The HPP has three main Cores:
1) Science/Quantitative: four courses in the natural and social sciences , math, and computer science
2) SHIP: A total of two interdisciplinary courses in the humanities and/or humanistic social sciences:
3) Experiential: two required components,
a) HPP Seminar Series 180 & 181 at RFU and
b) a Keystone Project
Science/Quantitative Core |
SHIP Core
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Experiential Core |
| One course from both Quantitative and Science Cores below: | Two Courses from the list below: | Both A & B Sections are required below: |
| One Quantitative Core Course from the Following:
MATH 150 Probability and Statistics (Q); ECON/BUSN130 (Q); or PSYC 221 (NS) (T) |
CHIN 270 Chinese Values, Medicine, and Health (HUM, GP) | A. HPP Seminar Series
(Two Seminars, listed below, are required in sequence and are only offered in the Spring Semesters)
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| One Science Core Course from the Following:
BIOL 120 Organismal Biology + Lab (NS); |
COMM 378 Communicating Science and Medicine | 1. HPPC 180 Seminar: Introduction to Healthcare Professions |
| Two additional science/quantitative courses are required from the following list: |
ENGL 209 Storytelling and STEM (HUM, W)
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2. HPPC 181 Seminar: Community, Culture, and Health Outcomes |
| BIOL 220 Ecology and Evolution + Lab (NS) (T) |
ENGL 221 Literature and Medicine (HUM)
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B. Keystone Project |
| BIOL 221 Molecules, Genes, & Cells + Lab (NS) (M) |
ENGL 222 Plagues in Literature: Now and Then (HUM, GP)
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The Keystone Project can be a Health-related research project or relevant internship/shadowing experience. |
| BIOL 120 Organismal Biology + Lab (NS) or CHEM 115 General Chemistry I + Lab (NS) |
ENGL/NEUR 232 Stories from the Spectrum: Neurodiversity, Health, and Medicine in Literature (HUM, W)
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| CHEM 116 General Chemistry II + Lab (NS) |
ENGL 249 Brains, Minds, and Madness in Literature (HUM)
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| CSCI 112 Computer Science I (Q) (T) |
ES 382 Political Ecology of Infectious Diseases (SS)
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| ECON 110 Introduction to Economics (SS) |
Hist 282 The Pre-Modern Body (W, GP)
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| ES 120 Introduction to Environmental Science (NS) |
HIST 284 Epidemic Disease in Western History (HUM, GP)
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| HPPC 208 Human Anatomy (NS) |
MUSC 268 Music and the Mind (HUM)
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| HPPC 209 Human Physiology (NS) | PHIL 205 Medical Ethics (HUM)
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| HPPC 210 Microbiology (NS) |
PHIL 225 Philosophy of Science (HUM)
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| MATH 110 Calculus I (Q) |
PHIL 291 Descartes to Kant (HUM, W)
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| MATH 250 Introduction to Statistical Programming (Q) | PHIL 296 Philosophy of Mind (HUM)
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| NEUR/PSYC/BIOL 128 Medical Mysteries of the Mind (NS, S) |
PHIL/NEUR 375 Neuroethics (HUM)
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| NEUR/BIOL/PSYC 130 Deadly Shapes, Hostage Brains (NS, S) |
POLS 271 Criminal Law and Forensic Medicine (SS, DP)
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| PHIL 156 Logic and Styles of Argument (Q) |
RELG 224 Islam and Science (HUM, GP)
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| PHYS 110 Introduction to Physics I + Lab (NS) |
RELG 239 Religion Biology and Public Health (GP, S)
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| PSYC 110 Introduction to Psychology + ½ lab (NS) |
RELG 241 Religion and Science (HUM)
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| SOAN 110 Introduction to Sociology and Anthropology (SS) |
SOAN 206 Introduction to Disability Studies (SS, DP)
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SOAN 245 Medical Anthropology (SS, GP)
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SPAN 322 Medical Spanish in a Global Context (GP)
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| THTR 254 The Mind Onstage: Performance, Action, Emotion (HUM, W) | ||
FFC Requirement Codes
Distribution
- Creative and Performing Arts (C/PA)
- Humanities (HUM)
- Natural Sciences (NS)
- Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
- Social Sciences (SS)
Cultural Diversity
- US Domestic Pluralism (DP)
- Global Perspectives (GP)
Skills
- Writing-Intensive (W)
- Speaking-Intensive (S)
- Technology-Intensive (TI)
GPA requirements
When First-Years students join the program they must achieve an overall GPA of at least 2.5 in each of their first two semesters in the program and semester overall GPAs of at least a 2.75 subsequently. All other students must have a minimum 2.75 GPA to join and to maintain subsequently at the end of each academic year. All HPP courses must be passed with a minimum grade of C- (including quality letter grades, when courses are taken for the Pass/Fail option).
Pass/Fail Option for courses:
Please note, when opting for Pass/Fail, LFC may share underlying grades when necessary. If you are taking the HPP course for a major or minor, the academic program that administers the major/minor may have different rules regarding the minimum GPA needed to count towards the major/minor. Please consult the program for that information.
For academic advising, contact:
Ann Maine
Chair, Pre-Health Advising
Director, Health Professions Program and Nursing Pathways Program
Assistant Professor in Biology
maine@lakeforest.edu
For professional development and keystone project, contact:
Hilary De Vries
Associate Director, Science and Health Care Pathway
hdevries@lakeforest.edu
Khadija Manzoor
Science and Health Care Internship and Health Care Specialist
kmanzoor@lakeforest.edu