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2014-2015 Catalog

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2014-2015 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Social Science in Health Minor

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This minor is administered by the Department of Sociology and Social Work .

Consists of 24 credits.

Required core, 12 credits

Choose from:

ANTH 380 - Medical Anthropology 3 cr.
PHIL 302 - Ethics and Medicine 3 cr.
POLI 306 - Health Politics and Policies 3 cr.
PSYC 385 - Health Psychology 3 cr.
SOC 368 - Sociology of Mental Health 3 cr.

Electives, 9 credits

Take 9 credits from at least two areas below, but 6 credits maximum from any one area.

Biology

BIOL 385 - Human Physiology 4 cr.

Clinical Laboratory Science and Health Science

Economics

ECON 328 - Poverty, Welfare, Social Insurance 3 cr.

Food and Nutrition

FN 253 - Introduction to Nutrition and Nutrient Metabolism 3 cr.
FN 353

Psychology

PSYC 485

Sociology

SOC 327 - Social Inequality 3 cr.
SOC 328 - Poverty, Welfare, Social Insurance 2 or 3 cr.
SOC 366 - Sociology of Aging 3 cr.

Administration/analytical, 3 credits

Choose from:

POLI 250 - Public Administration 3 cr.
POLI 397 - Methods of Policy Analysis 3 cr.
SOC 352 - Research Methods 3 cr.

Recommended

Take one course from:

MATH 355 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr.
PSYC 300 - Statistics for Psychologists 4 cr.
SOC 351 - Social Statistics 4 cr.