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Spring 2021 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 21 credits.

Required core, 9 credits

Complete the following courses:

POLI 306 - Health Politics and Policies 3 cr.
PSYC 385 - Health Psychology 3 cr.
SOC 308 - Sociology of Medicine 3 cr.

Prerequisites (Required for Advanced Courses in Psychology and Sociology

Not included in credit for the minor.

PSYC 110 - Introduction to Psychology 3 cr.
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 cr.

Electives, 12 credits

Take 12 credits from the following:

ANTH 380 - Medical Anthropology 3 cr.
ECON 324 - Health Economics 3 cr.
FN 151 - Contemporary Nutrition 2 cr.
HIST 206 - Medicine in World History 3 cr.
PHIL 302 - Ethics and Medicine 3 cr.
PSYC 290 - Psychoactive Drugs and Behavior 3 cr.
PSYC 351 - Abnormal Psychology 3 cr.
REL 307 - Religion and Health 3 cr.
SOC 262 - Social Welfare Policies and Programs 3 cr.
SOC 301 - Social Investigations II 3 cr.
SOC 306 - Social Aspects of Substance Abuse 3 cr.
SOC 351 - Social Statistics 4 cr.
SOC 360 - Population Problems 3 cr.
SOC 368 - Sociology of Mental Health 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 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr.
PSYC 300 - Statistics for Psychologists 4 cr.
SOC 351 - Social Statistics 4 cr.