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Baccalaureate Curriculum for Prosthetics Option:  The Baccalaureate curriculum is a Clinical Option of the Health Science Degree at CSUDH.  The specific requirements for the Health Science major are listed in the CSUDH University Catalog, and are also available through CSUDH School of Health and Human Services - Student Services.  This suggested sequence for the Prosthetics Option students is to take their last six and a half months co-enrolled with Certificate students in the clinical courses:

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN HEALTH SCIENCE
PROSTHETIC OPTION

FALL: YEAR ONE (At CSUDH)                                                              Units  
HSC 201         Health Care Systems and Perspectives (Core)                3
HEA 395         Special Topics: (Satisfies HEA 205 &231)
Introduction to Orthotics and Prosthetics                              3
HEA 314         Health Behavior (Core)                                                      3
or HEA 315    Interpersonal Skills in Health Communications (Core)        3

SPRING: YEAR ONE (At CSUDH)
HSC 308         Pathophysiology for Health Professions (Core)                 3
HSC 492         Research Methods in Health Sciences (Core)                    3

FALL: YEAR TWO (At CSUDH)
KIN 301          Kinesiology                                                                          3
HEA 312         Introduction to Public Health                                              3
HEA 314         Health Behavior (Core)                                                       3
or HEA 315    Interpersonal Skills in Health Science(Core)                        3
or HEA 318    Health Resources Management                                           3

SPRING/SUMMER: YEAR TWO (26 WEEKS - at Long Beach VA)
HEA 250*       Normal and Pathological Gait                                               1
HEA 335*       O&P Practice Management                                                  2
HEA 355*       Materials Science and Applied Anatomy in O&P                  4
HEA 345*       Biomechanics for Orthotics and Prosthetics                         2
HEA 350*       Below Knee Prosthetics I                                                     3
HEA 352*       Below Knee Prosthetics II                                                    3
HEA 354*       Above Knee Prosthetics I                                                    3
HEA 452*       Above Knee Prosthetics II                                                   3
HEA 450*       Upper Limb Prosthetics                                                        3
HEA 493S*    Preceptorship in Orthotics and Prosthetics                           3
HSC 498*       Directed Research in O&P                                                    1

* Courses conducted in off-site laboratory at Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA.

Notes: 1). By permission, some O&P students may take HEA 493 (Clinical Rotation – 250 hours), in the Fall before the 6 month clinical sequence in Long Beach. Please contact O&P faculty for advising.
2). Note: Core course HEA 312 does not count toward the SMT requirement.