<p>The B.S. major in health sciences is designed to meet the needs of students who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine or biomedical research. The major is based on the B.S. degree in molecular, cell, and developmental biology, with identical course requirements in chemistry, physics, and math. Like many other biological sciences majors at UC Santa Cruz, the health sciences major satisfies admissions requirements for most medical schools. Unique features of the health sciences major are the required courses related to human health, the requirement of proficiency in Spanish, including a course in conversational Spanish for health care workers, and participation in a formal internship program.</p>
<p>when it says "including a course in conversational Spanish for health care workers." what exactly does that mean? we have a talking class? hmmm.... I wonder.</p>
<p>I would have picked the health science major if it wasn't for the spanish class. I took spanish 5-6 in high school; that was more than enough for me.</p>
<p>After reading that, i think that the course in conversational spanish for health care workers means teaching us a class on medicine spanish. Like the type of spanish and conversation a physician would use if we ever encounter a hispanic patient who cant speak english.</p>
<p>Cool. If its only one class, it can't be that bad... and the best part is that if you don't get into med/dental/vet/etc school, you can still go into healthcare.</p>
<p>yep. Or you can keep on trying =] I think it is useful to know spanish especially for the healthcare field. There are some residency programs( which are exceptionally good) which require spanish speaking people ONLY to join. It will come in handy =]</p>
<p>If you are going to have a full throttle spanish requirement in a major, it will obviously require you to know how to speak the language. So it will be a conversational class, i mean you cant keep on writing spanish on napkins and not know how to converse.</p>
<p>alluong and everyone: For clarification, The HEALTH SCIENCES MAJOR is meant for those who want to pursue a health sciences major as well as study spanish. Basically, it fulfills the requirement for medical school ( with all sciences classes) and requires you to take spanish classes [where you learn to speak/write spanish] Then, to add spanish and health sciences together, they require us to take a spanish class which teaches us medical spanish [what a doctors would use if they come accross a hispanic patient who cant speak english]</p>
<p>Basically, the health sciences major is taking med school required classes and minoring in spanish all stuffed into one major. </p>
<p>YOU DO NOT HAVE TO KNOW SPANISH TO TAKE SCIENCE CLASSES. THE SPANISH CLASSES REQUIRED FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES MAJOR ARE CLASSES THAT YOU TAKE TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK/WRITE SPANISH. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HEALTH SCIENCES. THE MEDICAL SPANISH CLASS WE TAKE IS THE ONLY CLASS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW SPANISH FOR IN ORDER TO TAKE IT.</p>
<p>um, i think that if it is categorized under the required classes for the health sciences major, yeah i think you have to, let me go on their site and check it out for a solid answer.</p>
<p>i personally like the idea of meshing spanish with science under one major, it saves me the hassle of minoring in spanish. =]</p>
<p>For the Health Sciences major, here are the classes you must take: MEDICAL SPNAISH IS REQUIRED:</p>
<p>INTRODUCTORY REQUIREMENTS
Calculus:
MATH 11A + 11B + 22 OR MATH 19A + 19B + 22
General Chemistry:
CHEM 1B/M + 1C/N
Biology:
BIOL 20A + 20B + 20L
Organic Chemistry:
CHEM 108A/L + 108B/M OR CHEM 112A/L + 112B/M + 112C/N
Physics:
PHYS 6A/L + 6B/M + 6C/N
Spanish:
Spanish language to proficiency and Medical Spanish; the Spanish Placement Exam is required to enroll....
SPAN 1 Intro Spanish
SPAN 2 Intro Spanish
SPAN 3 Intro Spanish
SPAN 4 Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 5M Medical Spanish
ADVANCED REQUIREMENTS 7 in addition to the Spanish language and internship requirements
Biochemistry:
BIOL 100 OR BIOC 100A + 100B + 100C
Genetics:
BIOL 105
Cell Biology:
BIOL 110
Physiology:
BIOL 130/L
Electives:
THREE from the following...
BIOL 111 Immunology
BIOL 113 Mammalian Endocrinology
BIOL 114 Cancer Cell Biology
BIOL 115 Eukaryotic Molecular Biology
BIOL 119 Microbiology
BIOL 120 Development
BIOL 125 Introduction to Neuroscience
BIOL 126 Advanced Neuroscience
BIOL 132 Comparative Physiology
BIOL 133 Exercise Physiology
BIOL 135/L Human Anatomy
BIOC 100C Biochemistry
Internship:
BIOL 189 Health Sciences Internship (may be repeated for credit)
Students must participate in a community health care service internship approved by the Health Sciences Internship Coordinator: Caroline Berger.</p>
<p>that does seem like a lot of classes...
but not all med/dent/vet students go into this major because some do go into biology and other science majors</p>
<p>yeah its a butt load of classes, and it is making me freak out. But the calc, bio, chem, physics, and elective classes are required for med school. So no matter what major you want to.. major lol.. you still have to take the same bio/chem/physics.. etc classes as people majoring in health sciences. It is important to realize that for anyone who wants to go premed, the competition will be tough no matter what you major in.</p>