About Health Sciences

  • Photo montage of health-related activities

    The Health Sciences career learning area orients students to careers that promote health, wellness and diagnoses as well as treatment of injuries and diseases. Some of the careers involve working directly with people while others involve research or the collection and formatting of data and information. Work locations may be varied and may be in hospitals, medical or dental offices, laboratories, cruise ships, medevac units, sports areas, space centers, or within the community.

    --Oregon Department of Education
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Pathways

  • These high school programs are related to the Health Sciences career area:

    Century
    		Glencoe
    		Hillsboro
    		Liberty
    • Health Sciences
    • Health Sciences
    • Fitness Training & Sports Medicine
    • Health Sciences

     

Community Service Opportunities

Dual Credit Opportunities

  • The following courses enable you to earn credits in high school and through the college indicated.

     

    OIT = Oregon Institute of Technology

    PCC = Portland Community College

    PSU = Portland State University

     

    Century High School

    • Anatomy and Physiology/Health Sciences 1 (PCC and OIT)
    • Statistics (PSU)

    Glencoe High School

    • Health Sciences 1 and 2 (PCC)

    Hillsboro High School

    • IB DP Biology HL1 and HL2 (PCC)

    Liberty High School

    • Health Sciences 1 and 2 (PCC)

  • Related Coursework

    • Anatomy and Physiology
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Fitness Training and Sports Medicine
    • Health Services/Occupations
    • Physics
    • Psychology
    • Sociology
    • Statistics
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