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Required high school classes
SL or HL Mathematics
SL or HL Biology or Chemistry or Physics
Students can be admitted into this college with one subject deficiency that must be cleared before the second year of study.
Required grade average
Early admission: 24
If you apply by the early admission deadline and have an average of 24 or higher, you will be eligible for early admission.
Regular admission: 24
After the early admission deadline, we'll continue accepting applications until the final deadline. All applicants will be ranked by admission average and spaces will be offered to the top applicants. Based on last year's applicants, we expect to offer admission to students with an 24 average or above.
IELTS: Overall Band Score: 6.5 With minimum individual scores of:
Reading: 6
Listening: 6
Speaking: 6
Writing: 6
TOEFL: Internet Based:86 With minimum individual scores of:
Reading: 19
Listening: 19
Speaking: 19
Writing: 19
This program examines the issue of health and wellness, including mental health, from a variety of perspectives including how biological, cultural, social, and environmental contexts influence the health and well-being of the individual.
What you will learn
You will learn about issues of health ranging from biological, psychological, cultural and environmental and how factors such as genetics, personality, attitudes and abilities influence healthy social and emotional development throughout the life span. You will study the role of cultural and community processes in health and healing and examine how groups interact with their environment in healthy and unhealthy ways.
A first-year schedule sample
This degree program is flexible and offers you the opportunity to take courses in many different subject areas. Here’s what a typical first-year schedule might look like:
Course, Description
Fall Term
BIOL 120, The Nature of Life
HLST 110, Introduction to Health Studies
PSY 120, Biological and Cognitive Bases of Psychology
HIST 165, History Matters Health and Society
MATH 125*, Mathematics for the Life Sciences
Winter Term
CHEM 112, General Chemistry I Structure Bonding and Properties of Materials
BIOL 121, The Diversity of Life
PSY 121, Social Clinical Cultural and Developmental Bases of Psychology
GEOG 120*, Introduction to Global Environmental Systems
ENG 114*, Literature and Composition Reading Culture
Some career opportunities include:
Health educator
Health and social policy developer
Health and social program administrator
Researcher
Health care worker
Social services worker
Community worker
Counsellor
Public administrator
