HEALTH SCIENCE
The Health Science Career Pathway orients students to careers that promote health, wellness, and diagnosis as well as treat injuries and diseases. Some of the careers involve working directly with people, while others involve research into diseases. Learn more about the different programs available to you below or view the career pathway brochure.
ALLIED HEALTH ASSISTING
Health Science 1
The purpose of this course is to prepare students for employment as health aides, nurses’ aides, orderlies or health service aides. Content will emphasize knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and representative skills of health care workers.
Health Science 2
This second level course will emphasize an integration of scientific principles based on anatomy or physiology, attendant medical terminology, disease control, condition of illness and common therapy, and introduction to clinical learning experiences.
Allied Health Assisting 3
Students will perform skills and apply knowledge representative of major areas of health care in the laboratory setting. Clinical learning experiences are required and must correlate with dietetic and laboratory experiences. Emphasis will include prescribed employability skills, principles of safety in the clinical setting, and the practice acceptable of behavior while completing clinical learning experiences.
