Health Studies
Students who major in Health Studies are equipped to pursue work and graduate studies in public health, health policy, healthcare management and administration, and other areas related to health and social services. In addition to completing the General Education curriculum, all students in the major complete courses in the three core areas of undergraduate public health education: health policy, global health, and epidemiology. Additional health-related courses in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities are selected, in consultation with faculty advisors, to align with personal interests and goals.
The Health Studies minor enhances preparation for clinical and professional practice by examining the foundations of social medicine. Courses in health policy, healthcare in social context, and healthcare ethics complement the science courses required for admission to graduate programs in medicine, nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other clinical professions. The minor also prepares rising leaders in business and politics to navigate the intricacies of the healthcare sector.
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Major
The Health Studies Major
Note: The grade point average of the coursework comprising the major must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade less than C- (1.7).
10 units, including:
HS-100 Health Policy
HS-101 Global Health
HS-250 Epidemiology and Health Research Methods
HS-400 Capstone
Statistical analysis, 1 course chosen from
Humanities perspectives on health, 1 course chosen from
ANTH-271 Covid-19 in International Perspective
ANTH-272 Global Womens Reproductive Health
ANTH-302 Health Inequities in International Perspective
ANTH-305 Health and Migration
CLSC-210 History of Early Medicine
HIST-291 Histories of Public Health and Biomedicine in the Global South
HIST-361 Madness and Society in the Modern Era
HIST-390 Food and Power in Africa and Asia
HS-200 The Medical Humanities
HS-203 Health Ethics
HS-240 Law and Medicine
LDST-377 Ethical Decision Making-Health Care
PHIL-265 Bioethics
Social science perspectives, 1 course chosen from
ENVR-345 Global Sustainability: Society, Economy & Nature
GEOG-370 Geographics of Economic Development and Globalization
HS-202 Patients and Providers
LAIS-307 Medical Spanish: Health and Medicine in the Community
MGMT-355 Health Sector Analysis
PSYC-323 Health Psychology
SOC-340 Sociology of Health and Illness
Natural science perspectives on health, 1 course chosen from
BIOL-220 Human Physiology with Lab
BIOL-322 Cancer Biology and Tumorigenesis with Lab
BIOL-324 Molecular Virology with Lab
BIOL-336 Eco-Epidemiology with Lab
BIOL-340 Introduction to Immunology with Lab
BIOL-344 Behavioral Ecology with Lab
BIOL-346 Medical Entomology with Lab
BIOL-354 Biological Basis of Neurodegenerative Diseases w/ Lab
ENVR-322 The Global Impact of Climate Change
HS-305 Human Nutrition
MATH-304 Mathematical Models in Biology and Medicine
PSYC-331 Behavioral Neuroscience
PSYC-341 Cognitive Neuroscience
Two additional electives chosen from the lists above. No more than two courses from the same department can apply to the requirements above.
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Minor
The Health Studies Minor
Note: The grade point average of the coursework comprising the minor must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade less than C- (1.7).
5 units, including:
HS-100 Health Policy
HS-101 Global Health
HS-202 Patients and Providers
2 units, which must come from two different departments, chosen from
ANTH-271 Covid-19 in International Perspective
ANTH-272 Global Womens Reproductive Health
ANTH-302 Health Inequities in International Perspective
ANTH-305 Health and Migration
CLSC-210 History of Early Medicine
ENVR-322 The Global Impact of Climate Change
ENVR-345 Global Sustainability: Society, Economy & Nature
GEOG-370 Geographics of Economic Development and Globalization
HIST-291 Histories of Public Health and Biomedicine in the Global South
HIST-361 Madness and Society in the Modern Era
HIST-390 Food and Power in Africa and Asia
HS-200 The Medical Humanities
HS-203 Health Ethics
HS-240 Law and Medicine
HS-250 Epidemiology and Health Research Methods
HS-305 Human Nutrition
LDST-377 Ethical Decision Making-Health Care
MATH-304 Mathematical Models in Biology and Medicine
MGMT-355 Health Sector Analysis
PHIL-265 Bioethics
PLSC-365 U.S. Healthcare Policy and Politics
PSYC-323 Health Psychology
PSYC-331 Behavioral Neuroscience
PSYC-341 Cognitive Neuroscience
SOC-340 Sociology of Health and Illness