Students can now earn three years of a bachelor’s degree in Health Science at Clarendon College and finish the fourth year online through Texas Tech University.
CC and the Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC) School of Health Professions announced last week the new agreement for the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences.
The degree is designed for people who have already earned certificates to work in health care and want to pursue a bachelor’s degree while staying close to home, CC President Robert Riza said.
“This provides an opportunity for our residents to advance their degrees and their careers and not have to move,” Dr. Riza said. “They can advance to management or to upper level leadership roles in their professions. They just have to dedicate themselves to getting it done.”
TTUHSC launched a new “3+1” B.S. degree program in the fall 2014, and partnered with Clarendon College earlier this month.
“Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is the leading health care education provider in West Texas, and we are pleased to be a partner in this,” Riza said.
The Health Sciences Program is an on-line B.S. degree that prepares the student to enter management and leadership positions within healthcare organizations.
With a “3+1” format, students in the chosen fields already have certificates allowing them to work and CC will provide 42 hours of the common core. TTUHSC will provide 30 hours of senior level health sciences management course work.
“This partnership is outstanding for us, but also provides a great opportunity for our residents working in healthcare fields,” Riza said.
Riza also said the partnership with Texas Tech is natural because TTUHSC already works closely with hospitals in Pampa and Childress where many of Clarendon’s certificate holders are working.
The B.S. Health Sciences aims to advance the skillset of the practicing clinician so that the graduate of the post-professional program can assume additional roles or responsibilities within the profession. Examples are Certified Radiology Technologists, Registered Respiratory Therapists and Paramedics.
The program courses are conveniently offered through the use of distance education. The curriculum structure will follow a non-traditional format, which allows for completion of degree requirements at a pace set by the ability and availability of the student.
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