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2023-2024 Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Health Sciences Certificate


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The certificate in Health Sciences provides students with the foundational knowledge, skills and abilities to pursue and enhance career opportunities in various healthcare disciplines.  With a broad understanding of the health sciences, you’ll be prepared to start your career immediately after graduation, apply to selective entry healthcare programs at Blue Ridge CTC, or transfer to other colleges or universities.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

​At the end of this degree, students will be able to: 

  • Demonstrate appropriate verbal, non-verbal, therapeutic, professional, and technological communication skills in their practice.
  • Use mathematical concepts to solve problems.
  • Demonstrate the ability to use the scientific method of inquiry to complete exercises in a laboratory setting.
  • Demonstrate computer skills.

Curriculum for a Certificate in Health Sciences


General Education Core 9
Technical Core 21
Total Credit Hours Required 30

 

General Education Core


Technical Core


Program Disclaimer


This curriculum includes a list of courses required for this program of study for this calendar year. Your Academic Plan can be found on DegreeWorks once you become a degree-seeking student. 

Note: All salary projections are based on the current position and educational needs. BRCTC cannot guarantee that the projections given will be the salaries students or graduates will ultimately receive.

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