School of Health Sciences

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About Health Sciences

Undergraduate majors in Purdue’s School of Health Sciences (HSCI) prepare students for fulfilling health-related careers. Our challenging curriculum offers a common core of courses in mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry. Within Health Sciences, students have the opportunity to participate in multiple health-related student organizations, gain real-world experience through internships, and conduct groundbreaking undergraduate research. Graduates from the School of Health Sciences have found excellent success in gaining employment and admission to professional school programs including medicine, dentistry, physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), optometry, public health, and physician assistant (PA) as well as other graduate programs.

Recent alumni of the School of Health Sciences work for a variety of companies including Google, Amazon.com, Johnson & Johnson, Subaru, Alcoa, Indiana State Department of Health, Purdue University, Indiana State Police, IU Health, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lyondell Basell, and Flint Hills Resources.

Contact Information

Purdue University
School of Health Sciences
550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051
kwalker@purdue.edu
(765) 494-1419

Graduate Information

For Graduate Information please see Health Sciences Graduate Program Information .

Programs

• Biomedical Health Sciences/Interdisciplinary Health Science Concentration, BS
• Biomedical Health Sciences/Pre-Dentistry Concentration, BS
• Biomedical Health Sciences/Pre-Medicine Concentration, BS
• Biomedical Health Sciences/Pre-Optometry Concentration, BS
• Biomedical Health Sciences/Pre-Physician Assistant Concentration, BS
• Medical Laboratory Sciences, BS
• Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, BS
• Radiological Health Sciences-Health Physics, BS
• Radiological Health Sciences-Pre-Medical Physics, BS

• Occupational Health Science Minor
• Radiological Health Sciences Minor

Courses

• HSCI 10100 - Introduction to the Health Sciences Professions
• HSCI 11000 - Careers And Research In Occupational And Environmental Health
• HSCI 13000 - Introduction To Medical Laboratory Science
• HSCI 13100 - Introduction To Medical Terminology
• HSCI 19000 - Special Topics
• HSCI 19501 - School Of Health Sciences Freshman Honors Seminar
• HSCI 19601 - School Of Health Sciences Freshman Honors Project
• HSCI 20100 - Principles of Public Health Science
• HSCI 20200 - Essentials Of Environmental, Occupational, And Radiological Health Sciences
• HSCI 22500 - Healthcare Leadership And Safety
• HSCI 29000 - Special Topics
• HSCI 29501 - School Of Health Sciences Sophomore Honors Seminar
• HSCI 29601 - School of Health Sciences Sophomore Honors Project
• HSCI 30500 - Basics Of Oncology
• HSCI 31000 - Imaging In Medicine
• HSCI 31200 - Radiation Science Fundamentals
• HSCI 31300 - Principles Of Radiation Detection And Measurement
• HSCI 33300 - Introduction To Immunology
• HSCI 33400 - Lung Physiology And Medicine
• HSCI 33500 - Heart Physiology And Medicine
• HSCI 34500 - Introduction To Occupational And Environmental Health Sciences
• HSCI 34600 - Industrial Hygiene Engineering Control
• HSCI 34800 - Industrial Hygiene Instrumentation Techniques
• HSCI 35300 - Occupational Safety Management And Culture
• HSCI 36000 - Everyday Toxicology: Poisonings From Clinics To Courtrooms
• HSCI 39000 - Special Topics
• HSCI 39501 - School Of Health Sciences Junior Honors Seminar
• HSCI 39601 - School Of Health Sciences Junior Honors Project
• HSCI 40000 - International Special Topics
• HSCI 41500 - Introduction To Nuclear And Radiological Source Security
• HSCI 42000 - Applied Anatomy For Medicine
• HSCI 43800 - Reactor Health Physics
• HSCI 44400 - Exposure Assessment In OEHS
• HSCI 44500 - Industrial Hygiene Internship
• HSCI 44600 - Applied Industrial Hygiene
• HSCI 45100 - Clinical Biochemistry
• HSCI 45200 - Clinical Chemistry
• HSCI 45300 - Clinical Hematology
• HSCI 45400 - Clinical Immunohematology
• HSCI 45500 - Clinical Microbiology
• HSCI 45700 - Clinical Parasitology
• HSCI 45800 - Clinical Serology
• HSCI 46000 - Clinical Urinalysis
• HSCI 46500 - Introduction To Laboratory Education And Management
• HSCI 48500 - Health Physics Internship
• HSCI 49000 - Special Topics
• HSCI 49200 - Professional Experience In Health Sciences Internship
• HSCI 49501 - School Of Health Sciences Senior Honors Seminar
• HSCI 49601 - School Of Health Sciences Senior Honors Project

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