Major Requirements
In addition to the general degree requirements listed by the College of Liberal Arts, 30 semester hours of major coursework, including at least 15 hours of upper-division coursework are required to complete the major in Health & Society.
The following courses are required to complete the major in Health & Society.
- H S 301: Introduction to Health and Society
- H S 302: Current Approaches to Health and Society (for Catalog 2022-2024 and beyond!)
- H S 350E: Foundations of Epidemiology
- H S 378: Seminar in Health and Society
*Refer to your year's catalog to see the additional requirements of the Health & Society major.
2022-2024 and Later Catalogs
In addition to the above requirements, one course in each of the following areas is required.
- Methods and Statistics*
- Social Justice and Health*
- Area 1: Individual Health and Health Behavior*
- Area 2: Global Health and Population Health*
- Area 3: Health Care Policy and Economics*
- Area 4: Social and Cultural Context of Health*
*Lists of approved courses for each requirement can be found below & here.
- 2022-2024 and Later Catalogs
See above.
- 2020-2022 and Earlier Catalogs
In addition to the general degree requirements listed by the College of Liberal Arts, the following courses are required to complete the major in Health & Society:
Foundational Course
- H S 301: Introduction to Health and Society
- Biology (3 hrs, 1 course)
- BIO 301D Biology I (For non-science majors)
- BIO 301L Molecules to Organisms (For non-science majors)
- BIO 301G Genetics in the 21st Century (For non-science majors)
- BIO 302D Ecology and Evolution
- BIO 302E Genetics/Genomics
- BIO 302F Human Health & Disease
- BIO 302G Biotechnology and the Future
- BIO 301E Problems in Modern Biology (for Plan II)
- BIO 309D Human Body
- BIO 311C Introduction Biology I (For science majors)
Social/Behavioral Epidemiology (3 hrs)
- H S 350E Foundations of Epidemiology
Methods & Statistics (3 hrs)
- SDS 301 Elementary Statistical Methods
- SDS 302 Data Analysis for Health Sciences (retired)
- SDS 302F Foundations of Data Analysis (recommended for pre-Health professions)
- SDS 304 Statistics in Health Care (retired)
- SOC 317L Introduction to Social Statistics
- SOC 317M Introduction to Social Research
- See H&S Advisor for other approved courses.
Social Justice & Health (3 hrs)
- H S 341 Health and Justice
- PHL 325M Medicine, Ethics & Society
- PHL 325E Biomedical Ethics
- N 321 Ethics of Health Care
- LAH 351D Ethical Issues in Med/Society
- T C 358 Ethics and Medicine
Study Tracks (12 hrs)
Students will choose one of the following tracks and complete 9 hours from their chosen track and 3 additional hours from any track. Learn more about the tracks here and see advisor for the latest approved course list.
- Health & Behavior
- Cultural Aspects of Health
- Health Care & Economy
- Population Health
NOTE: Most students will need 6 hours of study track coursework to be upper-division in order to meet the requirements of the major. With few exceptions, Health & Society majors do not have special access to track courses that have restrictions or prerequisites that students don't otherwise meet.
Capstone (3 hrs)
A capstone writing and research seminar on specialized topics in Health & Society.
- H S 378 Seminar in Health & Society
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