Sociomedical Sciences Minor

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Melanie Medeiros, Coordinator (Bailey 149)

The interdisiplinary 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. The minor focuses 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 inequities.

Total Credits Required to Complete Minor: 18

Basic Requirements: (9 Credits)

Two Foundational Courses

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

One Capstone Experience-Select from 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):

Exploratory Learning Electives: (9 Credits)

Choose at least three courses, from at least two different pre-fixes, with at least one 300-level. At least six credits must be completed with courses listed in Group A.

A. Core Courses: (6 - 9 Credits)

ANTH 216 - S/M/Race, Racism and the Black Experience in the Americas Credit(s): 3
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 343 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health Credit(s): 3
BIOL 210 - Nutrition Credit(s): 3
BIOL 235 - M/Disease and the Developing World Credit(s): 3
BIOL 271 - Heredity Credit(s): 3
BIOL 344 - Biology and Global Health Credit(s): 4
ECON 346 - Health Economics Credit(s):
ENGL 427 - Literary Representations of Disability Credit(s): 4
HIST 275 - Global History of Sexual Science 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 260 - Abnormal Psychology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 268 - Health Psychology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 308 - Psychology of Women Credit(s): 3
PSYC 365 - Clinical Psychology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 366 - Developmental Psychopathology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 385 - M/Cross-Cultural Psychology Credit(s): 3
SOCL 314 - Illness, Self, and Society Credit(s): 3
SOCL 358 - Sociology of Emotions Credit(s): 3
SPAN 335 - Spanish for the Professions: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3

B. Complementary Courses: (0 - 3 Credits)

ANTH 226 - M/Anthropology 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
BLKS 200 - Introduction to Black Studies Credit(s): 3
BLKS 220 - Black Lives Matter: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
GEOG 286 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credit(s): 4
GEOG 362 - M/Geography of Latin America Credit(s): 3
GEOG 363 - M/Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa Credit(s): 3
GEOG 384 - Geography of Food Credit(s): 3
HIST 260 - S/U/Issues in the History of American Women Credit(s): 4
HIST 261 - M/U/Native American History Credit(s): 4
HIST 262 - S/M/American Indian Law and Public Policy Credit(s): 4
HIST 266 - S/U/Civil Rights Movement in America Credit(s): 4
PLSC 360 - Developing World Politics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 362 - Government and Politics in Africa Credit(s): 3
PLSC 412 - American Social Welfare Policy Credit(s): 3
PLSC 442 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective Credit(s): 3
PLSC 454 - Government and Politics of Latin America Credit(s): 3
SOCL 201 - Black Women in American Society Credit(s): 3
SOCL 220 - U/Inequality, Class, and Poverty Credit(s): 3
SOCL 225 - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality Credit(s): 3
SOCL 230 - S/U/Race and Ethnicity Credit(s): 3
WGST 230 - Introduction to Queer Studies Credit(s): 3
WGST 310 - Race, Class, and Gender Credit(s): 3
WGST 320 - Gender and Sexualities Credit(s): 3