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

Aging Health Studies courses (students must take 15 hours from this list):

• BSC 3022 Biology of Aging
• GEY 3601 Physical Changes and Aging
• GEY 4322 Gerontological Case Management
• GEY 4507 Understanding Policy and Practice in Long Term Care
• GEY 4360 Gerontological Counseling
• GEY 4608 Alzheimer's Disease Management
• GEY 4628 Race, Ethnicity, and Aging
• GEY 4641 Death and Dying
• GEY 4935 Special Topics in Gerontology
• HSC 4211 Health, Behavior & Society
• HSC 4630 Understanding U.S. Healthcare
• MHS 4931 Selected Topics (see advisor for approval)
• PHC 4931 Health Care Ethics
• SOW 3210 The American Social Welfare System
• SPA 3002 Introduction to Disorders of Speech and Language
• SPA 4257 Adult Communication Disorders

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

Research Opportunities

A maximum of 4 credits of Undergraduate Research (IDS 4910) may be applied to the major with a maximum of 1 credit taken per semester.

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.