Concordia Offers Pre-Nursing Program Beginning Fall 2006.ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In response to the increasing shortage of health care professionals, Concordia University - Ann Arbor (CUAA CUAA Concordia University Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, Michigan) CUAA Committee on Un-American Activities (US) CUAA Canadian University Athletic Association ) will begin offering pre-nursing and a liberal arts health education minor through their health education and life sciences (HEALS) initiative beginning Fall 2006, with a health science major projected for Jan. 2007. "The underlying goal of the HEALS initiative is to create programs that draw upon and foster relationships between the Health Sciences, as traditionally understood, and many other academic disciplines such as Education, Family Life, Social Sciences, and the Arts," said Vice President of Academics Dr. Mark Looker. The new program will introduce students to basic concepts of personal health, multi-disciplinary thinking, the health professions, and general health care. The pre-nursing track will lead students to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is a four year academic degree in the science and principles of nursing, granted by a tertiary education university or similarly accredited school. (BSN BSN abbr. Bachelor of Science in Nursing ), which CUAA is currently researching with a projected program start date of Fall 2008. An advisory committee of health care professionals is developing all aspects of the future program, from selecting curriculum to obtaining possible clinical sites with St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital is a Catholic hospital in Georgetown, Guyana. It was established by members of the Sword of the Spirit movement and was officially opened in August, 1945. of Ypsilanti, MI and the Mayo School of Health Sciences in Jacksonville, FL. "I believe that Concordia University is, can, and should be working to put the whole human being concept, and holistic health and healing within the reach of all students, churches, organizations, businesses and the community, starting with health science education, health education, pre-nursing and ultimately nursing," stated Visiting Professor Gerry Wiechmann, who is also vice-president of research and development at Health Education Systems Research in Gainesville, FL. The pre-nursing program will consist of courses in general education, basic sciences, human sciences, and pre-professional coursework: human anatomy and physiology, biology, microbiology, general chemistry, physics, psychology, sociology, human growth and development, elementary statistics, and nutrition. Concordia University - Ann Arbor is a liberal arts institution of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. With a distinctly Christian environment and an academic community dedicated to excellence, CUAA offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. CUAA is accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and Council for Higher Education Accreditation. (NCA) and by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) was founded in 1954 to accredit teacher certification programs at U.S. colleges and universities. NCATE is a council of educators created to ensure and raise the quality of preparation for their profession. (NCATE NCATE National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education ). CUAA is listed as one of America's Best Private Colleges(R). For more information on CUAA, visit: www.cuaa.edu. |
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