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With a Health Sciences major, you’ll learn effective strategies, techniques and technologies to deliver safe, ethical and therapeutic health care. Our Health Sciences major includes all prerequisite courses for UNC’s Nursing BSN clinical application. This major also stands on its own as a direct path to jobs in healthcare.

The BS in Health Sciences requires 120 credits, which include:

31 Credits – Liberal Arts Curriculum
General education classes include a mix of math, writing, arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, natural and physical sciences, and cultural and international studies.

85 Credits – Required Major Courses
You’ll take foundational courses, as well as required and elective classes for your chosen concentration.

Choose one concentration to focus your studies and shape your career path. View full degree requirements by concentration in our catalog:

• : Develop skills to manage people, budget and projects, lead teams and gain organizational leadership and managerial acumen to deliver high-quality health care.
• : Study human health and ways to improve health outcomes.

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This plan outlines a recommended schedule for completing a bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences in four years. Consult with your major advisor for additional information on graduation requirements and guidance on course sequences.

Refer to the UNC Catalog to view Four-Year Plans by concentration:

If you’re curious about managing health-related organizations, interested in environmental and global health or get excited about collaborative healthcare, then Health Sciences is the major for you.

You’ll learn how to:

• Think critically and analyze information, knowledge and research from other disciplines like the humanities, arts, general sciences and health sciences
• Apply effective communication strategies, techniques and technologies to deliver safe, ethical and therapeutic healthcare for individuals, families, groups, communities and populations
• Integrate principles of inclusion, equity and diversity into healthcare concepts and practices that impact individual, family community and societal health

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Get a head start on your public health career with our Accelerated BS to MPH program. This five-year pathway allows motivated students to earn both a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and a Master of Public Health in Community Health Education—saving time and tuition while advancing your expertise. Students can begin taking select graduate-level MPH courses as undergraduates, with credits counting toward both degrees, so you graduate sooner and enter the workforce with a competitive edge.

TheÌýHealthcareÌýAdministrationÌýconcentration features human resource management certificationÌýcoursesÌýso you earn bothÌýa bachelor’s degree and certificationÌýat the same time.

WithÌýthis concentrationÌýyou’llÌýgain valuableÌýdirect experience working in a community settingÌýas part ofÌýa supervised internship.ÌýYour internship coordinator will help you find an ideal opportunityÌýthat fitsÌýyourÌýpersonal interestsÌýand career goals.