Life/Biomedical Sciences Area of Study

Term Course Title Subject What I learned?

Fall 2016 General MCB 3020 Beginning knowledge of how microorganisms
Microbiology work and interact.
Spring Genetics PCB 3036 Take biology knowledge and apply it to how
2017 we express and pass down different traits.
Fall 2017 Human Physiology PCB 3703 How the anatomical structures in the body
function together to keep us alive.
Fall 2018 Neurobiology ZOO 3744

Physical Sciences Area of Study

Term Course Title Subject What I learned?
Fall 2015 Intro to Forensic CHS 3501 Introduction into the field of Forensic Science
Science and everything you can do with a F.S degree.
Spring Chemistry CH 2046 Studied more about chemistry and how it
2016 Fundamentals II applies to the world around us.
Fall 2016 Organic Chemistry CHM 2210 Advanced molecular structure and interactions.
I
Spring Chemistry CHM 2046 Put prior chemistry knowledge to the test
2017 Fundamentals Lab while learning laboratory skills that will help
with future lab work.
Fall 2017 College Physics I PHY 2053 Learned concepts to help understand how the
world works mathematically.
Fall 2017 Organic Chemistry CHM 2211 Took prior organic chemistry knowledge and
II went further into chemical interactions and
processes.

Health Science Minor

Term Course Title Subject What I learned?
Spring Medical HSC 3537 Learned more about different medical terms to
2017 Terminology help prepare for a career in the medical field.
Fall 2017 Medical Self HSC 3110 What types of medical careers are out there,
Assessment and which would be most interesting to me.
Spring Fundamentals of HUN 2201 Basics of what nutrients our body needs and
2018 Human Nutrition how they can change our bodies.
Summer Clinical Nutrition HSC 4572 Learning more about how the nutrients we
2018 receive can play a role in our general
wellbeing.
Fall 2018 Intro to HSC 3147 Learned the basic on what went into
Pharmacology prescribing and administering medications.
Fall 2018 Preventative HSC 3211 Learning what preventative medicine is and
Healthcare what it takes to perform it.
 Personally, finding out about the Interdisciplinary Studies major was one of the most
beneficial moments of my life. Before learning about this major, I was stressing about how I was
going to graduate because even though I had 120 credit hours, I still needed the required courses
to graduate, having 137 credits. Once I found IDS, I could now create my own schedule and I
could take the classes that interested me the most and would be most helpful towards my career.
In the summer, I will be attending an accelerated second-degree Nursing program, followed by a
Master’s in Nursing program, in order to become a Nurse Practitioner. I want to specialize in
children and work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit helping the little babies. Being able to
take the courses that interest me the most has allowed me to stick to science courses and throw in
some developmental courses as well. This major has saved me a lot of stress, time and money
and with that, it has allowed me to focus more on my education. I can learn more and most of all,
enjoy what I am learning. Some of these courses, however, I took before I switched majors, so
they are not the courses I would have chosen if I was an IDS major the entire time. I still would
have taken the courses required as prerequisites for the nursing program, but I wouldn’t have
taken things like organic chemistry.