Health Sciences, A.A.S. - Degree Plan

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60 credit Hours

The Associate of Applied Science in Health Sciences prepares students to enter direct care careers and to apply (transfer) to a variety of health care training programs. The degree provides the foundation needed to understand modern health care delivery, and includes a base in general education requirement options as well as a science core.

** College Algebra and Anatomy and Physiology I&II must be completed within 5 years of acceptance into the nursing program.

English Composition (6 Hours)

Mathematics Select 3 Hours

MATH 1203 - College Algebra ** (Required for nursing)
MATH 1003 - Survey of Technical Math or higher (HIM, PHTA, RT Programs)

College Algebra can be met with one of the following courses:

Please refer tocourse catalog for pre‐requisite or placement scorerequirements.

MATH 1203 - College Algebra
MATH 1203R - College Algebra with Review
MATH 1003 - Survey of Technical Math or higher (HIM, PHTA, RT Programs)

Social Sciences (6 Hours)

All 6 hours are required for the AAS in Health Sciences and students transferring to other institutions.

For students planning to apply for:

Nursing: PSYC 2003 and PSYC 2103 are required
PHTA and RT: Only PSYC 2003 is required
HIM requires 3 credit hours for social science

Computer Science (3 Hours) Choose 1

HIM 1123 - Electronic Health Records (Required for the HIM and Nursing Programs)
OR
CISQ 1103 - Introduction to Computer Information

Fine Arts (3 Hours)

Humanities (3 Hours)

US History OR Government (3 Hours)

LAB Science (16 Hours)

Note:

All 16 hours of Lab Sciences are required for the AAS in Health Sciences

Transfer students should take all 16 hours or Lab Sciences to transfer to other institutions

AAS in Nursing and Respiratory Therapy degrees require all 16 hours of Lab Sciences.

AAS in Paramedic Sciences and HIM do not require MBIO 2014

Major requirements (9 hours)*

NURS 9313 - Pharmacological Basis of Nurs (Pre-req for Nursing)
AHSC 1216 - CNA-PCA
EMTA 1022 - Emerg Medical Responder Lecture
EMTA 1021 - Emerg Medical Responder Lab
EMTA 1042 - Emergency Medical Technician I Lecture
EMTA 1052 - Emergency Medical Tech I Lab
EMTA 1061 - Emergency Medical Technician II Lab
EMTA 1201 - Emergency Medical Technician II Clinical
PHTA 2105 - Clinical Kinesiology (Pre-req for PHTA)
HIM 1001 - Intro to Medical Terminology (Pre-req for PHTA)
HIM 1403 - Med Term for Health Sciences (Pre-req for HIM. RT choose either HIM 1001 or HIM 1403 )
HIM 1213 - Disease Pathology

Approved Electives (8 Hours)

Select 8 elective credits. Consult with the Health Professions Advisor to select courses not previously taken based on the NWACC program you plan to apply for or for your intendedtransfer program. These courses can be from following subjects: ACCT, AERO,AFLS, AHSC, BLDG, BADM, BLAW, BUTR, CHED,CIED, CINE, CISM, CISQ, CMJS, COMM CST, DNTA, DRFT,ECTC, EMTA, ENTR, ETEC, FDST, GEOS, GLST,GNEG, HIM, HLSC, HVAC, INTB, JOUR, LEGL,MILS, MTCM, MEEG, MGMT, MPAX, MUAP,NTWK, OSHA, OSIM, PEAC, PROG, SCWK, THTR, TRLG

Note:

*Health Professions Advisor approval needed. Please see the Health Professions Advisor for course recommendations.

** College Algebra and Anatomy and Physiology I&II must be completed within 5 years of acceptance into the nursing program.

Possible Placement Requirements

These courses are for developing college level skills.

NWACC strongly recommends that students enroll in English and math preparatory courses within the first two semesters.

These hours will not fulfill any degree requirements at NWACC. These courses will not transfer to a four year institution.