Health and Society Minor

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The minor in Health and Society integrates multi-disciplinary coursework within a sociological framework to provide both broad and deep perspectives on the social challenges of population and individual health. A minimum of five courses, to equal at least 17 credits, are required. A range of electives allows students to tailor the minor to their specific interests and emphasize U.S. or global issues.

Minor Requirements

Foundational Requirements (8 Credits)

This course is required:

SOC 325 2DJ - Health, Illness and Society Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

One of the following:

SOC 201 DJ - Introduction to Sociology Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
SOC 202 1DJ - Intro to Sociology: Self & Community Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
SOC 203 JQ - Social Problems and Social Change Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

Electives

In consultation with the minor advisor, students will select three elective courses to reach a total of at least nine credits, representing three programs or disciplines, from the following list. One additional course in Sociology may be included.

Courses that are part of a two-semester sequence count as one. Unless part of a two-semester sequence, only one two-credit course may be included among the three electives.

BUS 321 - Healthcare Systems Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
CJ 343 Q - Violence and Victimization Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
COR 312 2 - Beyond Birth: Mental/Emotional Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
ECON 315 - Health Care Economics Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
ECON 328 EG - World Food Systems Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
OR
ENVS 328 EG - World Food Systems Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENVS 306 2E - Environmental Justice Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
ETHS 271 2DH - Asian American Experience Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
OR
HIST 251 2DH - Asian American Experience Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
HS 302 - Social Welfare and Policy Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
HS 305 - Human Behavior & Social Environment Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
PHIL 442 PU - Health Care Ethics Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
PS 351A - Budgets, Taxes, and the Debt Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
PS 352 EJ - Environmental Politics Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
OR
ENVS 352 EJ - Environmental Politics Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
PS 353 EJ - Sprawl, Land Use and Society Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
OR
ENVS 353 EJ - Sprawl, Land Use and Society Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
OR
GEOG 353 JE - Sprawl, Land Use and Society Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
PS 366 - Congress & Legislative Politics Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
PSY 345 - Lifespan Development Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
RS 442 RU - Moral Responsblty & Ethics of Healt Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
SOC 207 DJQ - Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
OR
SOC 209 Q - Gender & Health Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
OR
SOC 295 2DQ - Women and Crime Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
SOC 303 2E - Food and Social Justice Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
OR
ENVS 303 2E - Food and Social Justice Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
SOC 309 D - Race and Ethnicity Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
OR
ETHS 309 D - Race and Ethnicity Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
SOC 326 Q - Human Sexualities Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Study Abroad Courses

These course pairs form a two-course sequence. The two courses together count as one for the purposes of selecting electives.
NRS 270 - Intl Service Learning in Cambodia Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
NRS 271 2G - Intl Service Learning in Cambodia Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
OR
GS 270 - Intl Service Learning in Cambodia Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
GS 271 2G - Intl Service Learning in Cambodia Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
NRS 352 - Transcultural Nursing in St. Lucia Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
NRS 353 2G - Transcultural Nursing in St. Lucia Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2