HEALTH SCIENCES, SCHOOL OF
HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT                                                      

                                                                                
6/8/93                                                                          
     Program Development Plan for M.S. in Health Sciences approved.

11/25/97             
     Master of Science degree program in Health Sciences approved pending Arts & Science College approval at 12/8/97 meeting.   

10/9/01
     Approved changes in program modifying current areas of concentration so that students could construct a concentration consistent with their specific career and educational goals.

12/12/05
     Approved Physician Assistant track. 

3/20/06
     Approved merging the Speech & Hearing Dept. with Health Sciences Dept.  

3/20/06
     Approved splitting HSC 575,6 credit hour course, into two courses:  HSC 575 - 4 credit hour lecture course and HSC 557 - 2 credit hour laboratory course.

7/31/06
    Revised Graduate Certificate Program in OT/PT in the Schools .

11/8/06
    Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Informatics program approved. 

5/4/10
	Approved Health Sciences department becoming the School of Health Sciences. 

5/4/10
	Approved 4+1 bridge program in health sciences.

4/16/12
	Conditional approval to convert traditional lecture only courses: HSC 516, 517, 518, 535, 579, and 589; to lecture/lab courses. 

6/12/12
	Approved revisions to Physicians Assistant track. [returned by UCC for clarification].
	
9/13/12
	Approved requiring applicants complete 4 of pre-requisite courses prior to program application deadline and using all 8 required pre-requisites to calculate pre-requisite course GPA.

9/13/12
	Master of Public Health consortium program moved from HPERD, to School of Health Sciences, College of Sciences and Health Professions.

5/06/13
	Approved re-submitting revision to Physicians Assistant track after including curriculum sheet showing former and revised program courses.
	
11/06/13
	Conditionally approved Health Sciences 4-3 credit revisions including increase in credits for HSC 557 Human Gross Anatomy Lab
	
11/12/13
	Health and Human Performance 4-3 credit hour course revisions approved.
	
3/18/15
	MPH 609 course approved as requirement for Master of Public Health degree approved.
	
2/1/18
	Modified Master’s in Public Health program more than 50% online and needs each university in the consortium’s approval.  Some of the reasons for the change are to be competitive with Kent State, who withdrew from the consortium and has its own School of Public Health and because Youngstown State will be discontinuing support for distance learning classes.
	
2/1/18
	4+1 program with B.S. in Health Sciences plus Master's in Public Health.
	
2/1/18
	Revised Graduate Certificate in Culture, Communication & Health Care.  Several original courses for the certificate are no longer offered and are deactivated and replaced. One course will be in research methods.  Students will be required to have at least one course in statistics/introductory research methods at the undergraduate level in order for student to be better prepared for a research course.
	
2/25/19
	Approved revisions to Public Health Masters degree program
	
2/25/19
	Graduate certificate in Urban Health approved.  Approved new track in Urban Health.
	
9/14/19
	Approved the HSC 692 course for a credit change
	
10/18/19
	Conditionally approved revisions to Health Care Administration specialization of the MBA degree is revising the program by removing courses that have not been offered in a long time and updating the curriculum to reflect current offerings