{"id":9489,"date":"2020-02-19T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/?page_id=9489"},"modified":"2024-10-30T15:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:14:45","slug":"bachelor-science-health-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/academic-programs\/bachelor-science-health-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Science in Health Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you study health sciences, you&#8217;ll learn how you can care for people and educate them about the many aspects of health care. A Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science prepares students with an interest in pursuing advanced clinical and non-clinical healthcare degrees or career advancement. Your classes will give you a broad base to build on if you continue your studies in fields such as public health, exercise science, nutrition, or medicine. Or you may choose an undergraduate specialty such as health and wellness educator and go straight into a job after graduation. Course work includes research, health promotion, disease prevention and management, epidemiology, and cultural issues related to the health field. Below, you&#8217;ll find pathway checklists for each concentration, outlining the steps to complete the program, which typically takes eight semesters to finish. Start your journey toward obtaining your degree <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/how-do-i-apply\/\">today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"modal\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" id=\"advisingModal\">\r\n  <div class=\"modal-dialog\" role=\"document\">\r\n    <div class=\"modal-content\">\r\n      <div class=\"modal-header\">\r\n        <h2 class=\"modal-title\">Advising Checklists<\/h2>\r\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"Close\">\r\n          <span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\r\n        <\/button>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\r\n\t\t  <h3>Select a concentration:<\/h3>\r\n\t\t  <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-program\" href=\"https:\/\/georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/AdvisingPathwayMaps\/EbZ7EDYsJ-NDtdov3JehgNcB3bdMUzGdKSo9HTQyTzyRcA?e=MxNZwI\">Exercise Science<\/a> \r\n\t\t  <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-program\" href=\"https:\/\/georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/AdvisingPathwayMaps\/ETW4qFcO5jdJt2rqr6cMG48BrvnkmHGtQ_3eFuuguPo0HQ?e=FzvVch\">General Health Science<\/a> \r\n\t\t  <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-program\" href=\"https:\/\/georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/AdvisingPathwayMaps\/EWfjC2alVKZEi2vm0AlgbXABRQuX-eIppe6dr4QfqUlFqg?e=mXbS03\">Public Health<\/a> \r\n\t\t  <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-program\" href=\"https:\/\/georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/AdvisingPathwayMaps\/EbW1Px2H7tRMhbmFU7MlmesBaQX-7dFl1w4F7y2TFh3sJQ?e=4ELJr7\">Social & Behavioral Health<\/a> \r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you study health sciences, you&#8217;ll learn how you can care for people and educate them about the many aspects of health care. A Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science prepares students with an interest in pursuing advanced clinical and non-clinical healthcare degrees or career advancement. Your classes will give you a broad base [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":13046,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"areas-of-study-new.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9489","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9489"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13839,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9489\/revisions\/13839"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}