BS Human Biology (Degree Completion Program)
The University of Western States provides our students with a solid
foundation for careers in integrated health care, offering academic degrees
and programs in the health and human sciences. The Bachelor of Science
degree in Human Biology is a completion program that is available to all
current
UWS
Chiropractic Program students as well as recent graduates. Students and
graduates may wish to obtain a bachelor’s degree for either personal or
professional reasons. Because UWS is regionally accredited, the Bachelor of
Science degree fulfills most bachelor’s degree requirements for graduate
study, employment, or licensure. States that require a bachelor’s degree for
chiropractic licensure are listed and updated on the
Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards’ Website. The prerequisites
for the bachelor’s program are identical to those for the chiropractic
program with regard to the sciences, and arts & humanities. Please refer to
the
chiropractic prerequisites section of the Website.
A total of at least 180 quarter credits is required for the degree. For current chiropractic program students, credits for the BS degree come from a student’s previous undergraduate work (at least 135 quarter credits) and dually-attributed coursework from the basic sciences component of the chiropractic program (41 quarter credits) plus the first two Evidence-Based Practice courses (4 quarter credits). Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher at the completion of the BS degree requirements to be eligible to receive the BS degree. Students can apply to the bachelor’s program at any time and will receive a diploma when all requirements are met.
Graduates who have not completed
the Evidence-Based Practice course sequence will be required to take
additional courses in order to meet the learning objectives of the program.
These additional courses are Biostatistics, Baccalaureate Writing
Preparation, and the Baccalaureate Project Preparation Seminars (see below for description). These
courses must be taken in sequence except for Biostatistics which can be
taken at any time. These additional courses are graded on a Pass/No Pass
basis. These courses can be completed from a
distance and take approximately 6 to 12 months to complete. Students can
enroll in Fall, Winter, Spring or Summer. It is possible to be exempt from
the Biostatistics course if an elementary statistics course was taken at
another undergraduate institution and passed with a C or better and was not
used to fulfill the physics requirement for entry into the chiropractic
program. The other courses must be completed through UWS.
Course Description
HBI 4301:Biostatistics
Biostatistics is an online course designed to introduce the student to methods in statistical analysis of experimental data and their appropriate application in health-care research. Topics include simple probability, descriptive statistics, inferential
statistics, and experimental design. Biostatistics is normally taken before the writing sequence, but this schedule is not mandatory. If you have already successfully completed a statistics course, check with the Dean of Undergraduate and Continuing Education
to see if it fulfills this requirement. (2 qtr. credits, pass/no pass)
HBI 4302: Baccalaureate Project Writing Preparation
Baccalaureate Project Writing Preparation is an online course designed to provide
students the basic library research and writing tools necessary to undertake the baccalaureate writing project, which occurs during the subsequent three terms. Attention is given to style, format, and manuscript preparation. This course is a prerequisite for
the B.S. Project Preparation Seminar. Credit for this course is not possible through exemption or transfer credit; it must be taken through UWS. (1 qtr. credit, pass/no pass)
HBI 4303-4305: Baccalaureate Project Preparation Seminars
HBI 4303-4305 Baccalaureate Project Preparation Seminars is a three-quarter sequence
during which students work independently on their research projects under the guidance of the Dean of Undergraduate & Continuing Education. A broad range of topics is acceptable. The project may draw upon knowledge in the humanities, social sciences, and natural
sciences to address some question in human biology, health care in general, or chiropractic in particular. The project should, in most cases, be 15 to 20 pages in length. This course sequence must be taken through UWS; transfer credit is not available for
this series of classes. HBI4303 is worth 1 credit and HBI4304 and 4305 are each worth 2 credits. (5 credits, pass/no pass)