Courses
Applicants to the Health & Society Major are required to submit a completed Interest Form and application materials, have a 2.0 GPA and 24 credit hours, and have completed the Lab Science course requirement with a minimum grade of C-. The number of students who can declare this Major is capped. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and are reviewed after the deadlines of September 15 and February 15. Please click below for a listing of upcoming courses being offered for Summer and Fall.
Upcoming Courses
Foundation and Capstone Courses: (15-16 hours)
- SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE:
- PSYC 1300 or SOCI 1300 or ANTH 2301
- LABORATORY SCIENCE:
- For Track 1: BIOL 1301 (with lab BIOL 1101) or CHEM 1303 (with lab CHEM 1113)
- For Track 2: BIOL 1300 or 1301 (with lab BIOL 1101), or CHEM 1301 or 1303 (with lab CHEM 1113)
- Ethics Course - choose one:
- SOCI/ANTH 3301 Health, Healing & Ethics
- PHIL 3376 Bioethics
- PHIL 3381 Neuroethics
- RELI 3309 Bioethics from a Christian Perspective
- ANTH 3306 Introduction to Medical Anthropology
- Capstone Course (must be taken after all other Foundation and Core courses are completed):
- ANTH 4318 Health in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- ANTH 4342 Resilience
- ANTH 4343 Biomedicine, Culture and Power
- ANTH/APSM/MNO 4344 Pandemics!
- ANTH/MNO 4345/APSM 4355 Creating Global & Public Health Impact
- ANTH 4348 Toxic Topics
- Others with pre-approval of Director of Health & Society Program and Professor
Track 1: Physiological Emphasis
Track 1 is a B.S. Track only, 44 total credit hours.Core Courses: (6 hours required)
MATH 1337 or STAT 2331
PSYC 2332 Developmental Psychology
Electives: (22 hours; no more than 12 from any department; at least 15 at 3000-level or higher)
ANTH 2415 Human Evolution
ANTH 3303 Self, Culture and Mind
ANTH 3324 Rites of Passage
ANTH 3350 Good Eats, Forbidden Flesh
ANTH 3351 Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 4307 Global and Public Health
ANTH 4318 Health in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH 4342 Resilience
ANTH 4343 Biomedicine, Culture & Power
ANTH/APSM/MNO 4344 Pandemics!
ANTH/MNO 4345/APSM 4355 Creating Global and Public Health Impact
ANTH 4381 Internship
ANTH 4391 Independent Study
APSM 2441 Anatomy and Physiology I
APSM 2442 Anatomy and Physiology II
APSM 4349 Health Policy
BIOL 1102 Biology II Lab
BIOL 1302 Biology II
BIOL 3304 Genetics
BIOL 3350 Cellular Biology
BIOL 4106 Functional Anatomy and Histology Laboratory
BIOL 4306 Human Physiology
CHEM 1114 General Chemistry II Lab
CHEM 1304 General Chemistry II
CHEM 3117 Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 3371 Organic Chemistry
PSYC 2351 Abnormal Psychology
PYSC 3360 Health Psychology
PYSC 4310 Cognition and the Brain
PYSC 4320 Behavioral Neuroscience
PYSC 4321 Behavioral Action of Drugs
WGST 3380 Human Sexuality
Track 2: Social and Cultural Emphasis
The second track may be taken for the B.A. (35-36 credits) or the B.S. (43-44 credits).Core Courses: (7 hours required)
Methods (ANTH 3345, PSYC 3301 or SOCI 3311)
APSM 2441 Anatomy and Physiology I
Electives: (13 hours for the B.A., 21 hours for the B.S.; no more than 12 from any department; at least 9 at 3000-level or higher)
ANTH 3301 Health, Healing and Ethics
ANTH 3303 Self, Culture and Mind
ANTH 3328 Gender Violence
ANTH 3345 Ethnographic Methods
ANTH 3348 Health as a Human Right
ANTH 3350 Good Eats, Forbidden Flesh
ANTH 4303 Political Economy of Health
ANTH 4307 Global and Public Health
ANTH 4318 Health in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH 4342 Resilience
ANTH 4343 Biomedicine, Culture & Power
ANTH/APSM/MNO 4344 Pandemics!
ANTH/MNO 4345/APSM 4355 Creating Global and Public Health Impact
ANTH 4348 Toxic Topics
ANTH 4381 Internship
ANTH 4391 Independent Study
APSM 2442 Anatomy and Physiology II
APSM 4349 Health Policy
ENGL 3379 Disability - Gender, Care, Justice
ENGL 3384 Literature and Medicine
PHIL 3364 Philosophy of Biology
PHIL 3376 Bioethics
PSYC 3341 Social Psychology
PSYC 3360 Health Psychology
PSYC 4320 Behavioral Neuroscience
PSYC 4321 Behavioral Action of Drugs
SOCI 3301 Health, Healing and Ethics
STAT 2331 Introduction to Statistical Methods
WGST 3310 Gender and Human Rights
WGST 3380 Human Sexuality
* Students on either track may take one elective from the other track.
This program of study does not satisfy requirements for the MCAT or medical school applications. Students preparing for admission to health-related graduate school must consult with the Pre-Health Professions Advisor.