ALLIED HEALTH
Degree Requirements
The Bachelor of Technical/Professional Studies in Allied Health degree program requires the completion of a minimum of 120 credits. Lower-division courses from your community college will be applied, as appropriate, up to a maximum of 64 credits. A minimum of 32 credits must be in upper-division courses at Towson University. The overall program structure follows:
Required Courses
General Education Requirements
Students must complete Towson University’s General Education Requirements as specified in the Undergraduate Catalog. In general, a graduate from one of the associate degree programs included in the Allied Health program will need to complete 12 to 21 credits of General Education courses in addition to those that are transferred. Several of those courses also satisfy program requirements.
Because students have access to their online Degree Progress
Report, the Academic Standards Committee will no longer
entertain General Education appeals based on misadvising
stemming from the use of individual departmental advising
sheets.”
Students should consult their online Degree Progress Report to
verify their degree progress, especially fulfillment of GenEds
and 32 upper-level credits.
Core Requirements (18 credits)
All students are required to complete 18 credit hours of core courses in the program. One course (sample courses listed) must be completed in each of the following areas. Italicized courses
will be available online.
( Note: new online courses are
being offered every semester. Check with the Program
Director about the availability of specific online courses.
)
Administration
| AHLT 310 |
Management for the Allied Health Professional (3) |
| AHLT 311 |
Human Resource Management for the Allied Health Professional (3) |
| HLTH 305 |
Community Health Administration (3) |
| MNGT 361 |
Principles of Management (3) |
| MKTG 341 |
Principles of Marketing (3) |
Ethics
| HCMN 441 |
Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Administration (3) |
| HCMN 417 |
Long-Term Care Ethical Problems (3) |
| PHIL 361 |
Ethics of Medicine and Life Sciences (3) |
| PHIL 371 |
Business Ethics (3) |
Health Care Systems
| HLTH 207 |
Health Care in the U.S. (3) |
| HLTH 217 |
Honors Health Care in the U.S. (3) |
| NURS 404 |
Health Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach (3) |
Cultural Competency
| NURS 416 |
Multicultural Health Care (3) |
| COMM 378 |
Intercultural Communication (3) |
Research
| AHLT 445 |
Research Methods in Allied Health (3) |
| PSYC 314 |
Research Methods in Psychology (3) |
| OCTH 430 |
Research Methods in Occupational Therapy (4)*
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| FMST 485 |
Research Methods in Family Studies (4)
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*open only to occupational therapy assistants
Technology and Professional Issues
AHLT 440 |
Technology and Professional Issues in Allied Health (3)*
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*This course will also satisfy the university requirement for an advanced writing course
Focus Areas (15 credits)
Students choose one of six focus areas; a minimum of 15 credits must be completed in a focus area. Prerequisite courses must be completed for courses chosen to be included in the focus area.
Allied Health
Burdick Hall, Suite 101
Phone: 410-704-4049
Fax: 410-704-4965
E-mail: nbraunstein@towson.edu
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