COLLEGE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ALLIED HEALTH
Experience the College of Biomedical Sciences and Allied Health
The courses are designed to give scholars the requisite skills to pursue a career in the field of biomedical sciences. The curriculum involves the study of health science, research processes, and an introduction to Bio-Informatics. Furthermore, scholars will investigate the human body systems and various health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, sickle-cell disease, hypercholesterolemia, and infectious diseases. These investigations will include designing innovative solutions for the health challenges of the 21st century.
What will I learn at The College of Biomedical Sciences and Allied Health?
Scholars in The College of Biomedical Sciences and Allied Health will receive the training and skills needed to enter the workforce. Working closely with professors and industry professionals, scholars will better understand the demands of their profession and variety of work opportunities available to them. These experiences will provide them with a diverse background and the skills needed to have a successful career.
While at Ignite, scholars will take the core classes required by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Unique to the school, those core classes, and projects, where appropriate, will be integrated into the Biomedical and Allied Health classes. For example, in English, an assignment may be to develop a blog documenting an invasive species impact on the biodiversity in an ecosystem. In social studies, students could work on presentation documenting the impact the plague had on populations and social classes in Europe.
Like all scholars at Ignite, those enrolled in the College of Biomedical Sciences and Allied Health will have access to over 20 dual-credit college classes and be able to complete an Associate’s degree before they graduate high school. These classes include all the general education courses needed at Kentucky’s public colleges, which ensures a well-rounded liberal arts education.
Mr. Norris Has been teaching at the Ignite Institute since its inception. He focuses on Critical Thinking Skills and positive Professional ...
- christopher.norris@boone.kyschools.us
- Dual Credit Wing
Mrs. Jones was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. However, she has lived in Kentucky for more than 23 years. Mrs. Jones was a registered ...
- debbie.jones@boone.kyschools.us
- Fishbowl
Mrs. Dietz has been in education for over 20 years. Prior to working at Ignite, Mrs. Dietz worked at Holmes High School and at Grant County ...
- elaine.dietz@boone.kyschools.us
- Nursing Wing
Mr. Stephenson comes from a previous career in the Army as a Linguist, where he obtained his associates in Arabic language at the Defense ...
- joshua.stephenson@boone.kyschools.us
- Engineering Bay
"Mr. Dirksing has been and English Teacher for eighteen years and has been with Boone County Schools for fourteen of those eighteen years. ...
- mark.dirksing@boone.kyschools.us
- Nursing Wing
Mr. Skidmore has been a Spanish Teacher for the last twenty-six years. Mr. Skidmore has taught both secondary and college Spanish, including ...
- dan.skidmore@boone.kyschools.us
- Fishbowl
I have been teaching high school Biology, AP Biology, Integrated Science, and Human Physiology for the past 17 years at Boone County High ...
- lindsay.melching@boone.kyschools.us
- Science Wing
Ms. Anderson started teaching Biology labs while an undergrad at Ohio State, and has been part of the education world ever since. She has ...
- sara.anderson@boone.kyschools.us
- Biomedical Wing
