Health Sciences
Keuka College offers a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences that provides students with the opportunity to study health care systems, health promotion, and health research methods. Students develop foundational knowledge in biological sciences including human anatomy and physiology, physics, and chemistry. This program provides a solid grounding in the liberal arts and sciences, including coursework in the social determinants of health, medical ethics, and population health. Our special focus on experiential education, along with a specially designed capstone experience, guides students toward immediate employment in health promotion or toward continued graduate study in a variety of allied health fields.
Mission: To educate health and science professionals who will promote individual, community, and global wellness.
Vision: To be recognized as a program that exemplifies educational excellence in health science and that promotes values of diversity, leadership and strong interprofessional practice.
Philosophy: We value the education of future health professionals grounded in liberal arts and sciences. This brings a high perceived value to health professionals who have that educational background. The Health Science program philosophy is dedicated to the pursuit of higher education grounded in the liberal arts, sciences, and experiential learning. We value education as an interactive experiential process that involves an interdisciplinary collaboration between the educator, the learner, and the environment with an important emphasis on student-centered creativity.
We are committed to offering support, encouragement, and guidance to each learner and place a high value on additional learning opportunities completed yearly through Field Period ®. Those opportunities are student-led, interactive experiences that allow the learner to integrate didactic coursework and skills into real-life career experiences that will provide a robust professional network and create career-ready, skilled professionals.