The Allied Health Sciences department's main responsibility is providing prerequisite and co-requisite courses for other Health Science degrees and certificate programs.

The department's goals are to offer a variety of courses in allied health specialties for students who are:

1. Seeking enrollment in ACC health science programs such as nursing, surgical and medical laboratory technology, emergency medical services (paramedicine), occupational and physical therapy, pharmacy technician, medical coding and dental technology
2. Co-enrolled in ACC health science programs
3. Transferring in to health science programs at other institutions Exploring health science careers, or
4. Co-enrolled in public schools and either investigating health careers or planning to continue at ACC in a health-science program.