Health Science - Mercy College - Main Campus

Health Science from Mercy College - Main Campus is a Campus Bachelor Health Administration degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. If you're looking to advance your health sciences career, or pursuing a graduate degree , the baccalaureate degree provides all the necessary tools, foundational classes and fieldwork. In this pre-professional program, you'll develop the knowledge, values and interpersonal skills needed for success in today's health and human service settings. The BS in Health Sciences major includes coursework in the social, biological, and behavioral sciences. Building on 60 general education credits, it includes 32 additional credits in the Natural Sciences, the Social Sciences and the Health Sciences. Students preparing to enter graduate programs in the Health Professions should coordinate their plan of study with their advisor. Many of the faculty teaching courses in the Health Science concentration also teach within the professional graduate programs and have extensive clinical experience allowing students to gain insights regarding areas for future practice. Career Opportunities Graduates from the Health Science Program may pursue employment in the health care field (e.g. public health or other community agencies, insurance industry, hospitals, or pharmaceutical industry) or may pursue graduate level education in a health professional field (e.g. occupational or physical therapy), medical sciences, health administration, or laboratory science. Careful selection of available courses will optimize admission to desired graduate degree . The majority of the courses within the Health Science Program are pre-requisites for other professional degrees within Mercy College (e.g., Occupational Therapy Assistant [AAS], occupational therapy [MS], and physical therapy [BS/MS]). For students preparing to enter the Graduate Occupational Therapy Program who already hold a bachelor's degree , it is possible to earn a B.S. in Health Science, pre-OT major, if at least 30 prerequisite undergraduate credits, (18 in major concentration area), are taken at Mercy College. View more details on Mercy College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Administration courses.