Allied Health Studies

The Allied Health Studies major is a bachelor’s degree program open to allied health professionals holding an associate’s degree. The program offers three areas of specialization – Community Health, Health Administration and Health Science.

The health care industry is rapidly growing, creating an ever-expanding need for health care professionals. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, employment in the health care industry is projected to increase 22 percent through 2016 with 3 million new positions becoming available.

Allied Health Studies is designed for allied health professionals who have earned an associate’s degree in an allied health field such as physical therapist assistant, occupational therapy assistant, respiratory therapy, radiology, laboratory technology and health information management.

Earning your bachelor’s degree at Muskingum will provide you the opportunity to broaden your knowledge base in your area of discipline as well as gain a broader and deeper understanding of health care. The degree will prepare you to advance your career and continue to enhance your clinical knowledge while developing leadership and managements skills to work with special populations.
The flexible online learning format supported with optional face-to-face meetings makes it easy to complete your degree around your busy schedule and at your pace – part- or full-time.

At Muskingum, the Allied Health Studies major requires an associate’s degree in an allied health field and 30 credit hours in core requirements and a specialization area.

Allied Health Studies (124 semester credit hours)

Ohio Board of Regents Transfer Module
Complete a minumum of 36-40 transfer module semester credits
English Composition/Oral Communication (3 semester credit hours minimum)
Mathematics/Statistics (3 semester credit hours minimum)
Arts/Humanities (6 semester credit hours minimum)
Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 semester credit hours minimum)
Natural Sciences (6 semester credit hours minimum)

Note: Muskingum University course equivalents may be used to fulfill requirements of OBR Transfer Module

Technical Credits Transferred from Associate’s Degree
Credits earned from an approved associate’s degree in an allied health field

Core Requirements 12 Credit Hours
AHS 301 Topics in American Health Care (3)
AHS 495 Seminar in Allied Health Studies (3)
PHIL 305 Biomedical Ethics (3)
PSYC 232 Behavioral Statistics (3)

Specialization: Community Health (18 Credit Hours)
Choose Two of the Following:
PSYC 308 Adolescence and Youth (3)
PSYC 309 Adulthood and Aging (3)
PSYC 321 Social Psychology (3)
PSYC 363 Abnormal Psychology (3)
PSYC 390 Counseling Theory and Process (3)

Choose Two of the Following:
SOCI 301 American Society: Class and Culture (3)
SOCI 320 Racial and Cultural Minorities (3)
SOCI 345 Sociology of the Family (3)
SOCI 418 Deviance and Crime (3)

Choose Two of the Following:
HLTH 200 Nutrition and Physical Fitness (3)
HLTH 345 Personal Health (3)
HLTH 365 School and Community Health (3)
HLTH 380 Health Issues and Programs (3)

Specialization: Health Administration (18 Credit Hours)
Choose Two of the Following:
POLS 321 Public Administration (3)
POLS 322 Public Policy (3)
POLS 323 Administrative Law (3)
POLS 325 Public Personnel Administration (3)\

Choose Two of the Following:
ACCT 201 Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT 202 Managerial Accounting (3) Prerequisite: ACCT 201
BUSI 318 Managerial Finance (3) Prerequisite: ACCT 201 & ECON 215
BUSI 413 Software Applications for Business (3)
BUSI 420 Management Information Systems (3)
INFR 310 Foundations of Information Systems (3)

Choose Two of the Following:
BUSI 321 Organizational Management (3)
BUSI 341 Marketing (3)
BUSI 415 Human Resource Management (3)
ECON 215 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECON 216 Principles of Macroeconomics (3) Prerequisite: ECON 215

Specialization: Health Science (18-21 Credit Hours)
Choose Six of the Following:
BIOL 346 Pathophysiology (3)
HLTH 200 Nutrition and Physical Fitness (3)
HLTH 345 Personal Health (3)
NRSC 305 Cognitive Neuroscience (3)
PSYC 281 Physiological Psychology (3)
PSYC 305 Cognitive Psychology (4)
PSYC 361 Sensation and Perception (4)
PE 215 Sports Medicine (3)
PE 338 Kinesiology (3)

Note: Consult your advisor to ensure satisfaction of OBR Transfer Module, program requirements and other degree requirements

For a complete listing of MAP requirements, policies and procedures please refer to the Muskingum Adult Program Guidebook(pdf).