Health science and education

School of Health Sciences and Education

从不同的全球社区到服务不足的农村人口, be prepared to share your gifts with compassion and confidence.

Turn Your Calling Into a Career

Saint Francis of Assisi had a legendary gift for caring, 欧宝体育app入口的健康科学与教育学院将帮助你追随他的脚步.
Here we offer programs in healthcare, education, social work, 精心融合专业课程和植根于天主教方济会价值观的文科教育,以培养你独特的天赋.  Whether you aspire to heal minds, bodies, and souls or you choose to cultivate the minds of tomorrow; our majors can help you be ready for an innovative, high-touch profession where learning never stops.  
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direct connections with expert faculty

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优质的临床、实习和学生教学机会

Why Saint Francis?

Approach Your Future with Confidence

欧宝体育app入口的课程旨在帮助您成功通过与您的课程相关的任何相应认证或考试, graduate programs, and your career. Our students benefit from:
  • Hands-on learning
  • Small class sizes
  • Practical, authentic educational environments
  • Opportunities for research, community engagement, inter-professional experiences, simulation and study abroad
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STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

Opportunities for growth. Support for your passion.

 
 
欧宝体育app入口的健康科学与教育学院旨在为您提供技能, practical experience, expert support, and innovative facilities you need to follow your calling. 
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Facilities and Resources 

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SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND EDUCATION FACULTY

A personalized approach to learning and leading

 

健康科学与教育学院利用特殊的学习机会帮助您成为称职的学生, compassionate and ethical professional you are destined to be. 通过由专家教师带领的小班实践学习,体验欧宝体育app入口独特的同志情谊. 欧宝体育app入口的教授会知道你的名字,并提供个性化的关注, 关注和支持,帮助你在你的重点项目中实现你的最大潜力.

 


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Dr. Kerri GoldenInterim Dean, School of Health Sciences and Education

行政与管理、领导力、伦理学和职业治疗方面的专家. Golden致力于通过高质量的体验和个性化的关注来支持健康科学与教育学院的学生. Dr. 戈尔登是一名训练有素的CASA(法院指定的特别辩护人),她在坎布里亚县为那些处于危险中的儿童辩护. 她在教学和倡导方面获得了宾夕法尼亚职业治疗协会的许多奖项. 

 

Undergraduate Degrees in the School of HSED


 Education

  • B.S. in Early Childhood Education (on-campus)
  • Online ECE degrees (associate, degree completion and bachelor's) 
  • Subject-Specific B.S.  中等教育:7-12年级(生物、英语、历史、数学和西班牙语)
  • B.S. in Special Education

Education degree paths   


Exercise Physiology

  • B.S. 在运动生理学(健身专业集中, Graduate Allied-Health, and Pre-Med)
  • Minors in Diving, Movement Science, and Exercise Physiology

Exercise Physiology degree paths 


Nursing

  • BSN (on-campus)
  • Accelerated RN to  BSN (second degree)
  • Online RN to BSN

Nursing  degree paths


Occupational Therapy

  • Accelerated /Early-Entry Master of Occupational Therapy

Direct-entry occupational therapy path 


Physician Assistant Science

  • Accelerated Early-Entry MPAS (3+2)
  • Pre-PA ConcentrationHealth Care Studies, B.S.

Physician Assistant Science degree paths

 


Physical Therapy

  • Accelerated 3+3 option, direct-entry to DPT program
  • Traditional 4+3 option, direct-entry to DPT program

Direct-entry Physical Therapy degree path 


Psychology

  • B.S. 心理科学(医学预科和神经科学方向)
  • Neuroscience (double major: Psychology/Biology)
  • Minor in Animal-Assited Health & Education
  • 4+3 DPT early-entry program

Psychology degree paths 


Pre-Med

  • Pre-Med (concentrations under Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, and Public Health)
  • 牙科、验光、医学和药学的早期录取项目

.Pre-med degree paths  


Public Health

  • B.A./ B.S.  in Public Health (concentration in Environmental Science, Epidemiology, Health Policy Administrator, and Pre-Med)
  • Accelerated MPH
  • Online B.A. in Public Health

Public Health degree paths

 


Social Work

  • B.S. in Social Work

Social Work degree path


More Healthcare Degrees


Signature Minors & Certificates


Graduate Degrees in the School of HSED


Education

Healthcare

 

 

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欧宝体育app入口健康科学与教育学院的几个学术课程由各自的专业认证机构认证.
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Mission Statement

健康科学与教育学院提供了一个包容性的学习社区,重点关注农村和服务不足的人口,将协作和创新的教育机会与文科基础相结合. 受阿西西圣方济的教诲和品格的启发, we prepare competent, compassionate, and ethical educators, 研究人员和卫生保健专业人员与所有受造物团结一致.

 

Blog

Go Baby Go! offers cool wheels and big smiles

Rachel (Vasilko) Heckman ‘13 | 05/09/2024
Interdisciplinary, community-engaged program, Go Baby Go! 使残疾儿童受益,并为OT提供实践经验, PA, and engineering students at Saint Francis University.

Occupational Therapy in Action: Eating it All Up

Rachel (Vasilko) Heckman ‘13 | 05/03/2024
4岁的艾娃每周的喂养治疗为OT学生提供了实践经验. Since fall 2022, 她一直在参加这些喂养会议,作为实践的一部分, 与小儿科课程的学生进行社区参与实验.

A new high school sport that connects all the students

University Communications & Marketing | 03/25/2024
On the March 10 episode of Kaleidoscope, host Sara Cameron introduced viewers to Unified Bocce Ball, 在该地区流行的一种竞争性的男女同校的高中运动,类似于草坪球.

Lessons Learned from Shelter Cats

University Communications & Marketing | 02/22/2024
In 2022, SFU welcomed its first feline cohort. Dr. flisher - grinberg在最近发表在IAABC上的一篇文章中概述了这门课的辛勤工作, 《国际动物行为顾问协会杂志.

OTs celebrate opening of new facility

01/27/2024
1月26日,SFU职业治疗学生和教师举办了一个开放日活动, 2024 to share their new space, St. Margaret Hall, with the campus community. 该部门计划在4月(OT月)对公众(和校友)正式开放!).