Columbia College Associate in Health Sciences
Learn to combine the clinical and human elements of health care with an Associate in Health Sciences degree from Columbia College.
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Learn to combine the clinical and human elements of health care with an Associate in Health Sciences degree from Columbia College.
As patients, we don’t often see the rich diversity of the healthcare system—but this program integrates the scientific aspects (human biology and chemistry) with the human elements, deepening your understanding of the field as a whole.
The curriculum integrates core courses in social sciences (like lifespan developmental psychology) with general biology and chemistry, ensuring that you have a comprehensive understanding of patients’ experiences and conditions. You’ll also become familiar with medical terminology, theory-based research and ethics.
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Columbia College graduates’ strong background in science, management and communication ensures that they are equipped for many different jobs within the fast-growing healthcare field. You’ll be able to follow your interests into medical billing and records, pharmacy or surgical support, community health or medical office operations.
The health sciences degree also prepares you for further academic study in clinically focused programs or in health and human services.
Some possible paths include:
Columbia College Global offers traditional classroom instruction for many courses at nationwide locations. Students at nationwide locations are expected to engage with multiple learning methods, including online and virtual while completing their degree. Columbia College offers on-campus programs with traditional classroom instruction at the Residential Campus in Columbia, Missouri.
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Available program formats
Structure of the human body including comparison with other vertebrates. Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 223L is required. Prerequisite: BIOL 110.
The study of physiological, environmental, and interactive variables influencing human development from conception to death. Prerequisite: PSYC 101; PSYC/SOCI 275W.
An introduction to medical terminology with an emphasis on learning word roots, suffixes and prefixes as it pertains to the human body.
Survey study of microorganisms. Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 312L is required. Prerequisites: BIOL 110, BIOL 290 and Sophomore standing; concurrent enrollment in BIOL 312L is required.
Introduction to the field of psychology and the major sub-areas including the biological basis of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, personality, stress, as well as abnormal, developmental and social psychology. Students majoring in Psychology must earn a grade of C or higher. G.E.
Exploration of issues surrounding social justice, including human rights, democracy, freedom, happiness, equality, peace, violence, tolerance, and social responsibility. Introduction to reasoning and logic; intellectual empathy.
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April 20, 2020
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December 29, 2016