JamBra0 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Hello everyone, I am currently working on my MS in Health Science (21 credits so far) but my course prefixes are listed as HLTH opposed to HSCI. or HLTS..would CASPA still count those as "other science" courses? Has anyone gone through a similar experience? My courses are: HLTH 618 Intro to Public Health HLTH 653 Responsible Conduct in Research HLTH 639 Intro to Health Behavior and Health Promotion HLTH 615 Community Health: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods HLTH 649 Program Evaluation Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinntsp Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 It looks like you have a mix of science and non-science in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamBra0 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yeah I would agree. On CASPA, it says health science/public health course work will be counted as "other science". Do you think any could safely be labeled as either? I would think intro to public health, health behaviors, and maybe QnQ (even though its a math class kinda). Also not sure how CASPA counts research course work. Thanks for your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegro Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 If you look at CASPA's course subject list, Community Health is a Behavioral Science and Health Promotion is considered a non-science, so I'd definately knock those two off of the other science list: https://portal.caspaonline.org/caspaHelpPages/frequently-asked-questions/academic-history/course-subjects/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamBra0 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 I hope they don't ignore the "Health Behavior" portion of the course title. We learned about the Trans-theoretical model, health behavior model, etc. and how to properly use them in a health setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyblue3 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I listed most of my public health courses as "behavioral science" or "other science". The only "non science" courses for me were history of public health and health policy courses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamBra0 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 I listed most of my public health courses as "behavioral science" or "other science". The only "non science" courses for me were history of public health and health policy courses. This seems most logical to me. Public Health and Health Science are strongly rooted in behavioral science and general science. How did you list your research course work? Thanks for your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyblue3 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 This seems most logical to me. Public Health and Health Science are strongly rooted in behavioral science and general science. How did you list your research course work? Thanks for your reply. I listed any research course work as "behavioral sciences"--and fyi, two of the research courses were theory-based courses. I listed my practicum experience and thesis as "other science" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamBra0 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Oh okay. Thanks a lot. I appreciate the insight. If anyone has time to take a look at my personal statement (and provide feedback), it is posted in the "Personal Statement" section. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaibrown Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 If I have courses that fall under CASPA's "other science" category are those also factored into your sGPA in addition to the required prerequisites for each school? And is that the GPA that the schools will use? I have a bachelors in speech and hearing sciences so I'd like to know if any of those courses could improve my sGPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegro Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Other Science is factored into your sGPA but not your BCP. Some schools use one, others use the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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