A comprehensive curriculum offered entirely online provides flexibility for students balancing professional and personal obligations. The accelerated online-only program includes:

• • 120-Credit Bachelor of Science in Health Studies degree
  • 100% online courses
  • 8 and 4-week course offerings - graduate in as little as 2 years
  • a solid foundation of healthcare, business, and humanities courses
  • a focus on 21^st century skills that can be particularly attractive to employers
  • a focus on strengths-based leadership skills that supports personal and professional growth
  • a range of minor options built into the curriculum
  • low-cost textbooks; free course resources
  • personable and supportive faculty

"I had been working full time as a firefighter and when I became Fire Chief, I changed my major to the Health Studies: Management & Marketing track and I loved it. Health Studies does an amazing job of creating a classroom feel in our online classes. Professors were always available. I was given everything I needed to succeed; all it took was effort on my part.” 

Mikala Weems

Health Studies: Management & Marketing

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"I was recruited to ULM by the track team, so I knew I would have a focus there. As a student athlete, online classes help me to manage my time and keep my commitments to both school and my sport.” 

Sohalia Schoen
Health Studies: Management & Marketing 

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"The teachers in the online classes work really hard to make sure there's student engagement and lots of forums and posts to interact with. You still have the chance to work with others, but it's also easier to work at your own pace.” 

Sabrina Curtis
Health Studies: Management & Marketing

The Health Studies Practicum is a 3-credit course where students complete a minimum of 104 hands-on training hours in a professional healthcare atmosphere under an approved agency's supervision. Typically completed in the student’s senior year during the summer, the practicum allows students to explore interests and experience different career options while in school.

Students will see how what they have learned in class applies to real-world situation as well as their future employment. Health Studies seniors may apply for practicum placement in the spring semester by submitting the Intent to Register form to Dr. Jodi Bower at jbower@ulm.edu.

Practicum Requirements:

• • • Declared major in a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences program
    • Completion of 90 credits in the BSHS curriculum
    • Completion of all 2000 and 3000 level HLST courses
    • Good standing with the university
    • Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 2.0
    • A minimum HLST GPA of 2.75 with a "C" or better in all HLST courses
    • Application and approval for progression to the HLST 4003

Accreditation

The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), an institutional accrediting body to award associate, baccalaureate, post-baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees. The Health Studies Baccalaureate degree programs, within the School of Allied Health and the College of Health Sciences at ULM, meets high quality faculty and education standards that are consistent with the program, college, and university’s mission according to SACSCOC accrediting body. In addition, the Health Studies program participates annually in a comprehensive institutional assessment and planning process associated with data collection, analysis, and actions to improve the program.

Quality Matters

All Health Studies courses are Quality Matters – Certified indicating the courses meet Quality Matters standards for quality and continuous improvement.

Transfer Agreements
Program-to-program articulation agreements are formal agreements between ULM and various community colleges and programs to transfer block credits toward the Bachelor of Science in Health Studies.

ULM Health Studies Transfer Agreements

Complaints and Appeals
The academic grade appeal provides a fair means for appealing a final grade in a course if the student believes the final grade to have been determined unfairly.  Procedures for appealing a final grade can be found in the most current edition of the Student Policy Manual.
Grade Appeal Policy

To file an informal or formal complaint against another university student, service or department, follow the steps listed in the Student Policy Manual: Charging a Student or Student Organization wiht a Violation of the ULM Code of Student Conduct, to determine your next role in reporting a complaint/grievance to the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Read completely, the Procedures for Complaint Resolutions, posted in the Student Policy Manual, before continuing with the process.
Student Policy Manual - Student Complaint Policy