The 生物医学科学系 educates students for successful health-related careers by providing instruction in core scientific content, encouraging critical thinking and providing active collaboration; it engages in hypothesis-driven research, embraces global diversity, and guides students to become life-long learners dedicated 丰富科学界和医疗界. 该系提供课程 for a 副修生物医学, a 生物医学学士学位, 以及生物医学科学硕士学位. 生物医学学士学位 Sciences curriculum offers students a strong general education in the humanities, arts, and social sciences followed by in-depth study in one of three new concentrations: Pre-Health Professions, Bio技术, and Public and Global Health.
The 生物医学科学系 offers programs for a 副修生物医学, a 生物医学学士学位 with three concentrations, and a Master 生物医学科学理学学士.
A minor in Public Health requires 18 total credit hours, of which 9 must be completed 生物医学科学系.
The 生物医学科学系 offers the following concentrations for the 生物医学学士学位.
The PHP concentration provides a strong foundation in basic human sciences, with corollary 从事化学、数学和统计学方面的工作. PHP课程为学生准备 pursue post baccalaureate educational experiences in any biomedical discipline, including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, as well as a Ph.D. 学位有多种 健康和科学相关领域. 此外，这种集中提供了先决条件 course work for students wishing to pursue programs in the Pat Capps Covey College 专职医疗专业.
The BT concentration provides a strong foundation in basic human sciences, with an emphasis on fundamental concepts of genetics, molecular biology, and recombinant DNA 技术. The core requirements have a strong applied skill-based laboratory component 这进一步强化了理论概念. BT集中培养学生 入门级生物技术工作或研究生(M.S. 和Ph值.D.)研究计划.
The PGH concentration offers students interested in healthcare careers with a foundational knowledge of those challenges that limit the provision of health care globally. 这 concentration provides a strong foundation in basic human sciences, corollary work in chemistry, math, and statistics, and adds a multi-disciplinary exploration into key factors important to health and disease in resource limited areas. 学生在 the PGH concentration will gain knowledge of public health, global diseases, international healthcare systems, and introduction to epidemiology, as well as a basic knowledge of those social and environmental factors that impact health and disease in vulnerable 人口. A BMD degree with a concentration in PGH prepares students for a tremendous diversity of graduate programs and careers in scientific research, public health, global health education, and jobs in industry and government laboratories (CDC).
愿景
The 生物医学科学 Department will be nationally recognized as a center of excellence
本科生物医学教育与研究.
任务
The 生物医学科学 Department educates students for successful health-related
careers by providing instruction in core scientific content, encouraging critical
thinking and providing active collaboration; it engages in hypothesis-driven research,
embraces global diversity, and guides students to become life-long learners dedicated
丰富科学界和医疗界.
