Many students wonder what secondary admission actually means. Certain programs at GVSU, including Occupational Safety and Health, require students to complete a specific set of courses at or above a required GPA level. Once students have completed these requirements, the next step is to submit a secondary admission application.

Admission to majors in the OSH program requires approval of a secondary application. Admission is required at the completion of the OSH fundamentals.

Requirements Below:

• GPA of 2.3 or above in the OSHM fundamentals courses listed below;
• Completion of each course in the OSHM fundamentals with a grade of C (2.0) or above with not more than one repeat.

The OSHM Fundamentals Courses, 33-38 credits, are as follows.

BIO 105 - Environmental Science Credits: 3 OR 

BIO 104 - Biology for the 21st Century Credits: 4

OR

BIO 120 - General Biology I Credits: 4

BMS 202 - Anatomy and Physiology Credits: 4 OR 

BMS 208 - Human Anatomy Credits: 3

CHM 109 - Introductory Chemistry Credits: 4 OR 

CHM 125 - Principles of Chemistry I Credits: 4

CHM 230 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Credits: 4 OR 

CHM 232 - Biological Chemistry Credits: 4

MTH 122 - College Algebra Credits: 3 OR 

MTH 125 - Survey of Calculus Credits: 3

OR 

MTH 201 - Calculus I Credits: 4

OSH 300 - Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health Credits: 3

PHY 200 - Physics for the Life Sciences Credits: 4 OR 

PHY 220 - General Physics I Credits: 5

OR 

PHY 230 - Principles of Physics I Credits: 5

PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology Credits: 3

STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics Credits: 3 OR 

STA 220 - Statistical Modeling for Engineers Credits: 2

WRT 150 - Strategies in Writing Credits: 4