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Health Sciences
AS = Associate of Science

The Associate of Science in Health Sciences degree is a 60-semester-hour program designed for students with specific occupational or transfer needs. It has a general education core comprising the 35-hour state minimum core requirements. It allows students to choose various elective courses to meet the criteria for many specialized health science baccalaureate degrees. 

Program Outcomes

  • Engage students in a comprehensive health science curriculum allowing them to apply their skills and knowledge to real-world settings. 
  • Enable students to apply quantitative, qualitative, and scientific reasoning to solve problems by emphasizing creative and analytical thinking in the curriculum.
  • Gain a primary health science education that enables students to transition to various baccalaureate degrees or professional degrees. 

Related Careers

  • Agricultural Inspector/Technician 
  • Anthropologist 
  • Athletic Trainer 
  • Biologist 
  • Biomedical Researcher 
  • Botanist 
  • Ecologist 
  • Education/Teacher 
  • Food Science 
  • Genetic Counselor/Epidemiologist 
  • Health Administrator 
  • Marine Biologist 
  • Microbiologist 
  • Medicine 
  • Nursing 
  • Pharmacy 
  • Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy 
  • Physician Assistant 
  • Public Health 
  • Registered Dietitian 
  • Veterinarian 
  • Zoologist/Wildlife Biologist 

Transfer Options

  • University of Central Arkansas  
  • Arkansas Tech 
  • Arkansas State University 
  • Harding University

Contacts

Andrew Dunlap | Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Physiology

Beebe Campus 

501.882.4480 

abdunlap@asub.edu 

 

Ticu Gamalie, MS | Assistant Professor of Math

Beebe Campus 

501.882.8828 

dgamalie@asub.edu 


Linda Gatti-Clark, PhD | Assistant Professor of Science

Heber Springs Campus 

501.362.1217 

lcgatticlark@asub.edu 


Meredith G. Gordon, MS | Assistant Professor of Biology

Beebe Campus

501.882.8803  

mggordon@asub.edu 

 

Beverley Haines, MS | Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Beebe Campus 

501.882.4482 

lbhaines@asub.edu 

 

Jake R. Marquess, PhD | Professor of Biology

Beebe Campus 

501.882.8874 

jrmarquess@asub.edu 

 

Clay McCastlain, MS | Assistant Professor of Biology

Heber Springs Campus 

501.362.1218 

jcmccastlain@asub.edu 

 

Joseph L. Scott, MS | Director of Allied Health Assistant Professor of Biology

Beebe Campus 

501.882.4411

jlscott@asub.edu 


Richard D. Smith | Assistant Professor of Biology

Beebe Campus 

501.882.8994 

rdsmith@asub.edu 

 

Brian K. Weaver, PhD | Assistant Professor of Biology

Beebe Campus 

501.882.4483 

bkweaver@asub.edu

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