Course Study

I would say that I am in integrative studies for a different reason than most people in this major. In general, I think  that a lot of my peers chose integrative studies early on in their college careers because it gives them a chance to showcase multiple skills, minors, etc. For me, I was late to the game and changed my major so that it better accommodated my career goal. I orignially planned on attednding nursing school, but after a meeting with my advisor, I realized that I was really close to graduating with a Bachelor of Science. This pathway seemed to suit me better than a typical major and allowed me to complete my degree faster with my diversified general education.

Currently I am in a place where I have all my nursing prerequisites completed, so I am fulfilling classes that meet the requirements of the Health Studies Minor and  Interdisciplinary Writing and Rhetoric major. To be honest, I didn’t have a lot of wiggle room for taking ‘fun’ classes this year, but I did have some options. For example, I got to ‘pick and choose more classes in the IWR major, so I chose classes that sounded more interesting to me. You also may notice that most of my classes are upper division. I have all my gen-ed essentially completed and mostly what I need to work on is 60 credits of upper division coursework to satisfy my Bachelor of Science requirements. Overall, I’m excited for this year, because I feel the most prepared I have ever been in terms of knowing what classes I’m taking. I am also genuinely excited to be finishing my degree online for the last year  to have more freedom and of course, I am excited to graduate in the spring!

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Courses Completed: 

HWS 298 (Health/Fitness for life): An overview of how to remain healthy on a day-to-day  basis including food, exercise and mental health topics.

Summer 2019- Online

HWS 325 Nutrition and Sport Performance:Upper division  nutrition with a focus on sports performance and athletes.

Summer 2019- Online

LIB 307 (Online Research Tools and Strategies):This course focuses on gathering research tools such as databases and library catalogs.

Summer 2019- Online

IS 301 (Introduction to Integrative Studies):An introductory course to Integrative Studies, explores interdisciplinary methods.

Summer 2019- Online

BIO 233 (Anatomy and Physiology):The anatomy and physiology series aimed to discuss themes of the body. Biology 233 focused on bodily systems.

Spring 2019-On Campus

PSY 211 (Introduction to the Lifespan): This class gave an overview of the human lifespan and development.

Spring 2019- On Campus

BIO 234 (Microbiology): This microbiology class introduced microorganisms and diseases caused by them.

Spring 2019- On Campus

 BIO 232(Anatomy and Physiology):The anatomy and physiology series aimed to discuss themes of the body. Biology 232 focused on muscles. 

Winter 2019-On Campus

PSY 100 (General Psychology):This psychology class explored general themes such as social theories, learning theories and how the brain operates. 

Spring 2018-On Campus

BIO 231 (Anatomy and Physiology):The anatomy and physiology series aimed to discuss themes of the body.,Biology 231 focused on bones

Fall 2018-On Campus

HWS 225 (Nutrition): his was  a basic nutrition class that covers topics of macronutrients, micronutrients, and dietary analysis

Fall 2018-Online

SPCM (Speech and Communication):This speech class was an introductory course in which many diverse speech topics were explored.

Fall 2017 On-Campus

CHEM 111 (General Chemistry): General chemistry covered the main topics in chemistry such as conversions and elements and stoichiometry.

Fall 2017- On Campus

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