Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences

The mission of the Department of Health Sciences at the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is to offer a quality educational experience which provides a fundamental knowledge of the basic sciences; to develop student communication skills; to foster enthusiasm for continued learning; to encourage a strong program of scholarly activities; and to promote a spirit of cooperation among members of the academic community and with the community-at-large.

The Department of Health Sciences is a multidisciplinary department offering a variety of courses concerning those sciences relevant to or implicating the human body and human health, e.g. Anatomy and Physiology and Microbiological Sciences. The department offers a B.S. degree in Microbiology and a B.S. degree in Health Sciences.

The purpose of the degree in Health Sciences is to provide a “human-centric” program with exposure to current concepts, laboratory techniques, and disease prevention/health care recommendations and protocols. The degree emphasizes anatomy, physiology, disease, and human health. Graduates with a Health Sciences degree are qualified to be employed as technicians in academic or industrial research laboratories or purse advanced degrees in graduate or professional schools.