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This degree will benefit students in CHPS majors who are not meeting major specific requirements or who are off track for timely graduation.</p> <br /> <p><strong>Degree Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>Students must earn at least a &quot;C&quot; (2.0) in core and elective courses.</li> <li>No transfer course will be accepted with a grade lower than a &quot;C&quot; (2.0).</li> </ul>","primary":false,"program":2097,"update_url":"https://search.cm.ucf.edu/api/v1/descriptions/311862/?format=json"},{"id":311863,"description_type":{"id":5,"name":"Source Catalog Curriculum"},"description":"<h1>Degree Requirements</h1><div><section><header data-test=\"grouping-0-header\"><div><h2 data-testid=\"grouping-label\"><span>Core Requirements</span></h2></div><div><span>45</span><span>Total Credits</span></div><div><div><button aria-label=\"Collapse\"><i></i></button></div></div></header><div><div><ul><li><span>Complete <!-- -->all<!-- --> of the following</span><ul><li data-test=\"ruleView-A\"><div 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style=\"margin-left:5px\">(3)</span></span></li><li><span><a href=\"#/courses/view/60ca6bdca8d2fbfd7f2d82b0\" target=\"_blank\">HSC4008</a> <!-- -->-<!-- --> <!-- -->Professional Development in Health Professions<!-- --> <span style=\"margin-left:5px\">(3)</span></span></li><li><span><a href=\"#/courses/view/60ca6be0714b5f4d4852229c\" target=\"_blank\">HSC4930</a> <!-- -->-<!-- --> <!-- -->Health Sciences Seminar<!-- --> <span style=\"margin-left:5px\">(3)</span></span></li><li><span><a href=\"#/courses/view/63a0d1f562d5484e27ff262c\" target=\"_blank\">SPA3002</a> <!-- -->-<!-- --> <!-- -->Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders<!-- --> <span style=\"margin-left:5px\">(3)</span></span></li><li><span><a href=\"#/courses/view/60ca810ea38edf02c23ecab6\" target=\"_blank\">SOW2020</a> <!-- -->-<!-- --> <!-- -->Careers in Creating Social Change<!-- --> <span style=\"margin-left:5px\">(3)</span></span></li></ul></div></div></li><li data-test=\"ruleView-D\"><div data-test=\"ruleView-D-result\">Earn at least <span>24</span> credits from the following types of courses: <div> 3000-4000 level from courses in the following subjects:\nAPK, ASL, ATR, GEY, HSC, HUN, IHS, LIN, PEM, PHT, SOW, SPA, SPM</div></div></li><li data-test=\"ruleView-E\"><div data-test=\"ruleView-E-result\">Earn at least <span>18</span> credits from the following types of courses: <div>Any upper level course (3000-4000)</div></div></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></section><h3>Grand Total Credits:<!-- --> <strong>45</strong></h3></div><p><strong>Program Details</strong><br />Capstone Requirements</p> <p>None</p> <p><br />Electives</p> <p>Students who transfer to UCF with an AA degree from a Florida College System institution may need to take upper-level electives to reach the University requirement of 42 semester hours of upper division credit.</p> <p><br /><br />Foreign Language Requirements</p> <p><strong>Admissions</strong></p> <p>Two years of one foreign language in high 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