Health Sciences
About Health Sciences
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
Pathways
These high school programs are related to the Health Sciences career area:
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Community Service Opportunities
Here are five ideas for you to look into in the local area (in Hillsboro, unless otherwise stated):
- Tuality Healthcare
- Kaiser Permanente (Westside Medical Center)
- Virginia Garcia Memorial Clinic (Hillsboro and Cornelius)
- Hillsboro Fire Department Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs)
- Washington County Search and Rescue
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)
High School Course Catalogs
Health Sciences Coursework
Related Coursework
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Fitness Training and Sports Medicine
- Health Services/Occupations
- Physics
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Statistics