Associate Degree
Allied Health
An affordable path to prepare for a career in healthcare management, this associate’s program transfers to a bachelor’s degree.
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The Associate of Applied Science in Allied Health Science degree program is designed to prepare students for entry positions in health careers or supporting roles. Students will complete an educational stepping stone towards a long-term career goal, while completing a liberal arts education in general studies, combined with a focus on biological sciences. Students will demonstrate skills in critical thinking, problem solving, and contemporary issues related to healthcare.
What You Will Learn

Students will formulate communications that reflect ethics in the healthcare environment.

Students will be able to relate the functions and relationships among the various organ systems of the human body.

Students will be able to demonstrate practical knowledge of human systems.

Students will be able to describe relationships between social behavior and public health.


About This Program
The Associate of Applied Science in Allied Health Science degree program is designed to prepare students for entry positions in health careers or supporting roles. Students will complete an educational stepping stone towards a long-term career goal, while completing a liberal arts education in general studies, combined with a focus on biological sciences. Students will demonstrate skills in critical thinking, problem solving, and contemporary issues related to healthcare.


Program Benefits
Students completing this degree program could enhance an existing allied health career, seek, or obtain entry-level employment in an allied health-related field, or continue their education in a degree such as the Bachelor of Applied Science in Healthcare Management. Employment of medical and health services managers is projected to grow 18% from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations. Entry-level allied health positions are often found in facilities such as hospitals, physicians’ offices, dental offices, chiropractic offices, insurance companies, outpatient clinics, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitation centers.


Cost for the Degree
Average Cost for this Degree:
$13,965-$15,141


Department Chair
Degree Program Coordinator and Natural Sciences Department Chair:
Randy Elvidge, relvidge@gmc.edu
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