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Program Details
This concentration focuses on health and illness through the stages of human life. There are few health sciences programs in Canada that include lifespan studies, and Carleton’s program is unique in featuring courses that explore the entire lifespan, from neonatal development to old age. You will learn about the biological aging process, including how events occurring early in life can have effects that appear much later, in the form of medical conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and depression. In addition, you will explore the biomedical basis of health and disease, and have the opportunity to learn how factors such as gender and social conditions can influence health.
Work Experience
Participate in a paid summer research internship or explore getting involved in research as part of the program curriculum. Your Capstone project will give you practical experience in research field placements to advance your personal and professional goals.
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Career Outcomes
Explore your passions, refine new skills and discover the career that’s right for you.
The concentrations in the BHSc program will prepare you for a diverse array of health-related careers and will provide excellent preparation for professional schools, graduate training or health-related employment opportunities.
Sample Careers
- Business
- Dentistry
- Disability and Chronic Illness
- Environment and Health
- Global/International Health
- Health
- Health and Safety Officer
- Health Community Worker
- Health Program Evaluator
- Health Project Manager/Administrator
- Health Promotional Coordinator
- Health Researcher or Policy Analysis
- Healthcare and Regulatory Systems
- Indigenous Health
- Infectious Diseases and Pandemics
- Law
- Lifespan Studies
- Medicine
- Midwifery
- Naturopathy
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Paramedic
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Physiotherapy
- Social Work
- Teaching
Sample Courses
HLTH 1002 - Health Science Communication
Introduction to using library, database and/or bioinformatics resources to develop informed verbal, non-verbal and written communication within the context of healthcare, public health and health research. Concepts in ethical scholarship, proper use of sources and plagiarism will be introduced.
HLTH 3302 - Immunity and Immune-Related Disorders
Basic processes relevant to the immune system; the relationship between immune activity and functioning as related to the development of particular pathologies, such as virally-related illness, autoimmune disorders, inflammatory illnesses, and interactions with social and economic factors that promote immune-related disturbances.
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