Degree Requirements

In addition to the requirements of the academic major, students must comply with the General Academic Regulations for Graduation  and Undergraduate Academic Policies .  As part of these policies, students must complete the General College Curriculum , which is based on the degree.

Biomedical Humanities core

• Take the following:

• BHUM 200 - Foundations of Biomedical Humanities (3)
• BHUM 250 - Approaches to Biomedical Ethics (3)
• BHUM 300 - Science and Faith (3)
• BHUM 400 - Capstone Course, Biomedical Humanities (3)

Science Core - BHUM pre-medical (52 - 54 hours)

Please note: students following this track must complete all science courses (biology, chemistry, physics, etc) with a ‘C’ or better. 

• Take the following (34 hours):

• PSYC 222 - General Psychology (3)
• SOCI 225 - Principles of Sociology (3)
• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I (4)
• CHEM 113 - General Chemistry II (4)
• CHEM 227 - Organic Chemistry I (4)
• CHEM 228 - Organic Chemistry II (4)
• BIOL 111 - Basic Biology I (4)
• BIOL 201 - Cellular & Molecular Biology (4)
• BIOL 430 - Biochemistry (4)

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  Mathematics (4 hours):

• MATH 122 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4)

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  Physics (8 hours):

       Take:

• PHYS 221 - General Physics I (4)
• PHYS 222 - General Physics II (4)

• or

• PHYS 251 - Fundamentals of Physics I (4)
• PHYS 252 - Fundamentals of Physics II (4)

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  Take two additional courses from the following (6-8 hours):

• BIOL 221 - Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology (4)
• BIOL 310 - Advanced Human Physiology (3)
• BIOL 334 - Microbiology and Immunology (4)
• BIOL 335 - Immunology (3)
• BIOL 336 - Medical Microbiology (3)
• BIOL 342 - Genetics (4)

Relational Core

• Take the following: (12 hours)

   

• PHIL 121 - Introduction to Philosophy (3)
• CHRS 224 - Christian Ethics (3)
• ENGL 208 - Literature & Health (3)
• COMM 391 - Health Communication (3)

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  Take 6 hours from the following: (6 hours)

   

• COMM 240 - Interpersonal Communication (3)
• COMM 370 - Communication Ethics (3)
• COMM 430 - Cross Cultural Communication (3)
• COMM 541 - Communication and Social Change (3)
• COMM 561 - Advanced Health Communication (3)
• PSYC 364 - Psychology of Human Relations (3)

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  Take 6 hours from the following: (6 hours)

   

  ENGL 2xx level literature (3)

• CHRS 214 - The Bible and Health (3)
• ENGL 302 - Advanced Writing (3)
• ENGL 305 - Technical Writing and Presentations (3)
• PHIL 225 - Debating Ethics (3)
• SPAN 311 - Medical Spanish (3)
• SPAN 312 - Medical Spanish (3)
• SPAN 350 - 20th Century Spanish and Latin American Writers in Translation (in English) (3)
• SPAN 410 - Special Topics in Literature (1-3)
• THEA 241 - Acting (3)
• THEA 443 - Creative Dramatics (3)