Feb 16, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Health Science Professions


This pathway constitutes the first two years of a four-year allied health degree that generally must be completed at a four-year university.

Students who wish to pursue the A.S. in Nursing or Dental Hygiene should choose this pathway prior to being admitted to those programs. Separate admission is required to become a nursing or dental hygiene student at the College. Admission to these programs is highly selective. Following the Health Science Professions pathway in no way guarantees admission to the nursing or dental hygiene program.

This pathway is not appropriate for students who wish to be pre-medical, pre-dental or pre-pharmacy majors at a four-year university.

Track Requirements


Students who follow this pathway are required to take the Perimeter College orientation class GSU 1010 in addition to the requirements found below.

Core IMPACTS Curriculum (42 Credit Hours)


See 1410 Core Curriculum Requirements  in the Undergraduate Catalog.  

Core IMPACTS

Area Shorthand

Institutional Priority

Institution

Mathematics & Quantitative Skills

Mathematics

Political Science and U.S. History

Citizenship

Arts, Humanities & Ethics

Humanities

Communicating in Writing

Writing

Technology, Mathematics & Sciences*

STEM

Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Recommendations


Institutional Requirements

Recommended course:

Arts, Humanities and Ethics

Recommended courses:

Social Science

Recommendations:

  • Students should not chose PSYC 1101  in the Social Science area of Core IMPACTS. It is a required course in the Field of Study.
  • 3 Credit Hours is recommended for students who may pursue a career in Dental Hygiene at Perimeter College.

Field of Study: Courses Appropriate to the Pathway (18 Credit Hours)


All separate lecture and lab course combinations above are commonly offered as a combined course at Georgia State University-Atlanta (e.g., BIOL 2107K; CHEM 1211K. The combined (K) courses and separate lecture and lab (L) courses cover the same subject matter and are considered equivalent courses.

Select from the following to complete 18 credit hours in the Field of Study