Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
UoP Health Science--anything similar out there?
#1
For years on and off I have considered pursuing the University of People Health Science bachelors degree. This would really be more of an icing on the cake degree and not something that I need for my career. I would be able to transfer in 90, or close to 90, of the required credits. The thing that always holds me back is the internship requirement. I am mid/late career (old for an intern) and have worked in Health Science related fields (health education), so it's really hard to imagine being able to acquire a free internship--I would be considered overqualified (ethical organizations do not use interns to do the work that paid staff should be doing ). Also, the internship requires 15 to 30 hours a week of work-- it must be 270 hours total and cannot be spread out over more than two terms--which would be hard to manage with my schedule. (I can study that much a week, but an internship would require me to be at a certain place at certain times, presumably.) I could get paid work but as I understand it, that's against the rules of the internship.

I have looked at some competency-based health science degrees, but they seem to be geared toward (or even require students to be) nurses, paramedics, and X ray technicians.

Well, I don't need this degree, so maybe I should give up the fantasy. Alternatively, I could settle for a health science associates degree from University of the People, which doesn't require an internship.

Thoughts?
Reply


Messages In This Thread
UoP Health Science--anything similar out there? - by wow - 07-25-2024, 10:18 AM

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  bjcheung77 accountability thread - UoPeople BS Health Sciences bjcheung77 11 2,070 06-20-2025, 12:16 PM
Last Post: bjcheung77
  Computer Science Degree Lee586 1 1,532 05-06-2025, 11:43 AM
Last Post: bjcheung77
  Degree Plan (Computer Science) marcelor78 1 1,335 04-10-2025, 05:30 PM
Last Post: bjcheung77
  Transferring Credits to Computer Science Associate and Bachelor Programs badrddinb 0 924 04-05-2025, 01:55 AM
Last Post: badrddinb
  Starting at Uofpeople Computer science Victoriasmom 15 3,349 04-04-2025, 03:35 PM
Last Post: Victoriasmom
Lightbulb Using Health Science degree for nursing prereqs? runningdegree 4 2,402 04-04-2025, 11:01 AM
Last Post: bjcheung77
Bug Bsc Computer Science Degree Plan (Masters Focused) somethingdudesomething 6 1,914 03-06-2025, 06:23 AM
Last Post: apple26
  Undergraduate Degrees in Health Science at University of the People sanantone 17 5,520 05-29-2016, 07:18 PM
Last Post: bjcheung77

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)