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Prerequisite

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

In Introduction to Health Science class, students will explore the world of healthcare and learn about important health-related things. This class will give students a strong foundation for the future, whether they want to be a doctor, nurse, researcher, therapist, or work in any other healthcare job. Content in the course covers the body systems, characteristics of a healthcare worker, insurance basics, medical law, and ethics.  By the end of this course, students will understand health science and how it helps people stay healthy. This exciting course teaches students about the healthcare field and inspires them to have a meaningful career in health science.

This course has been divided into six main units:

  • Unit 1: Support Systems

  • Unit 2: Transport Systems

  • Unit 3: Regulatory Systems

  • Unit 4: Maintenance Systems

  • Unit 5: Reproductive Systems

  • Unit 6: Essentials of Healthcare

In addition, the course will also have students develop twenty-first-century skills in communication as well as the attribute of gratitude. Students will find more information on the skill and attribute in the Getting Started module.

As students complete the course assignments, they will increase their knowledge, improve a twenty-first-century skill, and develop an attribute.

Knowledge: Introduction to Health Science

In this course, knowledge refers to the subject matter and content students will learn while completing the readings, practices, quizzes, and assignments.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to do the following:

  1. Describe the functions, structures, and selected diseases and disorders for the support systems—skeletal, muscular, and integumentary.

  2. Describe the functions, structures, and selected diseases and disorders for the transport systems—cardiovascular, respiratory, and immune.

  3. Describe the functions, structures, and selected diseases and disorders for the regulatory systems—nervous, special senses, and endocrine.

  4. Describe the functions, structures, and selected diseases and disorders for the maintenance systems—digestive and urinary.

  5. Describe the functions, structures, and selected diseases and disorders for the reproduction system.

  6. Describe essential knowledge and skills associated with healthcare including professionalism, characteristics of a healthcare worker, insurance, military time, medical law, and ethics.

Twenty-First-Century Skill: Communicate Using Writing

As students complete this course's assignments, they will gain Communication: Communicate Using Writing skills. This skill is part of the Communication category. 

Attribute: Gratitude

This course focuses on developing the attribute of gratitude in the context of health sciences.

Course Materials

No textbooks are required for this course; all content can be found within the course lesson pages.

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Assignments

Due Dates

The due dates in the course are only suggestions to help the students pace themselves. You do not need to complete assignments, quizzes, and exams by the due date set in the course.

Assignments and Content Guides

The overview pages of each module outline exactly what is due in each module. There, students will find a list of all assignments in the module and vocabulary for the module.

Throughout the course, there are many interactive questions and tasks. These can be downloaded and added to the notes to review later in the course.

As students work through the course, they will also complete tasks in their content guide for each module. Content guides are submitted for each unit. 

Projects

The following is a list of the projects students will do in the course.

  • Support Systems One-Pager

  • Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems Analogy

  • Disease or Disorder Public Service Announcement

  • Disease or Disorder Report and Presentation

  • Medical Law and Ethics Project

  • Healthcare Careers Report and Presentation

Module Quizzes

There will be a graded quiz at the end of each module.

Midcourse Quiz

This computer-graded quiz will cover the material up to the midcourse quiz. The questions on the midcourse quiz will be similar in format to the questions on the final exam and will take the place of the module quiz.

Final Exam

Students must pass the final exam with a 60% or higher to earn credit for the course; they may retake it once, for a fee, upon request.

Grading

Your grade in this course will be based on these assignments and exams:

Assignments and Exams
Assignment or Exam Grading Percent of Total Grade
Projects Teacher-Graded 40%
Module Quizzes Computer-Graded 30%
Midcourse Quiz and Final Exam Computer-Graded 20%
Content Guide Teacher-Graded 10%

* You must pass the final exam with at least a 60% to earn credit for the course.

Grade Scale

Your letter grade is calculated according to these percentages.

A 93% - 100%
A- 90% - 92%
B+ 87% – 89%
B 83% - 86%
B- 80% - 82%
C+ 77% - 79%
C 73% - 76%
C- 70% - 72%
D+ 67% - 69%
D 63% - 66%
D- 60% - 62%
F (fail) 0% - 59%

Getting Help

Please use the help menu in this course to contact Academy of America or your instructor. You can find information about tutoring available to Academy of America students on the Tutoring website.

The Resources page offers a wide variety of services to support you:

  • Academic success skills coaching such as time management, study skills, test preparation, motivation, and more.

  • Course-specific support that includes live tutoring and on-demand resources.

Come find out how we can help you achieve your goals.

Course Policies

For information about how long you have to complete the course, resubmitting assignments, retaking exams, and other questions, please see Academy of America’s Policies.

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