College Level Requirements

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State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites

Students wishing to transfer to USF should complete the A.A. degree at the community college. Some courses required for the major may also meet General Education Requirements thereby transferring maximum hours to the university. If students transfer with fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable credit, the students must meet the university's entering freshman requirements including ACT or SAT test scores, GPA, and course requirements. The state mandated prerequisites are included in the core requirements for the degree.

• BSC XXXXC or BSC X007/X007L or BSC X005/X005L or BSC X010/X010L
• MAC X105
• PSY X012
• STA XXX or STA X023 or STA X014
• DEP X053 or DEP X004 or DEP X000 or CLP X140
• APK X0105C or BSC X085/X085L or (BSC X093 and BSC X094)
• ENC X210 or ENC X254

Total Major Hours: 64 Hours

Major Core Courses - 34 Hours

• BSC 1020 The Biology of Humans or BSC 1005 Biological Principles for Non-Majors
• BSC 2085 and BSC 2085L Anatomy and Physiology I for Health Professionals and Lab or 
  BSC 2093C Human Anatomy and Physiology I and BSC 2094C Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• MAC 1105 College Algebra
• STA 2023 Introductory Statistics I
• HSC 2000 Introduction to Health Professions
• ENC 2210 Technical Writing
• DEP 2004 The Life Cycle
• PHI 3633 Biomedical Ethics or PHI 3636 Professional Ethics
• CLT 3040 Scientific and Medical Terminology
• PSY 2012 Introduction to Psychological Science
• COM 2000 Introduction to Communication or ACG 2021 Principles of Financial Accounting or ANT 2511 Biological Anthropology or GEY 2000 Introduction to Gerontology or SYG 2000 Introduction to Sociology

Concentration Core Courses - 30 Hours

Biological Health Sciences courses (students must take 15 hours from this list):

• ANT 4520C Forensic Anthropology
• ANT 4462 Health, Illness, and Culture
• BSC 3022 Biology of Aging
• BSC 4933 Selected Topics in Biology (see advisor for approval)
• CHM 2023 Chemistry for Today
• CHM 2045 General Chemistry I and CHM 2045L General Chemistry I Laboratory
• CHM 2046 General Chemistry II and CHM 2046L General Chemistry II Laboratory
• GEY 3601 Physical Changes and Aging
• HSC 3541 Human Structure and Function
• HSC 4430 Occupational Health and Safety
• HSC 4504 Foundations of Public Health Immunology
• HSC 4551 Survey of Human Diseases
• HSC 4573 Foundations of Food Safety
• HSC 4624 Foundations of Global Health
• HSC 4933 Special Topics in Public Health (see advisor for approval)
• HUN 3296 Nutrition and Disease
• HUN 3272 Sports Nutrition
• LIS 4930 Selected Topics in Information Studies (see advisor for approval)
• MCB 3020 General Microbiology
• MCB 3020L General Microbiology Laboratory
• PCB 3063/PCB 3063L General Genetics with Lab
• PHC 3320 Environmental Health Science
• PHC 4030 Introduction to Epidemiology
• PHC 4101 Introduction to Public Health
• PHC 4406 Pop Culture, Vices, and Epidemiology
• PHY 2020 Conceptual Physics or PHY 2053/PHY 2053L General Physics I with Lab
• PHY 2054/PHY 2054L General Physics II with Lab
• ZOO 4512 Sociobiology

Communication Sciences & Disorders Cluster

• SPA 3030 Introduction to Hearing Science
• SPA 3101 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech & Hearing Mechanism
• SPA 3002 Introduction to Disorders of Speech and Language
• SPA 3004 Introduction to Language Development and Disorders
• SPA 4104 Neuroanatomy of Speech, Language & Hearing

Health Information Technology courses (students must take 15 hours from this list)

• ISM 3113 Systems Analysis and Design
• LIS 3352 Interaction Design
• LIS 3353 IT Concepts for Information Professionals
• LIS 3361 World Wide Web Page Design and Management
• LIS 3783 Information Architecture or LIS 4365 Web Design Technologies
• LIS 4204 Information Behaviors
• LIS 4414 Information Policy and Ethics
• LIS 4482 Networks and Communication
• LIS 4930 Selected Topics in Information Studies (see advisor for approval)
• EEL 4935 Special Electrical Engineering Topics I
• PAD 4712 Managing Information Resources in the Public Sector

Major Internship Opportunities

The Health Sciences program has competitive internships available for students in various health fields such as health informatics, administration, marketing, sales, health care centers and government to name a few. Students must take Career Development for Health Professionals (BSC 4933) prior to applying for the internships. Placement applications and information are available upon completion of the course. Internships are restricted to health sciences majors only and a permit is required for registration. Please email hhsadvise@usf.edu for a permit. Internship course credit (3-6 hours) may be applied to any concentration in the major.