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2025-2026 General Catalog [Effective Fall 2025] 
    
2025-2026 General Catalog [Effective Fall 2025]

Integrative Health Sciences (BS)

Location(s): Main Campus



Program Information

  • All courses must be passed with a “C-” (1.7) or better to be counted in the major.

Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree Requirement (12 Credits*)


  • Bachelor of Science Degree - Math or Science minimum requirement 12 Credits

* Note: A portion of the BS requirements may be met by fulfilling the General Education  Core and Breadth Areas. Consult your Student Success Advisor for details. 

General Education Requirement (28+ Credits)


See General Education  for course options.

  • Core Course Requirements (12+ Credits)
  • Breadth Area Requirements (16+ Credits)

Integrative Health Sciences Curriculum (72-73 Credits)


Integrative Health Core (48-49 Credits)


Introductory Development Course


Complete one of the following:

Technical Writing Course


Complete one of the following:

Internship Course


Complete 3 credits in one of the following courses:

Integrative Health Electives (24 Credits)


Complete 24 credits from the following. A minimum of 12 credits must be upper-division (3000-4999):

Research Methods Course


Students may complete one of the following as an elective. A research methods course is highly recommended for students pursuing graduate study:

Free Electives and University Requirements


Students’ total free elective credit is determined by their General Education courses taken, degree type selected (if applicable), additional credits earned, and any additional math or other prerequisite courses needed. Some students and/or programs may not have any free electives.

For a bachelor’s degree, students must earn

  • A minimum of 120 total credits;
  • A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in both SUU coursework and combined transfer/SUU coursework;
  • 40 upper-division credits , 20 of which are earned from SUU (students may need to select additional upper-division courses not included in their major requirements in order to reach this minimum 40); and
  • 30 credits completed  through SUU.

Total Credits, BS Degree: 120


Program Learning Outcomes


Graduates will demonstrate personal and professional understanding of:

  • Integrative health as a perspective through which to support individuals, organizations, populations, and communities to optimize their highest expression of health and well-being.
  • Mental wellness to promote integrative mental health and well-being within self and others.
  • Physical wellness, to promote the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle for supporting integrative physical health through a balance of nourishment, movement, and rest.
  • The application of the impact of social relationships for promoting individual, organizational, population, and community social health and well-being.