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Health and Society

Major

Thirty semester credit hours, including at least 15 hour of upper-division coursework, consisting of:

  1. Health and Society 301, Introduction to Health and Society
  2. Health and Society 302, Current Approaches to Health and Society
     
  3. Three semester hours of methods and statistics: Statistics and Data Sciences 301, 302F, or a course chosen from an approved list.
  4. Three semester hours of social justice and health: Health and Society 341, Philosophy 325M, 325E, Nursing 321, Social Work 325, or a course chosen from an approved list.
  5. Health and Society 350E, Foundations of Epidemiology
  6. Three semester hours of individual health & health behavior: Health and Society 310P, 340 (Topic 9: Valuing Mental Health), 340 or a course chosen from an approved list.
  7. Three semester hours of global health & population health: Health and Society 340Sociology 369K, or a course chosen from an approved list.
  8. Three semester hours of health care policy & economics: Health and Society 330, 341C, 340 (Topic 7: Contemporary Practice of Medicine), 340 (Topic 8: Economic Sociology of Health), or a course chosen from an approved list.
  9. Three semester hours of social & cultural context of health: Anthropology 324L, Classical Civilization 340, History 322M, Philosophy 322, Sociology 336D, 354K, or a course chosen from an approved list.
  10. Health and Society 378, Seminar in Health and Society; or, for students seeking special honors, Health and Society 679HA and 679HB, Honors Tutorial Course

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