Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences: Community Patient Care

Academic MAP (Effective Summer 2024 and after)

*Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is available ONLY at the main campus in Tallahassee, FL. This program is NOT available via Online/Distance Learning.*

This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed to the right of each term are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. The Sample Schedule serves as a general guideline to help you build a full schedule each term. The General Education and Elective courses must be selected to satisfy all area, lab, and diversity requirements unless your program meets these requirements with major courses. Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.

To enter any of the health professions, volunteer, service, and clinical experience are essential. Students in each of the Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) majors are required to engage in the real world of health care as part of the IMS Experiential Service Learning Seminar sequence. Students are required to obtain a minimum of 64 hours of experiential learning hours each academic year. These hours are part of the mapping milestones required for the Community Patient Care major.

The Community Patient Care major works best if you can start math with MAC1140 Pre-calculus and take CHM1045 General Chemistry I and Lab as soon as possible. STA2122 Intro to Applied Statistics is recommended for students who need statistics for their health profession or for those students who begin their math with MAC1114 Analytic Trigonometry and who still need to satisfy their 2nd Quantitative & Logical Thinking liberal studies requirement. Students wishing to apply to health professional school and need to take the standardized tests (e.g. MCAT or DAT) should plan on taking summer classes and have all the required coursework completed at the end of term 6, otherwise should plan for a "gap" year after graduation. Students should be meeting with the pre-health/pre-med advisors about any professional health school requirements.

All coursework required for the major must be taken for a letter grade and a grade of "C minus" or better is required.

Mapping Coordinator: Ann DelRossi
Email: IMSadvising@med.fsu.edu

Employment Information
Representative Job Titles Related to this Major: Patient Advocate, Disabilities Advocacy, Child Welfare Services, Elder Care Services, Social Worker, Patient Representative, Community Rehabilitation, Health Educator, Medical Spanish Interpreter, Case Manager, Child Life Specialist, Family Planning Counselor, Health Promotions Specialist, Rehabilitation and Wellness Director, Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Health/Patient Educator, Rehabilitative Coordinator, Health Care Facility Coordinator, Health and Wellness Counselor, Community Health Coordinator, Patient Navigator/Advocate and Practitioner.

Representative Employers: Hospitals, Clinics, Assisted Living and Extended Living Facilities, Lobbyists, Public Health Offices, Healthcare Organizations, Federal, State, and Non-profit Organizations.

International Opportunities: International study is available for all students and may include opportunities for internships or taking course work towards various majors and minors. International study may have an impact on the MAP; therefore, it is important to consult with the academic advisor before participating. Interested students can find information about international study, research, internships, and service opportunities at: global.fsu.edu/undergraduate-students/going-abroad.

This Map is not a contract, either expressed or implied, between the University and the student, but represents a flexible program of the current curriculum which may be altered from time to time to carry out the academic objectives of the University. The University specifically reserves the right to change, delete or add to any Map at any time within the student’s period of study at the University