Health Care Studies: Healthcare Track

Associate in Science (A.S.)

Curriculum Requirements

As a student in this program, you are required to complete a minimum of 62-64 semester hours with a grade point average of no lower than C (2.0).

For this degree program, you must successfully complete the following:

Program Core

• HCS 153 Fundamentals of Health Care
• HCS 154 Medical Terminology
• HCS 270 Ethical Considerations in Health Care
• HPE 111 First Aid and Basic Life Support
• HPE 212 Health
• 1 credit of Health/Physical Education (HPE) Elective

General Education

• CSC 134 Core Word
• CSC 135 Core Excel
• ENG 101 Composition I
• ENG 103 Composition II
• NS 115 Introduction to Nutrition
• PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology
• PSY 200 Life Span Development
• SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology
• 3 credits SUNY General Education approved course in American Sign Language or Spanish
• 3 credits SUNY General Education approved course in Oral Communication
• 3 credits SUNY General Education approved course from one of the following categories:
  • US History and Civic Engagement
  • World History and Global Awareness

Healthcare Track

Choose three (3) courses from the following:

• BIO 110 Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology OR BIO 115 Human Biology*
• BIO 118 Contemporary Biology I
• BIO 121 General Biology I
• BIO 122 General Biology II
• BIO 171 Human Anatomy & Physiology I
• BIO 172 Human Anatomy & Physiology II
• BIO 230 Microbiology
• CHM 121 General Chemistry I

Choose one (1) course from the following:

• MAT 110 Mathematics of Money
• MAT 121 Introductory Statistics I
• MAT 145 Survey of Functions I

Choose five - six (5-6) credits from the following courses:

• ACC 101 Principles of Financial Accounting
• ASL 101 American Sign Language I
• ASL 102 American Sign Language II
• BIO 230 Microbiology
• BUS 124 Organizational Behavior
• BUS 227 Business Law
• CDC 102 Concepts of Chemical Dependency
• EMCR 200 Emergency Medical Technician
• HPE 164 Stress Reduction through Exercise
• HPE 190 Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
• HPE 227 Physiology of Exercise
• HUS 102 Human Services in Contemporary America
• NS 210 Nutrition in the Life Cycle
• NS 220 Sports Nutrition
• NUR 223 Pathophysiology
• SPN 102 Spanish II
• SSC 150 Human Sexuality
• SSC 200 Introduction to Gerontology
• SUNY General Education approved course in The Arts
• SUNY General Education approved course in Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)

Note: Any student who successfully completes ENG 103 and a general education COM course may receive credit for ENG 125 upon acceptance to the FLCC Nursing program.

*BIO 110 Fundamentals of Human Anatomy & Physiology is recommended for new students, except those with a recent extensive background in Biology.

SUNY General Education Electives

For information on which courses fulfill SUNY General Education Electives and for information on transferring to a four-year school, visit www.flcc.edu/academics/transfer-guidelines.