Our School
An education in health sciences can open the door to a highly-rewarding, challenging, and worthwhile career.
Check out our programs. At the School of Health Sciences, you can choose from a variety of disciplines – from hands-on, face-to-face interaction with patients to running the technology necessary to provide accurate and quick diagnosis.
Our curriculum is relevant to today's health care world and has been developed by industry professionals with the input of those hiring in the field. Our goal is to prepare you to hit the ground running when you graduate and enter the workforce.
Learn more about the scope of careers in health sciences.
Your career starts here.
Basic Health Sciences
Basic Health Sciences (BHSC) is the "core" department in the School of Health Sciences. The faculty teach into almost all the programs within the School of Health Sciences providing specialized instruction in Anatomy and Physiology, Pathology, Behavioral Science, Microbiology, Immunology, Pharmacology, and Communicable Diseases Control.
Starting out in Health Sciences at BCIT (Part-time studies)
BHSC also offers some part-time, continuing education courses to the general public. These courses allow students to upgrade Biology 12, to write the Biology 12 Challenge Exam, or to take post-secondary Psychology and Microbiology at the 100-level. BCIT students from other disciplines also take Basic Health Sciences courses to fulfill certain program electives:
BHSC 0012 - Biology 12 Challenge Exam
BHSC 1023 - Introduction to Microbiology
PSYC 1101 - Introduction to Psychology 1
PSYC 1102 - Introduction to Psychology 2
Note: BHSC 0012 and BHSC 0100 are two ways to complete Biology 12, which is a prerequisite for many programs within the School of Health Sciences. Students who require a higher grade to be meet minimum entrance requirements for our programs may choose to upgrade. Students who completed Biology 12 more than five years ago may need to upgrade or challenge Biology 12 to meet the recency requirement.