Bachelor of Science in Allied Health

Lead Faculty: Dr. Patric M. Schiltz

Allied Health refers to occupations that support, aid and increase the efficiency of the physical, dentist, or primary clinical specialist.  Allied health professionals are involved with the delivery of health or related services pertaining to the identification, evaluation and prevention of diseases and disorders; dietary and nutrition services; rehabilitation and health systems management, among others.

The Bachelor of Science in Allied Health degree post-professional program provides a broad-based foundation of professional, ethical, legal, health policy, issues and trends in healthcare, health promotion and disease prevention, health education, research and evidence based practice and data base, case, and health systems management.

The program is designed to articulate with allied health professional programs at community colleges. It prepares graduates with additional knowledge, skills, and values to advance in the allied health profession; meet societal and health care delivery demands; and work in a variety of settings with diverse patients, families and communities. Graduates are prepared to assume supervisory positions.  In addition, successful completion of this program allows students to pursue graduate education the health care field.

Program Outcomes
The Allied Health major prepares the graduate to be able to:

• Assess the relative health effects of environment, socioeconomic conditions, behavior, health services, and biology.
• Explain how a team approach that is coordinated, comprehensive and continuous facilitates successful treatment outcomes.
• Compare and contrast a medical model of health care delivery with a health promotion and disease prevention approach.
• Explain the process of active participation in health care from a provider, patient, family, and community perspective.
• Assess the impact of effective and ineffective applications of technology in health services.
• Analyze health services from social workforce, financial, regulatory, technological, and organizational viewpoints.
• Commit to a code of ethics when providing services to clients, families and communities under all circumstances.
• Respect the population's cultural, social, religious, and racial and ethnic diversity in health and disease.
• Apply concepts of data collection, analysis, evaluation, and dissemination to evidence-based allied health services.

Requirements

Degree Requirements
To receive a Bachelor of Science with a Major in Allied Health, students must complete at least 180 quarter units as articulated below, 45 of which must be completed in residence at National University and 76.5 of which must be completed at the upper division level. In the absence of transfer credit, additional general electives may be necessary to satisfy total units for the degree. Refer to the section on undergraduate admission procedures for specific information regarding admission and evaluation.

Requirements for the Major (10 courses; 45 quarter units)
HSC 310 - Issues & Trends in Health Care
HSC 400 - Management for Health Professionals
  (Prerequisite: HSC 310)
NSG 322 - Introduction to Biomedical Statistics
HSC 330 - Health Education & Promotion
  (Prerequisites: HSC 310, 400, NSG 322)
GER 310 - Healthy Aging
  (Prerequisites: HSC 310, 400, 330, NSG 322)
HSC 300 - Legal/Ethical Issues Health Professionals
  (Prerequisites: HSC 310, 400, 330, NSG 322, GER 310)
HSC 410 - Informatics for Health Professionals
  (Prerequisites: HSC 310, 400, 330, 310, 300, NSG 322, GER 310)
HSC 420 - Allied Health Research
  (Prerequisites: HSC 310, 400, 330, 300, 410, NSG 322 or MTH 210, GER 310)
HSC 430 - Case and Outcome Management
  (Prerequisites: HSC 310, 400, 330, 300, 410, 420, NSG 322 or MTH 210, GER 310)
HSC 440 - Allied Health Capstone Project
  (Prerequisites: Completion of the major requirements)

Upper-Division Electives (6 courses; 27 quarter units)
Students must complete a minimum of 27 quarter units (6 courses) of electives to fulfill the upper-division unit requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Allied Health.

The following are strongly recommended:
ART 329 - World Art (+) (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
CHD 440 - Drugs, Values and Society (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
CIS 301 - Management Information Systems
ECE 310 - Diversity: Development & Education
ECO 430 - Economics and Philosophy
HIS 350 - Cultural Diversity (+) (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
HUB 401 - Conflict Resolution (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101, PSY 100)
LAW 400 - Current Legal Issues
MGT 400 - Ethics in Law, Business and Management
MGT 409C - Principles of Management and Organizations
PHL 336 - Philosophy of Science (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
PHL 437 - Ethics (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
PSY 301 - Child Development (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
PSY 432 - Social Psychology (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101, PSY 100)
BIO 408 - Genetics and Heredity
  (Recommended prior completion of BIO 100/100A or equivalent)
SOC 310 - Cultural Workplace Dynamics (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
SOC 445 - Contemporary Social Problems (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)

Program Information

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Online Education

This program is available online.

Program Locations

• Sacramento Campus
• Spectrum Business Park Campus

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