What is Applied Health Sciences?
Applied health sciences encompass the integration of science with aspects of health, disease and health care. Study in topics ranging from global health care systems, the health care professions, anatomy and physiology, disease processes and delivery of health care across medicine, nursing and other health-related disciplines.
TCU offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of health sciences and the health professions for careers in the health care industry.
Why Applied Health Sciences?
B.S. in Health Sciences
Prepare for a variety of health care careers needed in today’s world to improve the well-being and lives of individuals and communities.
Pre-Professional Health Concentrations
Our degrees in Applied Health Sciences provide essential health care knowledge and skills while building the professional skills sought by health care employers, such as critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, information literacy and information management.
Our students leave prepared for competitive application to professional health professions programs.
Pre-OT
Pre-PA
Pre-PT
Pre-Med
LEARN MORE ABOUT PRE-PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CONCENTRATIONS
Internship and Observation Opportunities
Career Settings
Government Agencies
Hospitals
Private Offices or Clinics
Public Health Organizations
Rehabilitation Facilities
Research Laboratories
Participate in Research
Applied Health Sciences is able to engage in innovative research because it maintains a very close connection between students and the community.
Across the department, the Applied Health Sciences faculty have secured more than $47 million in competitive research funding over their careers - advancing work in rural health, aging, elder mistreatment prevention, health equity, public health innovation, chronic disease management, and integrative medicine. The ongoing research opportunities not only drive national impact but also create unmatched opportunities for students to participate in meaningful, high‑impact research alongside leading scholars.
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