Certificate in Gateway to Health Sciences BCERTU.GWH

Required Courses

This certificate offers South Dakota high school students a valuable head start in pursuing careers in health sciences. It provides a pathway into health sciences programs available at South Dakota Regental Institutions. Students will explore the various roles of health professionals within a healthcare team and familiarize themselves with essential healthcare terminology. Additionally, they will complete math and social science courses that are prerequisites for many degrees in health and human services.

The certificate aligns with the Healthcare & Human Services: Physical Health of the National Career Clusters® Framework.

*courses offered from other SD BOR schools

• Choose one of the following:
  BIOL 285 - Medical Terminology*
  NURS 285 - Medical Terminology*
  HSC 250 - Healthcare Terminology in Clinical Setting*
  HIM 130  - Basic Medical Terminology*

• BIOL 286 - Medical Word Origins 3 semester hours

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  Choose one of the following:

  HSC 110 - The Inter-professional Health Team*
  HSC 262 - Health Careers Exploration*
  BIOL 262 - Health Careers Exploration*
  HIM 150 - Into to Digital Health Informatics & Information Management*

   

  Choose one of the following:

• MATH 103 - Mathematical Reasoning 3 semester hours
• MATH 114 - College Algebra 3 semester hours
• MATH 115 - Precalculus 5 semester hours
• MATH 120 - Trigonometry 3 semester hours
• MATH 121 - Survey of Calculus 4 semester hours
• MATH 123 - Calculus I 4 semester hours
• MATH 125 - Calculus II 4 semester hours
• MATH 225 - Calculus III 4 semester hours
• MATH 281 - Introduction to Statistics 3 semester hours

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  Choose one of the following:
  EPSY 210 - Lifespan Development*
  HDFS 210 - Lifespan Development*

• PHIL 220 - Introduction to Ethics 3 semester hours
• PSYC 101 - General Psychology 3 semester hours

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  *courses offered from other SD BOR schools