From guiding patients through treatment plans or major surgery to helping people regain their ability to manage daily tasks, health care professionals continuously strive to keep others living their best lives possible.
The health sciences program is part of the School of Science, Mathematics & Technology. Our goal as a department is to graduate women and men that are uniquely equipped to provide scientific perspective and solutions to the complex problems facing humanity.
Learn about the School of Science, Mathematics & TechnologyThe health sciences degree at the Mount prepares you to enter graduate school for or work toward a career in kinesiology, nursing, physical therapy or occupational therapy.
You’ll study anatomy, physiology, biostatistics and bioorganic chemistry, as well as topics related to medical technology, human dignity, issues of fairness in health care and the origins and current state of the U.S. health care sector.
You’ll have the option for classes in methods and issues in bioethics from a Catholic vision of the human person, health care psychology or the sociology of medicine. In addition to foundational courses, you’ll also pursue one of the major’s four tracks, including:
The health sciences degree from the Mount will help you build the foundation for a career as a nurse working for a regional hospital, a physical therapist helping people at a community health center, or an occupational therapist caring for others at an assisted living facility.
Manchester, Maryland / Majors: Neuroscience and Health Sciences pre-Nursing
The Mount has equipped me for post-college by showing how to form good relationships and connections that you can use in the future but also model in jobs. Further, throughout my time in the lab and presenting my research, I have been able to become more confident in these areas.
After the Mount: Queens University of Charlotte to pursue a nursing degree
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