Minor in Social Science and Medicine

Curriculum Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses		6-9
Select at least two of the following:
APY 413	Medical Anthropology
GEG 241	Health and Medical Geography
SOC 384	Medical Sociology
Elective Courses ¹		6-9
Select up to three of the following:
APY 105	HIV: Sex, Science, and Society
APY 205	Medicine and Health Care in Society
APY 416	Bioarchaeology-Peopling the past
APY 423	Paleopathology: Health and disease in ancient peoples
APY 512	Advanced Medical Anthropology
GEG 335	Sustainable Food Systems
GEG 341	Population, Health, and Environment
GEG 343	Population, Sustainability, and the Media
GEG 345	Drinking Water: Past, Present, and Future
GEG 346	Immigrant and Refugee Health
GEG 348	Climate Change and Public Health
GEG 412	GIS for Health and Environment
ECO 386	Health Economics
INS 509	International Migration and the Health Care System
INS 570	Globalization and Health
INS 571	Global Health and International Development
INS 572	Global Health Policy and Ethics
INS 573	Disasters, Terrorism and Global Public Health
POL 536	U.S. Health Care Crisis: Politics and Policies
SOC 320	Social Epidemiology: Illness and Death in Society
SOC 321	Applied Health Policy
SOC 368	Violence in America
SOC 345	Population and Society
SOC 375	Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
SOC 377	Sociology of Drug Abuse
SOC 381	Aging in Society
SOC 480	Health Disparities in the U.S.
PSY 411	Relationships and Health
PSY 426	Health Psychology
CIM 444	Designing Games for Impact
COS 324	Health Communication
COS 325	Communication in Health Organization
COS 426	Patient-Provider Communication
COS 427	Health Behavior and Risk
BPH 206	Introduction to Public Health
BPH 208	Introductory Epidemiology
BPH 301	Human Sexuality and Vulnerable Populations
BPH 305	Issues in Health Disparities
BPH 309	Health and Environment
BPH 310	Global Health
BPH 317	Theories in Growth and Development
BPH 321	Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
BPH 322	Introduction to Health Policy
HMP 270	Introduction to Health Sector Management and Policy
HMP 310	Population Health
HMP 310	Population Health
Total Credit Hours		15

Courses offered as Special Topics or Independent Research may be applied toward the minor with approval by the program advisor.
No more than 6 credit hours may be applied to the minor from a single department.
At least 6 credit hours must be taken at the 300 level or higher.

Students must earn a grade of C- or better in each course and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in all courses counting toward the minor.

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