Changes in Health Science

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There are a number of changes in the Health Sciences this coming year. See each of them numbered below.

  1. Issues in Health Science is no longer offered

Beginning with the Fall, 2017 semester, the course Issues in Health Science will no longer exist. Beginning with the students who entered in the Fall of 2014, this was a required course for graduation. If you entered that semester or later, you will need to take any 300 or 400 level course as a substitute for Issues in Health Science.

For those students who enter as Health Science majors in the Fall of 2017 or change their major to Health Science at that time or later, they will be required to earn a total of three credits  from the following:

  • SC271 – Introduction to Literature Review – This course will be offered during each fall semester by Dr. Cooper and each spring by Dr. Comstock
  • One of the following:
    • SC381 – Genetic and Reproductive Technologies – 1 credit – This will not be offered during the Fall, 2017-Spring, 2018 academic year, but will be offered later years by Professor Johnson.
    • SC391 – Scientific Research Experience – 1 credit – This will be offered each semester by Dr. Comstock and Dr. Cooper.
    • SC481 – Internship – 1 credit – See your advisor if you are interested in doing an internship during either the fall, spring, or summer.
  • SC471 – Advanced Literature Review – 1 credit – This course has a prerequisite of SC271 – Introduction to Literature Review. This course will be offered during the Fall, 2017 by Dr. Cooper and during the Spring, 2018 semester by Dr. Comstock.

2. A new course, SC443 – Virology and Immunology with Lab (4 credits total) will be offered during the Spring, 2018 semester by Dr. Cooper. The prerequisites are Biology I & II, and Cell and Molecular Biology.

3. In previous years, Medical Microbiology was offered during both the fall and spring semesters. With the addition of Virology and Immunology to the curriculum, Medical Microbiology will no longer be offered during the Spring semesters.

If you have any questions, feel free to email Professor Johnson or the professor of a specific course you are interested in.

Autoimmune Diseases – The Hygiene Hypothesis – Are We Too Clean?

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Is it possible that an increase in the incidence of autoimmune diseases, such as type I diabetes, is due to being too clean?  Read “Educate Your Immune System: Our Bodies are Confused by this 21st Century World” by Moises Velasquez-Manoff, the author of the book, An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Disease. To get an introduction to his theory, you can can hear his TED Talk, “Reshaping the Immune System.”