Arizona State University, USA, Tempe

Health Sciences - Surgical Technology, B.Sc.

Course Highlights

If you have completed or are currently pursuing an Associate's degree in surgical technology at a regionally-accredited community college or university, you can complete your Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences through Northern Arizona University.

Career Opportunities

The health and fitness field has many career options, so when you're trying to choose a career, you'll most likely want to first determine what type of degree you should pursue. Job options may differ if you earn an associate degree instead of a master's, for example. Some careers available within the health and fitness field include: Personal trainer Health club manager Wellness coach Athletic coach Fitness consultant Positions such as personal trainer, wellness coach, fitness consultant and athletic coach involve working directly with individuals to help them to improve their physical fitness for health or athletic performance. Health club manager and fitness club owner are business-related positions in which the work is mostly administrative.

Course Overview

Flexibility is a hallmark of this degree, which offers online coursework and accepts a significant block of transfer credit for those who are completing or who have completed appropriate community college (or university) surgical technology programs. A strong group of health sciences courses includes grounding in human diseases, health-care ethics, and more. Career opportunities that might be pursued: I want to find another Bachelor Course Community colleges County health departments Hospitals Indian Health Service

Subjects

Programme Structure Courses include: Healthy Lifestyles Human Diseases Principles Of Epidemiology Organization & Administration Of Health Services Special Topics In Health Promotion Transformational Change Practices Stress Management

Fees

USD/year

Academic Entry Requirement

Academic Requirements To receive a bachelor's degree at Northern Arizona University, you must complete at least 120 units of credit that minimally includes a major, the liberal studies requirements, and university requirements as listed below. All of Northern Arizona University's liberal studies, diversity, junior-level writing, and capstone requirements. All requirements for your specific academic plan(s). At least 30 units of upper-division courses, which may include transfer work. At least 30 units of coursework taken through Northern Arizona University, of which at least 18 must be upper-division courses (300-level or above). This requirement is not met by credit-by-exam, retro-credits, transfer coursework, etc. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 on all work attempted at Northern Arizona University.

English Entry Requirement

6

Contact Details

Arizona State University