Program Overview
- Baccalaureate Degrees
- Associate Degree
General Education at BHSU
Undergraduate students at Baptist Health Sciences University begin with General Education courses, which cultivate the skills, knowledge and values necessary for success in their majors and health care professions. Through their experiences at Baptist University, students are prepared to be collaborative and responsible leaders in health care and across their community.
Integrated throughout the General Education Curriculum are the following learning outcomes:
- Communication and Connections – students will demonstrate effective communication and connection skills using written, oral, and visual expression.
- Critical and Analytical Reasoning - students will demonstrate an understanding and application of standards for thought that lead to consistently excellent thinking to reveal the truth in situations and enable them to determine how best to live their lives.
- Inclusion and Collaboration - students will demonstrate intentional inclusion of multiple perspectives and lived experiences in their response to situations, individually and in teams.
- Faith and Values - students will recognize, appreciate, and respect how beliefs and priorities expressed through our shared experience permeate and enrich all facets of life.
Degree Programs
Biomedical Sciences
The BMD program is considered a pre-med program for graduate and professional programs. If you are pursuing a career in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, physical therapy, optometry, biomedical research, physician assistant, and occupational therapy or other health-related fields, the Biomedical Sciences (BMD) program is definitely the major for you.
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Health administration is one of the most in demand health professions, with expected job growth exceeding 20% over the next five years. Health administrators plan, direct, and coordinate the delivery of health care services.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Public Health, formerly Population Health, focuses on protecting and improving the health of families and communities through promotion of healthy lifestyles to attain or maintain wellness, research for disease and injury prevention, and detection and control of infectious diseases.
PRE-HEALTH STUDIES
Pre-Health Studies is an associate degree for students who are uncertain about their career goals in health care. The program will provide students with the opportunity to take general education and preparatory courses for a chosen field in health sciences. Additionally, the program is designed to provide the students with an opportunity to consider career alternatives. \
Why Choose Baptist
- PREPARES YOU FOR HEALTH CARE CAREERSGEHS Course Activities designed for health care majors.
- IN-PERSON & ONLINE COURSE OPTIONS
- OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
- INTEGRATED INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONPreparing our students for collaboration in health care teams.
- 100% JOB PLACEMENTFor most majors.
- MAJORITY OF OUR FACULTY ARE DOCTORAL PREPARED
Greetings future Blue Healers! The General Education and Health Studies Division provides the foundation for your academic journey. It is the home of all the required core and major specific prerequisite courses along with the Baptist University Experience (BUE) Course, which is required of all undergraduate students. Together with our outstanding faculty, you will be introduced to a wide range of subjects that form the basis of theoretical and applied knowledge in Mathematics, Natural Sciences, English language, Communication, Social Sciences, and the Humanities. These experiences will prepare you for interprofessional learning and collaboration in your respective major.
The General Education and Health Studies Division is also the home of our non-clinical majors: Biomedical Sciences (pre-Med/pre-Professional), Health Administration, Public Health, and Pre-Health Studies (an Associate degree only). I encourage you to visit the Program pages for each of these majors to learn more about how students in these majors are becoming leaders in improving health care and outcomes in our community and beyond.
Michelle A. McDonald, DrPH, MS