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Health Careers

Health Careers

The Health Careers concentration integrates a strong core of science courses with a broad-based liberal arts curriculum to prepare qualified students at RCC for transfer to nursing or a Bachelor of Science degree program in health science. Located in the hub of research hospitals and healthcare institutes, RCC is the ideal place to jumpstart a career in health care or to change career paths through this highly rewarding and cost-efficient program. Students might work directly with patients or find a health professional position in the health care industry – it all begins with training at RCC. 

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Course Requirements

Semester One Credits
ACS102 The College Experience 3.00
ENG101 English Comp. I 3.00
MAT120 Intro to Statistics 3.00
SCI103 Biology I w/LAB 4.00
SSI122 General Psychology 3.00
Semester Two Credits
ENG102 English Comp. II 3.00
HUMELECT Humanities Electives 3.00
SCI104 Biology II w/LAB 4.00
SCI121 Survey of Chem I w/LAB 4.00
Semester Three
HUMELECT Humanities Electives 3.00
SCI122 Survey of Chem II w/LAB 4.00
SCI201 Anat/Phys I w/LAB 4.00
SSI209 Human Growth & Dev. 3.00
SSIELECT Social Science Electives 3.00
Semester Four
HUMELECT Humanities Electives 3.00
OPENELEC Open Electives 3.00
OPENELEC Open Electives 3.00
SCI202 Anat/Phys II w/LAB 4.00
SCI204 Microbiology w/LAB 4.00
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