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Health, Certificate of Proficiency

Requirements

The Health certificate is available to all UVU students with a particular focus designed to provide high school students an opportunity to obtain a certificate of proficiency in a Career and Technical Education (CTE) field while still enrolled in high school and stack into certificate, associate and bachelor degrees at UVU. This certificate is available from the University for college students/adults looking for entry-level skills leading to further academic advancement and learn more about the Health field.

Total Program Credits: 16

Discipline Core Requirements: 17 Credits
  ENGL 1010 Introduction to Academic Writing CC 3
or ENGH 1005 Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC (5)  
  PSY 1100 Human Development Life Span SS 3
or PSY 1010 General Psychology SS (3) 3
  NUTR 1020 Foundations of Human Nutrition  
  BIOL 1610 College Biology I BB 4
  Complete one of the following: 3
  MAT 1030 Quantitative Reasoning QL (3)  
  MAT 1035 Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra QL (6)  
  MATH 1050 College Algebra QL (4)   
  MATH 1055 College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5)  
  STAT 1040 Introduction to Statistics QL (3)  
  STAT 1045 Introduction to Statistics with Algebra QL (5)  

Graduation Requirements:

  1. Completion of a minimum of 16 semester credits.
  2. Overall grade point average of 2.5 or above.
  3. All core courses must be completed with grade 'C' or higher. 

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track

Semester 1 Course Title Credit Hours
ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005 Introduction to Academic Writing CC or Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC 3

Math requirement

3
PSY 1100 of PSY 1010 Human Development Life Span SS or General Psychology SS 3
  Semester total: 9
Semester 2 Course Title Credit Hours
NUTR 1020 Foundations of Human Nutrition 3
BIOL 1610 College Biology I BB 4
  Semester total: 7
  Degree total: 16

Department

Public Health

The Public Health department is in the College of Health and Public Services . To find the most up-to-date information, including Program Learning Outcomes for degree programs offered by the Public Health department, visit their website.

Public Health department

Program Details

Program Learning Outcomes
  1. Describe key terms and concepts currently used in the areasof mathematics, biology, human development and nutrition through writing and other assignments.
  2. Discuss the relevance of biology, human development and nutrition to concerns of society through writing and other assignments.
  3. Apply the process of science by generating hypotheses, critically evaluating data, and solving problems.
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