University of Northern British Columbia
Bachelor of Health Sciences
Prince George, Canada
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor of Health Sciences at The University of Northern British Columbia offers three majors: Biomedical Studies; Rural and Aboriginal Health; Environmental Health. Biomedical Studies emphasizes natural and physical sciences and prepares students for professional programs such as dentistry, medicine, or nursing. Community and Population Health majors add administration, health care management, health information systems, and public health.
Career Outcomes: Graduates may enter professional schools or work in clinical, administrative, public health, information systems, community, rural, or environmental health roles. Potential careers include dentist, physician, nurse, occupational therapist, pharmacist, physiotherapist, health care manager, public health practitioner, health information analyst.
The Bachelor of Health Sciences undergraduate degree program has three majors depending on students' interests. The Biomedical Studies major focuses on the natural and physical sciences. This major would be of interest to students who wish to apply to professional programs, for example: dentistry, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physiotherapy and speech pathology.
The Community and Population Health majors, Rural and Aboriginal Health and Environmental Health, while sharing some of the same core courses as the Biomedical Studies major, will also focus on courses for students interested in administration, health care management, information systems or public health.
