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Health Pathway Overview

Start your path to a career in the medical field with CVTC's Health Pathway. This option gives you a flexible, affordable way to earn general education credits while giving you a career-focused educational foundation to help you transition into a health-related bachelor's degree program at a four-year school. This pathway has a strong focus on math and science to ensure you are on the most efficient transfer path and are ready for your future bachelor's degree.

In CVTC's Health Pathway, you will work closely with your academic advisor to build a course schedule that fits your educational and career goals. Start with two years of transferable credits for a fraction of the cost of a four-year school. Along with your general education courses, you may take courses including Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology, Digital Literacy – Health Care, and more. This pathway program does not provide certification to work as a healthcare professional.

Then, take advantage of CVTC's transfer agreements with many private and public four-year colleges and universities, including UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout, and UW-River Falls, and earn your full bachelor's degree with a healthy amount of savings!

Associate of Arts Admissions Requirements Associate of Science Admissions Requirements

Guided Pathways

Do you already know which transfer school you’d like to go to? Make the transfer even smoother with our guided pathways. CVTC has partnered with UW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls, and UW-Stout to create seamless transfer guides in key degree areas including Business, Education, Health, and STEM/Engineering. These guided transfer pathways provide step-by-step support throughout your transfer.

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Just the Facts

Degree Type//
60 Credit Associate Degree

Length of Program //
Two Years

Delivery Method //
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Program Location //
Eau Claire and River Falls

Start Dates //
August, January, and June

Financial Aid Eligible

Estimated Program Cost

Term 1	$	3,052
Term 2	$	3,052
Term 3	$	3,052
Term 4	$	3,052

Estimated Total: $12,208

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Program Courses

Associate of Arts Course List Associate of Science Course List

These are a few of the courses you can take in the Health Pathway program.

General Psychology
The course will encompass all aspects of the field of psychology from basic research to psychological disorders and treatments. This course will explore the areas of psychology through psychological, environmental, and biological perspectives. The course directs the student to be able to understand and analyze human behavior in everyday life. This is a two hundred 200-level psychology course designed to transfer to the university system, and it includes greater emphasis on psychological theory and research as compared with the 100-level Introduction to Psychology course.

Anatomy & Physiology 1
The fundamentals of bodily function are studied at the cellular, tissue, organ, and organ system levels. Integration of physiological function and anatomical structure will be highlighted in the skeletal, integumentary, muscular, nervous, and endocrine systems. This course is the first semester of a two semester sequence designed for students who wish to transfer to a four year institution.

Medical Terminology
This course focuses on the component parts of medical terms: prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Students practice formation, analysis, and reconstruction of terms. Emphasis on spelling, definition, and pronunciation. Introduction to operative, diagnostic, therapeutic, and symptomatic terminology of all body systems, as well as systemic and surgical terminology.

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Benefits of Transfer Pathways

Save Money

CVTC’s University Transfer programs have a lower cost per credit than many universities and colleges.

Small Class Sizes

CVTC offers small class sizes that allow you to get personal, one-on-one attention from our instructors.

Transfer to a University

Our university partnership agreements guarantee your credits will transfer.

Related Programs & Pathways

Whether you're looking to continue your learning to another program or to gain continuing education credit, CVTC offers a variety of learning opportunities for students.