The Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies: Health Sciences provides an academic foundation for students pursuing clinical or research careers in health care. The program includes courses that examine foundational science for health care professionals. The program also addresses scientific, social, political, ethical and organizational issues in health care as well as implications for individual practice and public policy. The course work underscores the complex, interdisciplinary nature of health care today and the mandate for critical thinking, contextual understanding and ethical behavior across all related fields and careers.
The program equips students with an academic foundation for graduate or professional school or for work in a variety of health care professions, including (but not limited to) community health, public health, biomedical research, medicine, nursing, dentistry, and physical and occupational therapy.
All School of Continuing & Professional Studies undergraduate students must satisfy the same general-education requirements.
Students in BSIS programs must complete a certificate, tailoring their degree to their educational and professional goals. Students in BSIS programs must also complete a Community Engagement course. A designated course in the Health Sciences program will fulfill this requirement.
Required courses: 26 units
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Units |
| Psych 358 | Health Psychology | 3 |
| Phil 233 | Biomedical Ethics | 3 |
| HCARE 313 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| Bio 101 | General Biology I (with Lab) | 4 |
| Bio 102 | General Biology II (with Lab) | 4 |
| Bio 342 | Introduction to Human Disease and its Scientific Basis | 3 |
| HCARE 103 | Introduction to Health Professions | 3 |
| | 3 |
| Total Units | 26 |
Electives: 9 units
Note: At least 15 units in the field of study must be in upper-level (300-level or higher) courses.
This program is offered either mostly or fully online. Students entering the U.S. on an F-1 or J-1 Visa must enroll in a program full time. F-1 students are only permitted to enroll in one online course per semester and J-1 students may only enroll in non-credit online courses that do not count toward their degree program. The School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) cannot guarantee face-to-face enrollment options each semester of full time enrollment, therefore cannot issue an I-20 or DS 2019 to F-1 and J-1 students for this program. If you are an F-1 or J-1 student and wish to enroll in a CAPS program while here on a Visa, please contact our recruitment team to discuss your options for face-to-face program enrollment. F-1 and J-1 students should not enroll in online courses or programs without first consulting the university’s Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS).