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  "college": "golden-west-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Pre-Professional",
  "id": "pre-professional--pre-health-science-cert-achieve",
  "name": "Pre-Health Science",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "pre-professional",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.cccd.edu/golden-west/pathways/health-sciences/pre-professional/pre-health-science-cert-achieve/",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "The certificate program provides students the opportunity to complete science and lab courses which are required by the majority of nursing and health-related degree programs. This certificate focuses on providing students who want to apply to a nursing or health degree program with core science courses that are prerequisites for nursing, kinesiology, physical therapy, or another career. This Pre-Health Science Certificate will prepare students to advance their career in the health care profession.\n\n#### Program Learning Outcomes\n\n1.  Identify the basic structures of the human body.\n2.  Compare normal and abnormal physiological values.\n3.  Describe the role of microorganisms related to their role in disease.\n4.  Describe major anatomical structures involved in organ system homeostasis."
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Requirements\n\nReview Graduation Requirements and Program Maps."
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          "text": "Required Courses"
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          "code": "BIOL G220",
          "title": "Human Anatomy",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIOL G225",
          "title": "Human Physiology",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIOL G210",
          "title": "General Microbiology",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL C1000",
          "title": "Academic Reading and Writing",
          "units": "4-6",
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        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL C1000E",
          "title": "Academic Reading and Writing",
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        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "17-19"
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