Sociomedical Sciences Minor

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Melanie Medeiros, Coordinator (Bailey 106)

The Sociomedical Sciences minor offers students the opportunity to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge on topics and issues related to health, disease, illness and medicine, as well as analytical and practical skills that will benefit them in post-graduate education and careers in medicine, public health and other health services. Sociomedical Sciences focus on the social determinants of disease and health and examine the correlation between trends in health and its social causes, including social inequality and structural inequity.

Students must meet with a member of the minor committee to have their course selections approved. Prior to their meeting, students should submit the Sociomedical Sciences Minor program form, describing (a) their interest in the minor and how it applies to their studies and possible career, (b) the particular courses they want to take to fulfill the minor, and (c) how the particular courses selected allows them to shape the minor to meet their interests and needs.

Total Credits Required to Complete Minor: 18

Basic Requirements: (9 Credits)

ANTH 202 - S/M/Nutrition, Disease, and Health Credit(s): 3
SOCL 213 - Sociology of Medicine Credit(s): 3

Capstone Experience-Select one of the following:

ANTH 382 - Ethnographic Field Methods Credit(s): 3
ANTH 395 - Internship in Anthropology Credit(s): 3-15 as arranged
ANTH 402 - Sociomedical Sciences Capstone Credit(s): 3
SOCL 395 - Internship Credit(s):

Electives: (9 Credits)

Choose three courses with at least two different prefixes from the following. At least one course should be at the 300 level.

A. Health and Medicine Courses: (6 - 9 Credits)

ANTH 238 - Ethnomedicine in Latin America and the Caribbean Credit(s): 3
ANTH 302 - Medical Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 306 - Human Growth and Development Credit(s): 3
ANTH 313 - Global Health Issues Credit(s): 3
ANTH 314 - Topics in Linguistics: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
ANTH 317 - Human Osteology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 336 - Forensic Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 343 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health Credit(s): 3
BIOL 210 - Nutrition Credit(s): 3
BIOL 271 - Heredity Credit(s): 3
BIOL 344 - Biology and Global Health Credit(s): 4
INTD 207 - Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Credit(s): 3
PHIL 136 - Medicine and Morality Credit(s): 3
PHIL 235 - Philosophy of Biology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 268 - Health Psychology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 385 - M/Cross-Cultural Psychology Credit(s): 3
SOCL 314 - Illness, Self, and Society Credit(s): 3
SPAN 335 - Spanish for the Professions: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3

B. Related Requirements: (0 - 3 Credits)

ANTH 216 - S/M/Race, Racism and the Black Experience in the Americas Credit(s): 3
ANTH 226 - M/Ethnography of Latin America and the Caribbean Credit(s): 3
ANTH 316 - Human Ecology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 318 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America Credit(s): 3
ANTH 382 - Ethnographic Field Methods Credit(s): 3
ECON 110 - Introductory Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
ENGL 427 - Literary Representations of Disability Credit(s): 4
FNCE 112 - Personal Finance Credit(s): 3
GEOG 102 - S/Human Geography Credit(s): 3
GEOG 123 - S/M/The Developing World Credit(s): 3
GEOG 286 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credit(s): 4
MGMT 263 - Business Law I Credit(s): 3
PLSC 224 - Government and Politics in Africa Credit(s): 3
PLSC 228 - S/M/Developing World Politics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 340 - International Law and Organization Credit(s): 3
PLSC 342 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective Credit(s): 3
PLSC 348 - Politics of International Economic Relations Credit(s): 3
PLSC 354 - Government and Politics of Latin America Credit(s): 3
PSYC 260 - Abnormal Psychology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 278 - Psychology of Happiness Credit(s): 3
PSYC 308 - Psychology of Women Credit(s): 3
PSYC 350 - Social Psychology Credit(s): 3
SOCL 102 - S/Introduction to Social Problems and Public Policy Credit(s): 3
SOCL 105 - S/M/Introduction to Global Social Change Credit(s): 3
SOCL 220 - U/Inequality, Class, and Poverty Credit(s): 3
SOCL 361 - Field Research Methods Credit(s): 3