression | ||
Social Policy | ||
Global Social Enterprise | ||
Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society | ||
Healthcare Management, Innovation, and Design | ||
Organizational Behavior | ||
Healthcare Management | ||
Critical Issues in Health and Public-Health Policy | ||
Evaluating Healthcare Quality | ||
Economic Perspectives on Health Policy | ||
Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Public Policy | ||
Law and Social Justice | ||
Violence and Society | ||
Nutrition and Wellness | ||
Introduction to Mindfulness | ||
Personal Behavior Change | ||
Health Psychology: An Introduction | ||
Behavioral Assessment and Treatment of Health Problems in the 21st Century | ||
Games for Change | ||
Health Communication | ||
Introduction to Exercise, Fitness, and Health | ||
Exercise Physiology 1 and Lab for EXSC 4500 | ||
Cardiopulmonary Physiology | ||
Advanced Exercise Physiology | ||
Human Nutrition | ||
Contemporary Issues in Nutrition | ||
Advanced Nutrition in Health and Disease | ||
Public Health Nutrition in the Community | ||
Drugs and Behavior | ||
Digital Health | ||
Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 and Lab for CS 2500 | ||
Programming with Data and Data Science Programming Practicum | ||
Information Presentation and Visualization | ||
Introduction to Health Informatics and Health Information Systems | ||
Theoretical Foundations in Personal Health Informatics | ||
Personal Health Interface Design and Development | ||
Principles of Information Science | ||
Empirical Research Methods | ||
Health Data Science | ||
Ethnographic Field Experience | ||
Social Network Analysis | ||
Fundamentals of Qualitative Research | ||
Introduction to Epidemiology | ||
Research Methods in Political Science |
Capstone Requirement
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete one of the following options: | 4-8 | |
Health Science Capstone | ||
Health Science Capstone Introduction | ||
And complete one of these options: | ||
Health Science Capstone—Service | ||
Health Science Capstone—Research | ||
Health Science Capstone Seminar | ||
Honors Project (must meet GPA requirement) | ||
HSCI 4970 will count as 4 semester hours toward general electives. | ||
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 and Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 |
Other Major Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
HSCI 1000 | College: An Introduction | 1 |
HSCI 2000 | Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op | 1 |
ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
ENGW 3306 | Advanced Writing in the Health Professions | 4 |
PHIL 1165 | Moral and Social Problems in Healthcare | 4 |
Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete a minimum of 41 semester hours of general electives. Total elective semester hours required to meet degree completion requirement will depend on student's choice of selectives above. | 41 |
Health Sciences Major Requirement
A grade of C or higher is required for all BIOL, CHEM, HLTH, HSCI, MATH, and PHTH courses.
Academic Policies and Procedures
Please visit Bouvé College of Health Sciences Undergraduate page for academic policies and procedures, including Academic Appeals.
Program Requirement
132 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer2/Fall
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
HSCI 1000 | 1 | PSYC 1101 | 4 | PHTH 2300 | 4 | Vacation | |
PHTH 1260 | 4 | Elective or selective | 4 | Elective or selective | 4 | ||
MATH 1241 | 4 | BIOL 1113 and BIOL 1114 | 5 | ||||
BIOL 1111 and BIOL 1112 | 5 | CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | 5 | ||||
ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
18 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Elective or selective | 8 | HSCI 2000 | 1 | PHTH 2515 | 4 | Co-op | |
PHTH 2350 | 4 | PHTH 2210 and PHTH 2211 | 4 | Elective or selective | 4 | ||
PHIL 1165 | 4 | Elective or selective | 12 | ||||
16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | ENGW 3306 | 4 | PHTH 4540 | 4 | Co-op | ||
Elective or selective | 4 | PHTH 4202 | 4 | Elective or selective | 4 | ||
Elective or selective | 8 | ||||||
4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
Co-op | PHTH 4120 | 4 | |||||
Elective or selective | 4 | Capstone course | 4 | ||||
HSCI 4700 | 0 | Elective or selective | 8 | ||||
4 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 133 |
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
HSCI 1000 | 1 | BIOL 1113 | 4 | PHTH 2350 | 4 | Vacation | 0 |
PHTH 1260 | 4 | BIOL 1114 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||
PSYC 1101 | 4 | MATH 1241 | 4 | ||||
BIOL 1111 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
BIOL 1112 | 1 | CHEM 1161 | 4 | ||||
ENGW 1111 | 4 | CHEM 1162 | 1 | ||||
CHEM 1163 | 0 | ||||||
18 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
HSCI 2000 | 1 | Co-op | Co-op | PHTH 2300 | 4 | ||
PHTH 2515 | 4 | Elective | 4 | PHIL 1165 | 4 | ||
PHTH 2210 and PHTH 2211 | 4 | ||||||
Electives | 8 | ||||||
17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ENGW 3306 | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | PHTH 4540 | 4 | ||
PHTH 4202 | 4 | Elective | 4 | HSCI 4700 | 0 | Elective or selective | 4 |
Elective | 4 | ||||||
Selective | 4 | ||||||
16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
PHTH 4120 | 4 | Elective or selective | 16 | ||||
Elective or selective | 8 | ||||||
Capstone course | 4 | ||||||
16 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 133 |
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Credit count of selective/elective is dependent on credit count of selective/elective in same term to avoid unintended credit overload.