Minimum Faculty Qualifications

Applicants can meet the minimum credentials threshold for Biological Clinical Sciences either through earned Academic credentials OR through Tested Experience.  Specific minimum credentials are required for some courses, which are shown below:

 

Minimum Academic Credentials Required for Biological Clinical Science 

  • An earned Master’s degree in Biology from a regionally accredited institution of higher education
  • Or an earned Master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education with at least 18 graduate credit hours in a combination of the following qualifying fields:
    • Biology
    • Biochemistry
    • Biomedicine
    • Bio-Tech
    • Cell and Molecular Biology
    • Marine Biology
    • Microbiology
    • Natural and Applied Science
    • Nursing
    • Virology
    • Zoology

Meeting this qualification would make a candidate eligible to teach BCS 115, BCS 132, BCS 165, BCS 200, 205 and BCS 210.

 

Minimum Tested Experience Required for Biological Clinical Science

 

  • For BCS 115, 132, 165, 200, 205, 210:
      • A current advanced license to provide healthcare (such as a D.O., D.D.S., D.C.M., D.P.T., D.V.M., M.D., M.S.N., M.Ph., N.P., or P.A.)

 

  • For BCS 102:
      • An earned Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education AND
      • At least 3 years experience with advising for multiple selective admissions healthcare programs AND
      • At least 3 years teaching experience at the post-secondary level

 

  • For BCS 132, 165 & 205:
      • An earned Master’s Degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education in Exercise Science with graduate course work in Anatomy and Physiology OR

 

  • For BCS 132:
      • An earned Bachelor’s degree from regionally accredited institution of higher education and a minimum of 2 years’ experience practicing as a licensed professional in a related health care field (such as R.N., R.D., etc.) OR
      • An earned Master’s degree in Nutrition from a regionally accredited institution of higher education

 

  • For BCS 165:
      • An earned Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education and a minimum of 2 years’ experience practicing as a licensed radiology technician

 

  • For BCS 200:
      • An earned Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education and a minimum of 2 years’ experience practicing as a licensed Medical Laboratory Technician OR
      • An earned Master’s Degree Epidemiology from a regionally accredited institution of higher education
  • For BCS 203:
      • A current respiratory therapy license AND
      • 18 graduate level hours in relevant coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education

 

  • For BCS 210:
      • An earned Master’s Degree in Public Health from a regionally accredited institution of higher education

last updated: 9/6/2023

Suggested Teaching Demonstration Topics by Class

BCS 102

  • Study Skills, Academic Vocabulary (accreditation, selective admission, prerequsite, licensure, etc.), College vs High School expectations, Stress/Self Care

BCS 115

  • coordination of regulation of blood pressure (basic level), nature vs nurture (mendelian vs non-mendelian inheritance & epigenetics), Biology behind a current event/news story, relate abnormal structure or function to a specific disease [signs/symptoms, treatment/cure] (basic level)

BCS 132

  • information literacy strategies (specific to health information), an example of nutrition as cause of illness, an example of nutrition as prevention of illness, an example of nutrition as treatment for illness

BCS 165

  • heart anatomy and blood flow through the heart, brain anatomy, digestive system anatomy, reproductive anatomy

BCS 200

  • introduction to major types of microbes, vaccines, antibiotic resistance, overview of the immune system

BCS 205

  • coordination of regulation of blood pressure (medium level), mechanisms underlying normal function of respiratory system, mechanisms underlying normal function of urinary system, inter and intraceullular communication (signal transduction)

BCS 210

  • inflammation, triage strategy for common diseases of a given body system, relate abnormal structure or function to a specific disease [signs/symptoms, treatment/cure] (medium level)

last updated 1/31/23