Traditional Baccalaureate Program
Prerequisite coursework for first degree students - 60 credits/semester hours
Natural Sciences - 17-23 cr
- Human or Animal Anatomy and Physiology - 6-8 cr (within the past 5 years)
- Microbiology - 3-4 cr
- Chemistry - 6-8 cr
- Nutrition - 2-3 cr
Humanities - 9 cr
- English, Writing or Composition - 3 cr
- Literature - 3 cr
- Logic, Philosophy, Ethics, Foreign Language, Speech, History of Art, History of Music or Mathematics - 3 cr
Social Sciences - 15 cr
- Intro to Psychology - 3 cr
- Intro to Sociology - 3 cr
- Human Growth and Development or Developmental Psychology covering the full lifespan - 3 cr
- Anthropology, Economics, Family or Community Sociology, Geography, History, Political Science, or Psychology - 6 cr
Statistics - 3 cr
The statistics course should include topics of correlation and linear regression; experimental design such as t-tests, analysis of variance and chi-square. Suggested departments: psychology, sociology, education, biology and mathematics. The departments whose statistics courses are more theory-based and lack the experimental design component are business, management and economics.
Electives - 10-16 cr
Electives may be selected from any academic discipline. Credits in studio or performing arts are not acceptable. Only one physical education course will be accepted.
Prerequisite coursework for second degree students
The following courses must be completed at an accredited college or university before enrollment:
- Human Anatomy and Physiology - 6-8 cr (within the past 5 years)
- Microbiology - 3-4 cr
- Nutrition - 2-3 cr
- Human Growth and Development or Developmental Psychology covering the full lifespan - 3 cr
- Statistics - 3 cr
The statistics course should include topics of correlation and linear regression; experimental design such as t-tests, analysis of variance and chi-square. Suggested departments: psychology, sociology, education, biology and mathematics. The departments whose statistics courses are more theory-based and lack the experimental design component are business, management and economics.
