Any health sciences major must complete 60 credits toward the major.
Students majoring in health sciences must complete the following coursework:
50:499:101 Introduction to Health Sciences
50:830:101 Introduction to Psychology
50:920:101 Introduction to Sociology
50:730:249 Biomedical Ethics
50:120:211 Microbiology and Its Application
50:120:212 Microbiology and Its Application Lab
Students must also choose one course from each of the following groupings:
50:120:101 General Biology I and 50:120:107 General Biology Lab I
50:120:127 Principles of Biology
50:120:253 Basic Anatomy and Physiology I and 50:120:255 Basic Anatomy and Physiology Lab I
50:120:300 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology I and 50:120:302 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology Lab I
50:120:254 Basic Anatomy and Physiology II and 50:120:256 Basic Anatomy and Physiology Lab II
50:120:301 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology II and 50:120:303 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology Lab II
50:160:103 General, Organic, and Biochemistry I
50:160:115 Chemical Principles I and 50:160:125 Chemical Principles Lab I
50:160:104 General, Organic, and Biochemistry II and 50:160:105 General, Organic, and Biochemistry Lab
50:160:116 Chemical Principles II and 50:160:126 Chemical Principles Lab II
50:830:255 Method and Theory in Psychology
50:830:256 Research Methods in Psychology
50:960:183 Elementary Applied Statistics
50:960:250 Statistics for Social Sciences
50:830:348 Health Psychology
50:830:434 Psychology of Eating
50:830:457,458,459,461,462,463,464 Special Topics in Health Psychology (with director approval)
50:920:217 Drugs and Society
50:920:418 Medical Sociology
50:720:313 Childhood Health and Illness
50:720:321 Death and Dying
50:163:250 Childhood Health Disparities
50:220:316 Health Economics
50:220:317 Social Marketing: A Strategic Approach for Health Promotion
50:830:222 Human Development*
50:820:226 Child Development
50:830:326 Psychology of Adolescence
50:830:328 Psychology of Aging
50:070:101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
50:499:305 Cultural and Global Competency in Healthcare
Additionally, health science majors must choose one elective from the following list:
50:499:120 Medical Terminology
50:499:201 Careers in Health Sciences
50:499:303 Health Law
50:499:304 Media and Health
50:499:456,457,458,459 Special Topics in Health Sciences
50:499:493 Applied Experiences in Health Sciences
50:499:497 Independent Study in Health Sciences
And two additional electives from the following list (Note: courses cannot count for both required and elective credit.):
50:070:313 Childhood Health and Illness
50:070:321 Death and Dying
50:120:102 General Biology II (with 50:120:108 Lab)
50:120:103 Biology of Cancer
50:120:106 Human Reproduction and Development
50:120:110 Biology of Disease
50:120:311 Clinical Aspects of Human Genetics*
50:120:344 Neurobiology
50:120:347 Pathophysiology
50:163:250 Child Health and Disparities
50:220:122 Introduction to Data Science
50:220:316 Health Economics
50:220:317 Social Marketing: A Strategic Approach to Health Promotion
50:220:422 Applied Data Mining
50:443:221 Gender, Health, and the Environment
50:512:362 Health and American Society
50:750:203 General Physics I (with 50:750:133 Lab)
50:750:204 General Physics II (with 50:750:134 Lab)
50:830:340 Abnormal Psychology
50:830:434 Psychology of Eating
50:830:440 Developmental Psychopathology
50:830:475 Brain and Behavior
50:920:217 Drugs and Society
50:920:306 Sociology of the Family
50:920:418 Medical Sociology
50:940:227 or 327 Spanish for the Health Professions (or more advanced Spanish for the Health Professions course)
57:705:255 Nutrition in the United States and the World*
57:705:489 Pharmacology
For up-to-date information on major requirements, see: https://healthsciences.camden.rutgers.edu/degree-requirements.