Oregon Tech offers online courses for students who aren't seeking a degree here yet.

Oregon Tech has a casual student application and admission status available to people who:

  • Would like to take an online course or certificate for professional or personal development purposes
  • Need DHE 100 Intro to Dental Hygiene or MIT 103 Intro to Medical Imaging before applying to our campus-based profesional programs
  • Are completing a course or two to join a program at another college or university
  • Are completing the 2B admission option for our degree advancement programs

View the Application Process at the bottom of this page to get started using our casual student application.

Popular Courses

A required prerequisite for Oregon Tech's Dental Hygiene program.

DHE 100

A required prerequisite for Oregon Tech's Medical Imaging program.

MIT 103

Popular prerequisite courses for Graduate programs

A year's worth of Human Anatomy & Physiology offered as a fully-online, three-term sequence. Course includes lecture and laboratory components.

Course Information

Classification, morphology, reproduction, transmission, and control of micro-organisms causing disease in man. Laboratory practice in culturing methods, microscopic observation, and physical and chemical control.

Basic structure of medical works including prefixes, suffixes, roots and combining forms.

A study of the relationships of food and nutrition to health. An overview of the basic nutrition principles including the nutrients and how they function in the body, nutrient requirements, diet planning and energy balance.

Principles of modern biology emphasizing form and function of multicellular plants, major invertebrate phyla and general vertebrate morphology and physiology. Course includes lecture and laboratory components.

Genetic concepts using human examples, including the molecular and cellular basis of inheritance, patterns of inheritance, basic pedigree analysis, mutation, single-gene and polygenic diseases, and an introduction to genetic biotechnology.

Principles of heredity, chromosome mechanisms and molecular genetics applied to disease processes in humans. Review of case histories of selected inherited disorders. Discussion of genetic intervention therapies.

BIO 346: Study of the dynamic aspects of the disease process with emphasis on abnormal physiology. Detailed discussion of cellular alterations, normal and abnormal immunology, neoplasia, inflammation, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, cardiac and vascular diseases.

BIO 347: Study of the dynamic aspects of the disease process with emphasis on abnormal physiology. Detailed discussion of alterations of respiratory function, liver and digestive system, neurologic, urinary, musculoskeletal disorders, and Diabetes Mellitus.

Study of the dynamic aspects of the disease process with emphasis on abnormal physiology. Detailed discussion of cellular alterations, normal and abnormal immunology, neoplasia, inflammation, atherosclerosis, hypertension, cardiac and vascular diseases.

An introduction of chemical concepts including atomic structure, chemical equation, and more. CHE 101 is the lecture, CHE 104 is the lab; courses must be taken concurrently.

Application Process

Full admission to Oregon Tech is not required. Financial aid is not offered to non-degree seeking students but a payment plan is available. Follow the steps below to get started:

  1. Submit the Non-Degree Seeking Application. Select General Studies Online as your major.
  2. Watch for an email from the Admissions Office about registration.
  3. Register yourself for classes when registration opens.

Non-degree seeking students do not pay application fees since they are not attending a degree program and are limited to 8 credits per term.

Once registered you are responsible for the tuition and fees. The payment and refund schedule, along with the payment plan application, is located on the Cashier’s Office website. The Academic Calendar details important registration dates and withdraw deadlines.

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Contact

Contact the Admissions Office for questions about the application and admission process.

Office of Admissions

541.885.1150
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Contact the Registrar's Office for questions about registering in classes. You must be accepted to the university before you can enroll in courses.

Registrar's Office

541.885.1300
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