Health Sciences

Interested in a health or healthcare related career? The University of Toledo Health Sciences Program introduces you to a variety of health professions through a diverse curriculum of sciences and interdisciplinary coursework. With the Bachelor of Science degree, you’ll develop the foundational healthcare knowledge you need to begin clinical careers in healthcare or advance to medical school, athletic training or physical therapy school, physician associate school and dental school. 

As healthcare systems evolve, dive into a program that prepares you to meet today’s unique healthcare challenges head-on.

Specialize Your Education

Within the B.S. in Health Sciences, you’ll pursue one of four concentrations depending on your career interests and goals.

• The Human Performance and Fitness Promotion concentration is designed to give students an in-depth understanding of how the human body responds and adapts to exercise and how exercise can be used to promote health and wellness.
• The Pre-Athletic Training and Pre-Physical Therapy concentration prepares students for admission to graduate-level programs in athletic training or physical therapy.
• The Pre-Physician Associate concentration prepares students for admission to graduate-level programs in Physician Associate.
• The Pre-Medical Professions concentration prepares students for admission into graduate-level programs for medicine and other health professions including dentistry, optometry, transplantation and donation sciences, and veterinary science.

Top Reasons to Study Health Sciences B.S. at UToledo

A contemporary approach to healthcare education.

Understand how healthcare systems are shifting from treating only disease and illness to whole people and communities.

Understand how social determinants of health impact health outcomes for all.

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environment where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality of life outcomes and risks. Develop the skills to address social determinants of health to advance health equity and improve the health of whole communities.

Gain a foundation of knowledge for graduate school, healthcare careers and beyond.

UToledo’s B.S. in Health Sciences positions you to apply for graduate-level programs in medicine, athletic training, physical therapy, physician assistant as well as in many health and healthcare related careers.

Experiential Learning.

Health Sciences students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of health and healthcare-related professions, gaining insights into the significance of adopting an interprofessional approach to enhance health equity.