The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Four Year Plan: Health Science (BS), Pre-Medical Sciences Concentration
Semester 1
- TRU 120: First Year Seminar (3 cr)
- MATH 156: College Algebra (3 cr)
- CHEM 129: Basic Principles of Chemistry (3 cr), OR CHEM 130: Chemical Principles I (4 cr), OR BIOL 107: Cells, Molecules, and Genes (^) (4 cr)
- HLTH 255: Intro to Community and Public Health (3 cr)
- POL 101: Constitutional Government (1 cr), OR HIST 2100: Institutional History of the United States (1 cr)
Semester 2
- MATH 157: Plane Trigonometry (2 cr)
- HLTH 270: Health Systems and Consumers (3 cr)
- CHEM 130: Chemical Principles I (^) (4 cr)
- COMM 170: Public Speaking (3 cr)
- PSYC 166: General Psychology (^) (3 cr)
- ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking (3 cr)
Semester 3
- Elementary Foreign Language I (3 cr)
- HLTH 290: Public Health Education Principles (3 cr)
- STAT 190: Basic Statistics (3 cr)
- CHEM 131: Chemical Principles II (4 cr)
- BIOL 107: Cells, Molecules, and Genes (4 cr), OR BIOL 304: General Microbiology (^) (4 cr)
Semester 4
- Elementary Foreign Language II (3 cr)
- HLTH 349: WE/Research Methods in Health Science (^) (3 cr)
- BIOL 104: Ecology and Evolution of the Organism (4 cr)
- CHEM 329: Organic Chemistry I (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
Semester 5
- HLTH 325: Health Management and Policy (3 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/____________ (^) (3 cr)
- PHYS 185: Physics I (4 cr)
- CHEM 331: Organic Chemistry II (3 cr)
- CHEM 333: Organic Chemistry Lab (2 cr)
Semester 6
- HLTH 366: Program Assessment & Planning (3 cr)
- PHYS 186: Physics II (4 cr)
- CHEM 335: Biochemistry I: Structure and Function (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3-6 cr)
- Take MCAT, OAT, or DAT (and review course, if desired)
Semester 7
- HLTH 410: Health Communication Methods (3 cr)
- Electives (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3-6 cr)
- Register for the CHES Exam (Senior Test)
Semester 8
- BIOL 325: Human Physiology (4 cr)
- HLTH 440: Program Implementation & Evaluation (3 cr)
- HLTH 400: CHES Exam Review (1 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
- Take CHES Exam in October (Senior Test)
NOTES:
- (^) -- All students must complete Perspectives requirements. Health Science Pre-Medical Sciences students are specifically required to complete BIOL 107, CHEM 130, and PSYC 166 to fulfill Required Support.
- WE = Writing Enhanced course
- The Writing Enhanced (WE) course requirements are met by completing HLTH 320 (as an elective in the major or another WE course in any area), HLTH 349, and JINS 3XX.
- See course pre-requisites at catalog.truman.edu/.
- You are encouraged to use these materials in conjunction with the Truman Catalog and Degree Works (available on TruView) as a guide in planning your progress toward completion of degree requirements. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in the catalog.
- If you have not completed the Civics Exam, we recommend doing so in your first year.
- Truman students are required to complete a Portfolio to graduate. We recommend starting to compile your work for the Portfolio sooner than later.
- Students must complete their Application to Graduate the semester prior to graduating. Apply to graduate through TruView.
- Graduating seniors need to complete their seniors test and questionnaire. We recommend reviewing the Assessment & Testing page to plan accordingly.
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence with any updates to the plan above. Rev. 8-2-24
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.
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