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Biotechnology 1

Enter this fast-growing field and work to solve a host of humanity’s health, environmental, and agricultural challenges.

Career Preparation: This program can prepare you for work in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, or biomedical research industries and in laboratory technology, quality control, assay analysis, chemical technology, and bioinformatics organizations.

Environmental Health And Safety

Learn to assess and mitigate risks to human health and safety through inspections, monitoring, and data evaluation and gain a better understanding of environmental policies and regulations.

Career Preparation: This program can prepare you for positions involving environmental health, occupational safety, air and water quality, and hazardous waste management.

Gerontology And Aging Services

Gain a foundation in the physiological, social, and psychological aspects of aging as well as an understanding of programs, services, and policies related to aging and older adults so that you can care for and serve this population.

Career Preparation: This program is designed to help prepare you for a career in gerontological program management, program and policy analysis, services development, and housing and facilities management.

1 Additional admissions eligibility criteria apply. Consult an advisor before choosing this major.

2 Visit umgc.edu/rnbsn to learn more about this program’s state-specific restrictions and professional licensure in this field.

Health Services Management

Examine various aspects of management—finance, economics, marketing, facilities management, and strategic planning—from a healthcare perspective.

Career Preparation: This program is designed to help prepare you for work in the fast-growing field of health services management.

Laboratory Management 1

Coordinate the activities that contribute to a well-ordered laboratory by combining an in-depth study of scientific concepts and procedures with hands-on laboratory management practice.

Career Preparation: This program is designed to help prepare you for a career in biological or chemical technology, lab management, or project management.

Political Science

Develop an understanding of American government and global politics and learn to interpret political issues and propose solutions.

Career Preparation: This program is designed to help prepare you for graduate study or a career with government agencies, policy development thinktanks, intelligence agencies, nonprofit organizations, political campaigns, and research firms.

Psychology

Acquire a knowledge base of theory, research, and practice in psychological sciences and hone your quantitative, analytical, and scientific reasoning skills.

Career Preparation: This program can help prepare you for graduate study, research, services in mental or medical health, or any field in which understanding human behavior is an asset.

Minors

■ Biology

■ Environmental Health and Safety

■ Gerontology and Aging Services

■ Health Services Management

■ Mathematical Sciences

■ Natural Science

■ Political Science

■ Psychology

Certificates

■ American Government and Political Processes

■ Applied Social Sciences

■ Clinical Mental Health Care

■ Health Information Management and Data Analytics

■ Watershed Management

NURSING FOR REGISTERED NURSES (RN-to-BSN)

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Build on your established clinical and practical experiences as a registered nurse and gain the skills to excel in the role of the professional nurse in diverse and challenging settings.

Career Preparation: This program is designed to help prepare you for career advancement in clinical research or public health nursing and graduate study in nursing.

Social Science

Gain a breadth of knowledge in the fields of anthropology, behavioral sciences, gerontology, psychology, and sociology.

Career Preparation: This program can prepare you for a position in policy analysis, program development, health services, law enforcement, human resources, and community service.

Ccne Accreditation

The baccalaureate degree in nursing at UMGC is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001-2399, 202-887-6791.

Alumni Outcomes

Our healthcare and science alumni have worked for organizations that include

■ American Red Cross

■ Children’s National Medical Center

■ Kaiser Family Foundation

■ National Cancer Institute

■ National Institutes of Health

■ National Science Foundation

■ Northrop Grumman Corporation

■ U.S. Department of Agriculture

■ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

■ U.S. Geological Survey

■ U.S. Marine Corps

■ Walter Reed National Military Medical Center