Science, Allied Health Technology Concentration, B.S.

Chemistry
Andrienne Friedli, program coordinator
Andrienne.Friedli@mtsu.edu

Eric Miller, advisor
615-494-8894
EricB.Miller@mtsu.edu

The Allied Health Technology concentration is designed for students who expect to enter a professional school for diagnostic medical sonography, nuclear medicine technology, or radiation therapy technology after completing an appropriate pre-professional curriculum.

This concentration leads to an MTSU degree through completion of 120 credit hours at MTSU, or completion of at least 90 course hours, acceptance into a professional school, and successful completion of the professional program (3+1). At least 36 credit hours of junior and senior (3000-4000 level) courses must be completed with an average grade of C (2.00 GPA) or better. With approval of the dean of the college, a student may complete 12 of the last 30 hours at another college or university or by CLEP. For students completing a 3+1 program, a minimum of 21 semester hours of junior and senior (3000-4000 level) courses must be completed at MTSU.

Admission to the MTSU pre-professional program does not assure admission to a professional program. Selection for admission is competitive and is made by the admissions committee of the respective program according to its selection standards.

NOTE: A grade of C or better is required on all transfer credits accepted as part of a major or minor in the Department of Chemistry. Students must have a grade point average of at least 2.00 on courses counting toward a major or minor in any of the department’s programs.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Science, Allied Health Technology, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	37 hours*
Supporting Courses	24 hours*
Electives	18-29 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

MATH 1730 (Quant Lit)
BIOL 2010 /BIOL 2011 (Sci Lit)
CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 (Sci Lit) (See Note 2)

Major Requirements (37 Hours)

CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
PSCI 4080 - Problems in Physical Science 4 credit hours
BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 2011 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 2021 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 0 credit hours
BIOL 2230 - Microbiology 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 2231 - Microbiology Lab 0 credit hours
BIOL 3150 - Radiation Biology 3 credit hours
BIOL 3340 - Human Pathophysiology 3 credit hours
BIOL 3350 - Principles of Radiation in Medicine 3 credit hours
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours
PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2021 - Physics Problems Laboratory II 4 credit hours

Supporting Courses (24 hours)

NFS 1240 - Introduction to Nutrition and Wellness 3 credit hours
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
HUM 2130 - Medical Vocabulary 3 credit hours OR
HLTH 3020 - Terminology in Health and Human Performance 3 credit hours
HLTH 3300 - First Aid and Safety Education 3 credit hours
HLTH 4270 - Bioethical Issues in Public Health 3 credit hours
HLTH 4280 - Instructor’s Course in First Aid and CPR 2 credit hours
COMM 2300 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit hours
MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours (3 credit hours may be counted in the True Blue Core, 1 credit hour remaining)

General/Upper Division Electives (18-29 hours)

See advisor for recommendations

Curriculum: Science, Allied Health Technology

Freshman Fall

CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Sci Lit)
BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 2011 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 0 credit hours (Sci Lit)
MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours (Quant Lit)
Written Communication 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Freshman Spring

BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 2021 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 0 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours (for pre-nuclear medicine students only)

Subtotal: 13-17 Hours

Sophomore Fall

PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours
BIOL 2230 - Microbiology 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 2231 - Microbiology Lab 0 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 17 Hours

Sophomore Spring

PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2021 - Physics Problems Laboratory II 4 credit hours
HUM 2130 - Medical Vocabulary 3 credit hours OR
HLTH 3020 - Terminology in Health and Human Performance 3 credit hours
HLTH 3300 - First Aid and Safety Education 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Junior Fall

BIOL 3150 - Radiation Biology 3 credit hours
PSCI 4080 - Problems in Physical Science 4 credit hours
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
NFS 1240 - Introduction to Nutrition and Wellness 3 credit hours
HLTH 4280 - Instructor’s Course in First Aid and CPR 2 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Spring

BIOL 3350 - Principles of Radiation in Medicine 3 credit hours
BIOL 3340 - Human Pathophysiology 3 credit hours
HLTH 4270 - Bioethical Issues in Public Health 3 credit hours
COMM 2300 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit hours (unless Nuclear Medicine)
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Fall

3+1 students will earn the B.S. degree after completion of their professional program. Four-year students will need to complete an appropriate number of upper-division and elective credit to earn degree. See advisor for details.

NOTE:

Included in the electives will be the hours necessary for the completion of the required 36 upper-division hours for graduation requirements and the necessary hours to satisfy the 120-hour graduation requirement.

NOTE 1: A student who has a sufficiently high score on the ACT Mathematics test may begin with MATH 1910 . If the background in math is weak, MATH 1710 should be taken before MATH 1730 .

NOTE 2: A student who has had little or no high school chemistry or is not satisfied with his/her high school chemistry should first take CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 before taking CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 .