Health Sciences (BS)

DePaul University

The mission of DePaul University’s Department of Health Sciences is to educate and train students who will collaboratively address human health from interdisciplinary natural and social scientific perspectives in order to promote health and to improve the lives of individuals and communities. The Health Sciences major offers concentrations in 'BioScience' and 'Public Health Sciences' that enable future health care and public health professionals to engage in cross-disciplinary conversations. Students interested in many health-related professions take a common set of core courses and then choose from a variety of electives as their interests grow and evolve. The flexibility of this major allows students to meet the requirements for entry into a wide range of graduate and professional programs. The Health Sciences major program will prepare you for a variety of healthcare professions by combining biomedical instruction with an understanding of how societal factors impact health. Whether you want to become a healthcare practitioner, administrator or policy-maker, you’ll learn how to solve health-related problems as part of a team.

College of Science and Health