Health and Society (H S)
H S 301 Introduction to Health and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A broad, multidisciplinary overview that introduces students to the study of health and society. Only one of the following may be counted: Health and Society 301, Sociology 308 (Topic: Introduction to Health and Society), 308S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 308S
Core Curriculum: 080
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
H S 302 Current Approaches to Health and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Continue exploring how social forces shape health behaviors and outcomes. Examine varied current subjects related to health, paying particular attention to methodological approaches and research designs used in the interdisciplinary health sciences. Explore career possibilities. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Health and Society 301 or Sociology 308S.
Restrictions: Restricted to health and society majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
H S 310P Physical Activity and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the way in which people are physically active in a social context - primarily in the United States. Examines how social forces influence physical activity including cultural, economic, historical, and demographic considerations. Examines physical activity on both the individual and population levels to better understand benefits and barriers to activity through the social context. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 302P, 304 (Topic: Physical Activity and Society), Health and Society 310P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 302P
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
H S 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Health and Society 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Health and Society major. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
H S 320C Cancerland 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the social and cultural terrain of cancer research, treatment, and public policy in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Health and Society 320C, 340 (Topic 6), Sociology 320C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 320C
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in Health and Society 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Health and Society major. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 330 Health Care Policy in the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An overview of the health care system in the United States and analysis of health policy issues primarily from the perspective of health economics. Only one of the following may be counted: Health and Society 330, Public Health 358D, Sociology 358D. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 330C Climate Change and Health 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the basic science of climate change, including historical changes and how they have led to health problems and wars. Focus on global warming and how it will cause health problems in the coming decades. Examine solutions and moral and ethical dimensions to both global warming and its effects on human health. Health and Society 330C and 340 (Topic: Climate Change and Health) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 331C COVID-19 Social Impacts and Public Dilemmas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the COVID-19 pandemic through multiple social, cultural, and economic lenses. Consider how globalization has influenced transportation networks and economic relationships that shape infectious disease transmission in the twenty-first century. Examine the effectiveness of different public health efforts to curb the spread of this virus. Discuss how the public health efforts of different nations and international governing bodies reveal different cultural values, political realities, and healthcare systems. Health and Society 331C and 340 (Topic: COVID Socl Impact/Pub Dilem) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 340 Topics in Health and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Selected topics on health and society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; additional prerequisites may vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Foundations of Epidemiology. Introduction to the basic tenets of epidemiology as well as the different types of epidemiological study designs. Health Education 343 and Health and Society 340 (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 5: Health Disparities. Examine health disparities and outcomes in four areas: core medical sociological theories and models; the biology of stress; intersections of race, class, and gender for health; and introduction to genetics and health disparities. Health and Society 340 (Topic: Health Disparities) and 340 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: Cancerland. Explores the social and cultural terrain of cancer research, treatment, and public policy in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Health and Society 340 (Topic 6), Sociology 320C, 321K (Topic: Cancerland). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 7: Contemporary Practice of Medicine. Explores what it means to be a practicing physician in contemporary America. Structured as a series of guest lectures by doctors from different medical specialties and at different stages in their careers; physician scientists and academicians; hospital administrators and related professionals; providers of medical care from international settings; and ethicists. Health and Society 340 (Topic 7) and Sociology 321K (Topic: Contemporary Practice of Medicine) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 8: Economic Sociology of Health. Provides a look at the economics of health and health care through a sociological lens. Examines how the multidimensional nature and distribution of health and healthcare are shaped by a variety of social and economic factors. Gain an understanding of the power of incentives, markets, and cost-benefit analysis, as well as the limits of these tools, in creating effective health care policy. Only one of the following may be counted: Health and Society 340 (Topic 8), Sociology 321K (Topic: Economic Sociology of Health), 322J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 322J Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing
Topic 9: Valuing Mental Health. Explores the value of health in general and mental health specifically. Comparison of notions of health and illness, non-communicable disease and mental illness, and relative valuations in health and mental health. Development of sound, sensitive, and defensible opinions about mental health through the use of plays, poems, songs, videos, short stories, and personal accounts of illness and disability. Health and Society 340 (Topic 9) and Sociology 321K (Topic: Valuing Mental Health) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: Medical Sociology. Explores the social context of health, illness, and the health care system in American society. Discussion of the processes of medicalization and demedicalization, social factors influencing health and health care, the organization of the health care delivery system and patient outcomes, and the social meaning and experiences of illness. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 321K (Topic: Medical Sociology), 341C, or Health and Society 340 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 341C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
H S 340.11 Medical Sociology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the social context of health, illness, and the health care system in American society. Discussion of the processes of medicalization and demedicalization, social factors influencing health and health care, the organization of the health care delivery system and patient outcomes, and the social meaning and experiences of illness. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 321K (Topic: Medical Sociology), 341C, or Health and Society 340 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 341C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 340.5 Health Disparities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine health disparities and outcomes in four areas: core medical sociological theories and models; the biology of stress; intersections of race, class, and gender for health; and introduction to genetics and health disparities. Health and Society 340 (Topic: Health Disparities) and 340 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 340.7 Contemporary Practice of Medicine 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores what it means to be a practicing physician in contemporary America. Structured as a series of guest lectures by doctors from different medical specialties and at different stages in their careers; physician scientists and academicians; hospital administrators and related professionals; providers of medical care from international settings; and ethicists. Health and Society 340 (Topic 7) and Sociology 321K (Topic: Contemporary Practice of Medicine) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 340.8 Economic Sociology of Health 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Provides a look at the economics of health and health care through a sociological lens. Examines how the multidimensional nature and distribution of health and healthcare are shaped by a variety of social and economic factors. Gain an understanding of the power of incentives, markets, and cost-benefit analysis, as well as the limits of these tools, in creating effective health care policy. Only one of the following may be counted: Health and Society 340 (Topic 8), Sociology 321K (Topic: Economic Sociology of Health), 322J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 322J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 340.9 Valuing Mental Health 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the value of health in general and mental health specifically. Comparison of notions of health and illness, non-communicable disease and mental illness, and relative valuations in health and mental health. Development of sound, sensitive, and defensible opinions about mental health through the use of plays, poems, songs, videos, short stories, and personal accounts of illness and disability. Health and Society 340 (Topic 9) and Sociology 321K (Topic: Valuing Mental Health) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 341 Health and Justice 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines ethical, political, and legal issues surrounding medicine, society, and healthcare. Only one of the following may be counted: Philosophy 325J, 365 (Topic: Health and Justice), Health and Society 341. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Same as: PHL 325J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 341C Comparative United States Health Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the social and economic distribution of health and health care and how underlying social values shape both the health of a population and its approach to health care. Analyze health care systems worldwide to see what the advantages and disadvantages of these models are for different segments of society compared to the US model. Health and Society 340 (Topic: Comparative US Health Systems) and 341C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 347E Sustainability, Equity, and Health 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 342S, 356 (Topic: Sustainability/Equity/Health), Health and Society 340 (Topic: Sustainability/Equity/Health), 347E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 342S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 350E Foundations of Epidemiology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the basic tenets of epidemiology as well as the different types of epidemiological study designs. Only one of the following may be counted: Health Education 343, Health and Society 340 (Topic 1), 350E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HED 343
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 378 Seminar in Health and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focuses on a key topic or debate within the Health and Society area of study and develops students' abilities to use data and write a research or policy paper that informs that topic or debate. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: 90 semester hours of college coursework including Health and Society 301 or Sociology 308S, and Health and Society 302.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
H S 679H Honors Tutorial Course 6 Hours
6 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A supervised conference course to provide training in research and writing. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 679HA, upper-division standing and admission to the honors program in Health and Society; for 679HB, Health and Society 679HA.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division