Health & Society Minor Requirements
Health and Society is an interdisciplinary area of study drawing upon a wide range of fields. The minor is intended for students who wish to apply the skills of their major concentration to the areas of medicine, health care administration, health policy and planning, or the social services. The minor will also be attractive to students who want to explore a secondary interest in the health field. For students whose major falls within the Humanities or Natural Sciences Divisions, completing a Health and Society minor will fulfill the Social Science requirement.
- Five courses are required:
- HLS 116, Introduction to Community Medicine (offered every other Fall)
- HLS 201, Research in the Health Sciences
AND
- Three core courses chosen from the following list:
- ANT 216 Medical Anthropology
- ECO 236 Health Policy
- HIS 208 Health, Medicine and Social Reform
- HIS 209 Changing Concepts of Disease
- HIS 305W American Health Policy and Politics
- PHL 102 Ethics
- PHL 225 Ethical Decisions in Medicine
- PSC 245 Aging and Public Policy
- PSY 283 Behavioral Medicine
- SOC 262 Medical Sociology
- CAS 394 London Health Sciences Internship
None of the courses included in the student's core major may be counted toward the minor.
The minor is administered by the Center for Academic Support, located in Lattimore 312 and is supervised by the Health and Society Committee. Students who need help planning their minor should seek advice from members of the committee. The minor form must be submitted to Lattimore 312.