Health Foundations: Certificate

Description

The Health Foundations program provides the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to continue studies in the health care field. Students who successfully complete the program may, through a competitive declaration process, continue through the final three (3) years of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing programs, or other undergraduate programs at KPU or elsewhere.

Admission Requirements

The Faculty's Admission Requirements, which consist of KPU's undergraduate English Proficiency Requirement, apply to this program.

The following program reserves are in place for each intake to ensure a pathway into the Certificate in Health Foundations is available for specific student populations:

3 seats for graduates of the KPU Health Care Assistant Program
3 seats for graduates of the KPU Health Unit Coordinator Program
3 seats for self-declared Aboriginal students as declared in the application for admission.

Any reserved seats that are not offered to the specific student populations in the admission selection will be offered to the general pool of Health Foundation applicants. The overall number of offers of admission will be maintained.

As this is a limited-intake program, admission will be determined by the date of qualification.

Curricular Requirements

The Certificate in Health Foundations requires the completion of the following 32 credits.

ANTH 1100	Social & Cultural Anthropology	3 credits
BIOL 1160	Anatomy and Physiology I	4 credits
BIOL 1260	Anatomy and Physiology II	4 credits
ENGL 1100	Introduction to University Writing	3 credits
HEAL 1100	Mental Wellness and Communication	3 credits
HEAL 1150	Personal Care Skills: Lab I	3 credits
HEAL 1180	Introduction to Health Research	3 credits
HSCI 1115	Introduction to Health Science	3 credits
PSYC 1100	Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes	3 credits
SOCI 1125	Introduction to Society: Processes and Structures	3 credits