Health Sciences Registration Information

It is your responsibility to track your degree progress and follow the registration policies and procedures. Prior to registration review your curriculum guide and degree audit to ensure you are registering for the appropriate classes.

Registration Reminders

• Registration for Labs: Students may only register for one lab section. If a student registers for more than one lab section or registers for one lab section and waitlists in another, the student will be removed from BOTH lab sections.
• HSCI 172: Evaluating Research Literature is required for Fall semester of the junior year. Students should plan to complete HSCI 060 or an appropriate substitute in their second year.
• Senior Internship Reminder: When planning your schedule, you should leave blocks of time for your internship hours. You will be spending 8 hours per week at your internship site. Please contact Dr. Sean Rogers if you have questions regarding your internship experience.
• Planning to repeat a course, but not the lab? Students planning to repeat a lecture section ONLY of CHEM 001, 002, 097, 108 and BIO 012 and/or BIO 013, may register for the lecture section without the lab via Self Service.  For assistance with any other repeat course registration-related issues, please contact Allyssa Ruths at allyssa.ruths@drake.edu for assistance and include your Drake ID along with your request.
• For students who began prior to Fall 2023: to search for Health Sciences Professional Electives, log in to Self Service, click on "Registration and Schedules" on the Registration card and select the appropriate term. In the Subject field, you can type multiple subjects: Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Education, and Spanish. Approved electives (if course is not required of your health sciences major) are HSCI 100-199, PHAR 100-199, EDUC 172, and SPAN 165. Biomedical, business, and psychology professional electives are listed on the curriculum guides for each major.
• The Health Sciences program offers several dual and accelerated degree programs. The Health Sciences Curricular Options webpage outlines the various degrees and provides additional details.

If you have any questions regarding your degree audit, curriculum requirements, or schedule, please contact Nicholas Kavanaugh at nicholas.kavanaugh@drake.edu.

Clinical & Medical Sciences (Formerly Clinical & Applied Sciences)

To prepare for registration, please generate a new degree audit in Self Service to review the following items:

• What AOI’s do you have left to complete?
• What Clinical and Medical Sciences Requirements do you have left to complete? Have you completed the necessary prerequisite coursework for your required classes?
• For students entering prior to Fall 2023
  • How many Professional Elective Credits do you have left to complete? (22 credits required)
    • Biomedical Sciences Electives (min 3 credits)
    • Health Sciences Electives (min 6 credits)
    • Professional Electives (min 13 credits) Any combination of Biomedical, Health Sciences, Psychology or Business electives
  • How many General Elective Credits do you have left to complete? (27 credits required – this includes the AOI’s above)
• For students entering Fall 2023 and after, professional and general electives have been combined, totaling 45 elective credits.

Clinical & Medical Sciences Curriculum Guide

Health Care Administration

To prepare for registration, please generate a new degree audit in Self Service to review the following items:

• What AOI’s do you have left to complete?
• What Health Care Administration Requirements do you have left to complete? Have you completed the necessary prerequisite coursework for your required classes?
• For students entering prior to Fall 2023
  • How many Professional Elective Credits do you have left to complete? (15 credits required)
    • Biomedical Sciences Electives (no min)
    • Health Sciences Electives (min 3 credits)
    • Business Elective (min 3 credits)
    • Psychology Elective (no min)
    • Leadership Electives (no min)
  • How many General Elective Credits do you have left to complete? (24 credits required – this includes the AOI’s above)
• For students entering Fall 2023 and after, professional and general electives have been combined, totaling 35 elective credits.

Health Care Administration Curriculum Guide

Public Health

To prepare for registration, please generate a new degree audit in Self Service to review the following items:

• What AOI’s do you have left to complete?
• What Public Health Requirements do you have left to complete? Have you completed the necessary prerequisite coursework for your required classes?
• For students entering prior to Fall 2023
  • How many Professional Elective Credits do you have left to complete? (12 credits required)
    • Environmental Science Electives (min 3 credits)
    • Health Sciences Electives (min 3 credits)
    • Social Sciences & Humanities Electives (min 3 credits)
    • Biology Electives (no min)
  • How many General Elective Credits do you have left to complete? (24 credits required – this includes the AOI’s above)
• For students entering Fall 2023 and after, professional and general electives have been combined, totaling 32 elective credits.

Public Health Curriculum Guide