Health Career Pathways

Certificate

The Health Career Pathways Certificate program is designed to assist students in achieving success in health care programs. Students will be provided with the foundation necessary for health care professions. Credits from this program may be applied toward health care programs requirements within Connecticut’s Community College system. However, completion of this program does not guarantee an automatic acceptance into any health care program. Students are responsible for verifying specific requirements for their program of interest.Upon successful completion of all program requirements, the student should be able to:

• Identify a variety of career opportunities and roles available in health care professions
• Meet most requirements for entrance into health care programs
• Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of psychological principles and how they relate to the health care field
• Effectively utilize and interpret medical terminology
• Demonstrate critical thinking, logical reasoning and problem solving skills
• Demonstrate competence in written and oral communication
• Use and apply scientific methods

For more information, please call Victoria L. Bozzuto, Director of Allied Health, at (203) 285-2390 vbozzuto@gwcc.commnet.edu or Alice M. Pandolfi, Allied Health Facilitator at (203) 285-2391 apandolfi@gwcc.commnet.edu.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Course #	Title	Credits
HLT* 103	Investigations in Health Careers	3
ENG* 101	Composition	3
MAT* 137	Intermediate Algebra	3
Choose from one of the following:		3
BIO* 105	Introduction to Biology
or
BIO* 115	Human Biology
or
BIO* 121	General Biology I
BIO* 211	Anatomy and Physiology I	4
BIO* 212	Anatomy and Physiology II	4
CHE* 121	Concepts in Chemistry	4
PSY* 111	General Psychology I	3
	Total Credit Hours	27