BS in health sciences?

[Gigantron]

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So the school I plan to attend has a Health Sciences major. I was admitted as a Biology major. I know medical schools don't care about your major, and that I should major in whatever I enjoy (and can get the best GPA in). By looking at the course descriptions, however, I'm not sure if this is only a major for somebody pursuing a midlevel position (rad tech, nurse anesthesia, etc.)

For the major, I would only need to complete seven core courses, and five courses that deal with a specific concentration (during second semester of my senior year). For example, one of them is emergency and clinical care (this would involve a lot of clinical experience and is something worth noting).

I guess I'm just worried that medical school interviewers would ask me: "So, you took courses that a midlevel would usually care about. Why, then, should we let you into our medical school?"

 

[FrkyBgStok]

may be a pain but maybe you can give a list of the core classes. there is absolutely no way for us to know. i take a class at a college with a health science major that was set up specifically for med/pa schools, but no bio degree is offered. i take another class at a different one that has a health science major that is their version of exercise science. so we have no way of knowing.

 

[Gigantron]

Required courses:

HAN 200: Human Anatomy and Physiology for Health Science I
HAN 200: Human Anatomy and Physiology for Health Science II
HAN 300 Health Care Issues
HAN 333 Communication Skills
HAN 335 Professional Ethics
HAN 364 Issues in Health Care Informatics
HAN 383 Professional Writing

I should mention that for the first three years, I would take liberal arts courses (along with my pre-reqs) before going into the specific health science classes. (in other words, the actual major requirements aren't completed until the senior year)

 

[gravitywave]

those all look OK. with the exception of A&P though, they all look like fluff. no real opportunity to get exposed to research, either - if that's important to you. be certain the courses you take as your pre-med reqs are the same ones you would be taking as a Bio major or whatever. i usually poo-poo these majors but if the only difference is senior year, then it's likely not a big deal.

another thing to consider is how harshly these courses are graded. a bevy of aggressively curved classes your senior year that read on paper like cheese isn't going to look good on a transcript.

 

[Medfreak12]

At my school Health Science is just dealing with things in the medical field. Biology is more of a broad spectrum. As long as you have the pre reqs for the med schools you want to apply to then you are good to go.

 

[phltz]

You may run into trouble with adcoms that view this as more like vocational training than rigorous academic work. You don't have to major in Bio, but you should major in something that's considered to have some intellectual clout.

 

[orthomyxo]

You may run into trouble with adcoms that view this as more like vocational training than rigorous academic work. You don't have to major in Bio, but you should major in something that's considered to have some intellectual clout.

This. Judging from the required classes you posted, health science doesn't seem very much like science at all. Come to think of it, the health science majors at my school have all their classes on the liberal arts campus.