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College of Health Sciences

​​Bilingual Health Care Studies

​​Turn your passion for helping others into an in-demand role working with patients to navigate complicated health care systems.​

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Degree
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Science
Location
  • Huntsville
Type of Instruction
  • Face to Face
Length

4 Years

​​Step Into a Career as an Advocate for Others​ 

​​Invest in a career that centers service to others. Studying both health care principles and foreign language, you’ll become a culturally and linguistically capable health interpreter and translator. This in-demand career allows you to assist patients navigating the health care system, and you can work in private homes, at hospitals, for government agencies and nonprofit organizations. 

​Bilingual health care studies professionals tackle diverse cultural issues, religious practices, and other barriers to patient accessibility and care. You’ll select from language options like Spanish, Arabic, French or German, allowing you to be a stronger advocate for patients in your care.​ 

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Serve Others

​​Be a support system for patients navigating the thorny world of health care. Armed with a practical understanding of health, as well as foreign language skills, you’ll be an in-demand professional in a rapidly growing field.​

  • ​​Bilingual and Cross Cultural

    ​​Your in-depth foreign language abilities will allow you to connect with patients on a deeper level, helping them understand the complex issues and requirements they’re facing. It also gives you a leg up on others in the field.​ 

  • Two Fields of Study

    ​​You’ll learn about community health; epidemiology; principles of US health systems; public health; medical terminology; nutrition and dietetics; grief, loss, and death counseling; and the study of communicable and non-communicable diseases, as well as choosing a foreign language specialization. The result is that you’ll be a dynamic professional in an in-demand career.​ 

  • ​​Real-World Experience​

    ​​Bilingual Health Care Studies majors have the opportunity to take their classroom studies and apply them to the real world in an optional 200-hour professional internship. Working in health care service organizations, you’ll develop an important understanding of how the health care system works and how you can advocate for others navigating it.​ 

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Find Your Future Career

​​Students with Bilingual Health Care Studies degrees go on to work as home health care professionals, hospital administrators, advocates and leaders at nonprofit health and health care organizations, and serve in government agencies.​

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Expert Faculty to Advise You

​​Our faculty bring a collaborative approach to teaching, giving students a supportive foundation to advance their studies. They have a combination of research and real-world experience that helps give students an edge in an in-demand career.​

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Ready to see what a degree can do for you or to start your application to SHSU? Our Admissions team is here to help.