Interdisciplinary Studies, Health Care Leadership Concentration, BS (SJSU Online)

Fully Online Degree Completion Program

The mission of SJSU Online is to expand higher education access and degree attainment for learners requiring a fully online degree pathway. This upper division degree completion program is offered through a special session that requires a separate application process. The BS Interdisciplinary Studies, Health Care Leadership Concentration, offered by the College of Health and Human Sciences , is designed to give you the knowledge and skills you’ll need to prepare you for professional health care careers in a global market. Coursework focuses on health care leadership skills, financial principles, management strategies and standards to improve patient care. You’ll take courses in the physical and social sciences giving you a well rounded education to pursue careers in allied health roles or to prepare you for entry into a variety of health-related graduate degree programs. The flexibility offered by the interdisciplinary degree in Health Care Leadership, and the practical skills learned in the program, lead to many exciting careers in fields as diverse as public health, health education and administration, marketing and public relations, media, policy, research, clinical care, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development and sales, worksite wellness, politics, government, and environmental health among others.

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Delivery

The program is delivered completely online. Classes will be delivered fully online both asynchronously (no designated days/times) and synchronously (designated days/times).

Program Roadmaps

The 2-Year Roadmap is available online. Roadmaps should be used in consultation with the catalog and your advisor to identify additional requirements for completing the major (for example, course grade minimums) and elective classes that are best suited to your career goals.

Transfer Units (60 units)

All applicants are required to have completed at least 60 transferable semester or 90 quarter units with an overall grade point average of 2.0 or better.

Applicants must also have completed the Core Lower Division General Education Requirements (39 units), including all four CSU-approved Basics Skills courses, each with a C- or better:

(A1) Oral Communication/Speech
(A2) Written English Composition
(A3) Critical Thinking/Logic
(B4) Math/Quantitative Reasoning (above the level of intermediate algebra)

STAT 95 OR PH 67 recommended

GE Area F - Ethnic Studies must be completed with a C- or better to meet the requirement at San Jose State University.

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Students must satisfy the specific degree requirements for their undergraduate major and fulfill the following University degree requirements:

Academic (program total units with an average 2.0 GPA - “C” or better)
General Education (GE) (34 Lower Division + 9 Upper Division)
American Institutions (AI) (0-6 units) (may be satisfied in GE Areas 3A, 3B, 4, UD 3, or UD 4)
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) 3 units (see Writing in the Disciplines)
Physical Education (PE) (0-2 units)
Units in Residence (30 units, including 24 upper division and 12 in major)
Upper Division Units (40 units, including 12 upper div in major for BA, 18 upper div in major for BS)
Undergraduate Policies & Procedures

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Information about the Commencement Ceremony and Conferral of the Degree

Summary of Degree Units

Transfer Units: 60

University Requirements: 3

Major Requirements: 42

University Electives: 15

Total Units: 120

2. Major Requirements (42 units)

KIN 146 - Introduction to Exercise Technology 3 unit(s)
KIN 151 - Sports and Fitness Marketing 3 unit(s)
KIN 169 - Diversity, Stress and Health 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)
NUFS 8 - Nutrition for the Health Professions 3 unit(s)
NUFS 114A - Community Nutrition for Majors 3 unit(s)
NUFS 144 - Food Culture: Consuming Passions 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 3 / Formerly Area V)
PH 99 - Introduction to Public Health 3 unit(s)
PH 102 - Health Team Building 3 unit(s)
PH 103 - Introduction to Health Policy 3 unit(s)
PH 162 - Health Care Organization and Admin 3 unit(s)
PH 172 - Contemporary Environmental Health Issues 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 2/5 / Formerly Area R)
PH 152 - Non-Profit Leadership & Management 3 unit(s)
SCWK 130 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment I 3 unit(s)
SCWK 131 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment II 3 unit(s)

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