{"id":162,"date":"2025-09-30T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:54:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:54:37","slug":"bachelor-of-health-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/bachelor-of-health-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Health Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 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vast amounts of data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logical reasoning and critical thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operation of scientific\/lab equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oral and written communication skills: presenting and communicating technical and scientific data and ideas clearly and articulately to both the scientific and non-scientific communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creative thinking; problem solving skills; decision making skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experiment design; Theory development; Statistical analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teamwork skills: the ability to oversee, supervise and\/or contribute to a project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Independent work ethic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community engagement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community-based research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data, time, and resource management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Handle and inspect specimens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Careers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul 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