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An aging workforce, new technologies, and growing demand for experienced healthcare professionals make now the perfect time to enroll in the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences: Health Sciences submajor degree completion program from the UW-Milwaukee College of Health Sciences. Now available in the self-paced, competency-based UW Flexible Option format, this degree completion program offers students the opportunity to build on an associate level education and develop or strengthen skills in critical thinking, problem solving, information literacy, informatics, management, and education in the health professions. Graduates will be prepared to assume a wide range of roles within both clinical and non-clinical settings such as hospitals and other patient care facilities, government organizations, or insurance companies. This program may also provide the foundation required for entry into advanced degree programs such as physical or occupational therapy, physician’s assistance, and more. This program is designed for returning adult learners with an associate degree. There is no time like the present to expand your career opportunities by earning your Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences: Health Sciences submajor. Stay competitive in today’s job market and improve your opportunity for career advancement or career change. Best of all, your associate’s degree has already earned you 50% of the required bachelor’s degree credits. *Note: consult with advisers and professional graduate programs regarding specific program pre-requisites. The UW Flexible Option is especially designed for self-motivated, adult students who want to leverage their previous schooling, work skills, and knowledge to advance toward a degree. Professionals holding an associate degree will be awarded 60 credits toward the 120-credit degree completion minimum. Students have control over their learning schedule, allowing them to balance their unique work and family responsibilities with their educational goals. The online format of UW Flexible Option coupled with the elimination of set class schedules, gives students the freedom to learn when and where they choose. This self-paced program is ideal for: The UW-Milwaukee College of Health Sciences is widely recognized by employers for offering the largest number of health-related degree programs in Wisconsin, supplying quality graduates for high-demand positions. The research conducted by the UWM College of Health Sciences faculty and staff encompasses groundbreaking urban and population studies, biomedical research, advances in movement science, rehabilitation research and development, applied clinical technologies, and disease-prevention approaches. These activities are supported by the resources of four academic centers and 13 state-of-the-art laboratories within the college, and millions of dollars in funds from institutions such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Department of Education. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools. This program is a degree completion program. Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences: Health Sciences degree must have an earned associate degree (for which a minimum of 60 credits will be awarded towards the Health Sciences degree) OR earned at least 60 transferable credits to UW-Milwaukee (for which equivalent course credit will be applied toward the Health Sciences degree after transcripts are reviewed). This degree completion program is 120 credits. Your remaining credits include the General Education Requirements necessary for a UWM bachelor’s degree, any elective requirements, and the courses in your major that define this program: Imparts knowledge and application of the mechanisms, procedures, physiological basis, decision-making, and evidence based protocols used to diagnose health and disease. Fundamentals of human nutrition, functions and requirements of nutrients, nutritional needs throughout the life cycle. (This course is an elective). Explores cultural self-awareness, rules, behaviors, and biases of diverse societies, as well as the interprofessional application of effective service delivery in the health professions to culturally diverse individuals and families. Educational foundation regarding the broad use of complementary and alternative practices available to consumers and health professionals and evidence based assessment of predominant complementary and alternative health care traditions and therapies. Offers practice assessing communication situations using core rhetorical principles of audience, purpose, and context, and, after study and practice, allows students to demonstrate their competency in producing key verbal and written genres such as email, memos, letters, presentations, and reports. Explores effective healthcare leadership of self, others, and groups in complex healthcare settings. Emphasizes the leader understanding his or her own temperament and values in a healthcare context. Introduces health care delivery focusing on consumers, providers, organization, financing, quality and utilization of services, health planning, and political and governmental impacts. The primary aim of the competency set is a basic understanding and use of statistical concepts and methods to facilitate study and research in other disciplines. Includes measures of central tendency, measures of variability, grouped data, the normal distribution, central limit theorem, hypothesis testing, estimation, T-distribution and chi square test. Introduction to the attitudes and knowledge required for the appropriate and quality interactions involving individuals with disabilities. Overview of the psychological and social impact of disability. Explores law and ethics as they relate to health care. Topics include ethical decisions, contracts, liability, malpractice, informed consent, HIPAA, litigation, healthcare technology, and trial proceedings. Exploration of morality and ethics and their importance in the allied health professions. Development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to provide quality patient and client care through contributions to health related professions and participation in service learning related to professional practice. Knowledge, skill, and attitude development in the values and ethics, roles and responsibilities, communication, and teams and teamwork of interprofessional practice in healthcare. Study of concepts and practices related to the delivery of community programs for individuals with disabilities. Study of human pathological processes. Emphasis on interrelationships among organ systems and deviations from homeostasis. Students will demonstrate a detailed knowledge of pathophysiology, including the etiology, pathogenesis, pathology, pathophysiology, clinical features, treatment and prognosis of commonly occurring diseases. The UW Flexible Option offers working adults – like you – a more affordable way to finish a degree. Your coursework takes place in subscription periods – rather than semesters. These subscription periods start every single month, and are approximately 12 weeks long. Instead of paying based on your course or credit load, you choose between two flat rate tuition plans. Our unique subscription period structure and flat-rate tuition model means you are in control of both your schedule and your cost. You can switch back and forth between these tuition options with each new subscription period. For example, perhaps over the summer you do the Single Course option because your family is home on summer break, but once the kids go back to school in the fall you switch to the All-You-Can-Learn option. Financial Aid is available for this program. Are there any additional fees? There are no segregated fees with this program, which saves you hundreds of dollars per credit hour. However, your tuition does not include the cost of textbooks or other special materials that may be required for individual courses. Finishing your degree is closer than you think! Schedule an advising call at 608-262-2011 or contact us at flex@uwex.edu. Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences: Health Sciences degree must have an earned Associate Degree (for which a minimum of 60 credits will be awarded towards the Health Sciences degree) OR earned 60 transferable credits to UW-Milwaukee (for which equivalent course credit will be applied toward the Health Sciences degree after transcripts are reviewed). NOTE: Prior college transcripts from which you may transfer credit must be accredited by a regional or national accrediting organization recognized by the CHEA (Council for Higher Education Accreditation). Still have questions? Check out our Admission FAQ page.Overview
Health science is the application of science to health, including the study of medicine, nutrition, and other health-related topics and how they affect humans.
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Lower Division Courswork
BMS 205x-Introduction to Diagnostic Medicine
BMS 232x-Introduction to Nutrition
BMS 245x-Client Diversity in Health Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach
BMS 260x-Introduction to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
ENG 206x-Technical Writing
HCA 220x-Leading Healthcare Professionals
HS 102x-Healthcare Delivery in the United States
CGS MAT 215x – Elementary Statistics
TherRec 202x-Disability, Society, and the Person
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HS 311x-Law for Healthcare Consumers and Professionals
KIN 400x-Ethics in the Fitness and Health Professions
BMS 434x-Professional Development in the Health Professions
BMS 433x-Teamwork in the Health Professions
TherRec 303x-Inclusive Disability
BMS 314x-Human Pathophysiology I
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