Offered by: Accelerated Sciences Division
Director: Abigail Thornton, PhD
The Accelerated Sciences Division offers single science and related courses for students who wish to complete prerequisites in order to apply to or matriculate in health science professional degree programs. Courses include lecture and lab classes in Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Physics, and more.
Courses may be completed in as few as 5+ weeks, both on-ground and online. Students self-register online via the University’s dedicated Accelerated Sciences website.
Prior to registering in a class, students should ensure that they can make the necessary time commitment to successfully complete intensive classes. Students are also responsible for ensuring that they have the necessary foundational knowledge, including recommended prerequisites, for the course in which they choose to register. Finally, students are responsible for ensuring that the SCU Accelerated Sciences course of their choice will be accepted as a prerequisite at their receiving institution.
Learning Outcomes in the Accelerated Sciences are assessed at the course level.
More information about Accelerated Sciences courses is available here: https://acceleratedsciences.scuhs.edu/
Attendance Policy
Accelerated Sciences students may be automatically dropped from a course if attendance is not recorded in one of the first four class sessions of an in-person, online interactive, or blended class or within the first fourteen days of an online class.
