Oregon Tech offers online courses for non-degree seeking students who:

  • Would like to take an online course for professional or personal development purposes
  • Are off-campus and need to take prerequisites for your future program
  • Need to take an Oregon Tech class to transfer to another institution
  • Are completing the 2B admission option

Required for Medical or Nursing School

A fully online, three-term course sequence.

Course Information

An introduction of chemical concepts including atomic structure, chemical equation, and more.

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

Principles of modern biology emphasizing form and function of multicellular plants, major invertebrate phyla and general vertebrate morphology and physiology.

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.

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.

Study of dynamic aspects of disease process with emphasis on abnormal physiology. Detailed discussion of cellular alternations, normal immunology, neoplasia, inflammation and alterations of the respiratory and skeletal systems 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.

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.

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

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

Prospective students, contact the Registrar's Office for application and program questions.

Registrar's Office

541.885.1300
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