The Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Keck School of Medicine offer an interdisciplinary minor in Health Care Studies. This minor is targeted to those undergraduates who wish to pursue a postgraduate career in health care or health care related fields. The minor brings together a background in fundamental science necessary to understand the biological basis of medicine with coursework that explores health care both in classroom and clinical settings. The minor requires a minimum of 28 units, at least 16 of which must be at the upper-division level.   If the core required courses listed below are already included in a student’s major, then other lower division courses may be selected from the electives list. 

 

(Please consult your advisor in selecting courses. Depending on major, prerequisites may increase total units required to complete this minor.)

 

 

REQUIRED COURSES (12 units):

BISC 220L General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology, OR                                               

BISC 221L Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology                                                       

 

CHEM 103Lx General Chemistry for Environment and Life, OR                                 

CHEM 105aL General Chemistry                                                               

 

MDA   110  Contemporary Issues and Cases in Health Care (2 units)

MEDS  220  Preparation for the Clinical Experience (2 units)

 

ELECTIVES (Students must choose a minimum of 16 upper division units from the following lists. )

 

Introduction to Human Health I

ANTH 101 Body, Mind and Healing                                                           

BISC 150gx The Nature of Human Health and Disease                               

PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology                                                       

PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology                                                              

*Pre-Requisite – PSYC 100

 

Introduction to Human Health II

BISC 320 Molecular Biology                                                                    

* Pre-Requisite – CHEM 105B or CHEM 115B

BISC 421 Neurobiology                                                                         

BISC 450 Principles of Immunology                                                        

MEDS 260 Challenges in Biomedical Ethics (2 units)

MEDS 300 Statistical Methods for Biomedical Research                               

PSYC 336 Developmental Psychology                                                      

*Pre-Requisite – PSYC 100

 

The Biological Bases far Disease Processes

BISC 300 Introduction to Microbiology                                                     

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 320 and 1 from (CHEM 322a or CHEM 325a)

BISC 307 General Physiology                                                                 

BISC 330 Biochemistry                                                                          

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 320 and CHEM 322a

MEDS 310 Cells of Human Tissues and Organs: Medical Histology              

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221 and CHEM 103/105a

EXSC 301 Human Anatomy, OR                                                         

MEDS 320 Clinical Perspectives on Human Anatomy                                  

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221

MEDS 330 Introduction to Molecular Medicine                                           

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221 and CHEM 103/105a

MEDS 340 Basic Human Neuroanatomy                                                   

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221 and CHEM 103/105a

MEDS 350 Drugs and the Brain                                                              

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221 and CHEM 103/105a

MEDS 360 Current Research approaches to Biomedical Problems               

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221 and CHEM 103/105a

 

Clinical and Biomedical Experience

BISC 423 Epilepsy to Ecstasy: Biological Basis of Neurological Disorders     

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 421

MEDS 430 Introduction to Clinical Problem Solving (2 units)

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221 and CHEM 103/105a, MEDS 220, MEDS 310

MEDS 440 Introduction to Surgical Principles (3 units)

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221 and CHEM 103/105a, MEDS 220, MEDS 320

**Jr./Sr. Standing Preferred

MEDS 460 Emergency Health Care (2 units)

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221, MDA 110, MEDS 220, MEDS 320 or EXSC 301

MEDS 465 Wilderness and Survival Medicine                                         

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221, BISC 307, MEDS 320

MEDS 490 Directed Research in Biomedical Science (2-8 units)

*Pre-Requisite – BISC 220/221 and CHEM 103/105a

**D-Clearance Required.

*** Jr./Sr. Standing Preferred