Nov 27, 2024

2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Sociomedical Sciences, B.A.

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Sociomedical Sciences

Melanie Medeiros, Coordinator (Bailey 149)

The Sociomedical Sciences major 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.

Program Learning Outcomes

In completing the Sociomedical Sciences program, the successful student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate understanding of concepts and theoretical principles central to the sociomedical sciences, including but not limited to:

a.  social, economic, political, environmental, cultural and biological determinants of health
b.  intersectionality
c.  structural and social inequality
d.  health disparities, inequality and inequity
e.  cross-cultural conceptions of and practices associated with illness, health, and healing
f.  complementary and alternative medicine and integrative medicine
g. cultural and structural competence
h.  biopower and biopolitics.

2. Demonstrate the following critical thinking, writing and oral communication skills:

a.  Reading and understanding published scholarship in allied subfields of sociomedical sciences, including medical anthropology, medical sociology, public health, epidemiology, biology, geography, psychology, and political science.
b.  Synthesizing scholarship in both writing and speech
c.  Arguing a thesis in writing both persuasively and effectively, following accepted usage rules
d.  Sharing the results of a scholarly project in an oral presentation

3. Engage in effective field research methods and data analysis:

a.  Design and implement an independent research project
b.  Employ interdisciplinary research and data analysis methods to examine an issue or topic related to health and medicine
c.  Understand and observe ethical guidelines for research with human subjects
d.  Gather and analyze participant observation and qualitative interviews

General Education Requirements (30-46 Credits)

Prerequisite coursework may be required to satisfy certain General Education courses and will count as elective credit.

Total Credits Required to Complete Major: 43:44

Basic Requirements: (36 Credits)

Four Foundations Courses:

ANTH 202 - S/M/Nutrition, Disease, and Health Credit(s): 3
SOCL 213 - Sociology of Medicine Credit(s): 3
ANTH 302 - Medical Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 306 - Human Growth and Development Credit(s): 3

One Capstone Course in Sociomedical Sciences

ANTH 402 - Sociomedical Sciences Capstone Credit(s): 3

Exploratory Learning Electives:

Take 21 elective credits with at least three different prefixes from lists A. (at least 15 credits) and B. (at least 3 credits), at least 9 credits must be at the 300-level or above

A. Core Courses (15-18 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 313 - Global Health Issues Credit(s): 3
ANTH 314 - Topics in Linguistics: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 ^A
ANTH 317 - Human Osteology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 336 - Forensic Anthropology Credit(s): 3 ^A
ANTH 343 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health Credit(s): 3
ANTH 395 - Internship in Anthropology Credit(s): 3-15 as arranged
BIOL 119 - N/General Biology: Diversity, Physiology, Ecology Credit(s): 3 ^A
BIOL 210 - Nutrition Credit(s): 3
BIOL 222 - Genetics Credit(s): 3 ^A
BIOL 271 - Heredity Credit(s): 3
BIOL 330 - Immunology Credit(s): 4 ^A
BIOL 334 - Biology of Cancer Credit(s): 3 ^A
BIOL 342 - Parasitology Credit(s): 4 ^A
BIOL 344 - Biology and Global Health Credit(s): 4 ^A
BIOL 349 - Principles of Microbiology Credit(s): 4 ^A
BIOL 365 - Anatomy & Physiology I Credit(s): 4 ^A
BIOL 366 - Anatomy & Physiology II Credit(s): 4 ^A
ECON 346 - Health Economics Credit(s): ^A
ENGL 427 - Literary Representations of Disability Credit(s): 4 ^A
HIST 275 - Global History of Sexual Science Credit(s): 4
INTD 207 - Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Credit(s): 3
PHIL 235 - Philosophy of Biology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 260 - Abnormal Psychology Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 268 - Health Psychology Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 280 - Sport and Exercise Psychology Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 308 - Psychology of Women Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 335 - Behavioral Pharmacology Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 365 - Clinical Psychology Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 366 - Developmental Psychopathology Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 385 - M/Cross-Cultural Psychology Credit(s): 3 ^A
SOCL 314 - Illness, Self, and Society Credit(s): 3 ^A
SOCL 358 - Sociology of Emotions Credit(s): 3 ^A
SPAN 335 - Spanish for the Professions: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 ^A

B. Complementary Courses: (3-6 Credits)

ACCT 102 - Introduction to Financial Accounting Credit(s): 3
ACCT 103 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting Credit(s): 3
ANTH 100 - S/M/Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 105 - S/Introduction to Physical Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 120 - S/Language and Culture Credit(s): 3
ANTH 226 - M/Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean Credit(s): 3
ANTH 307 - Anthropology of Development Credit(s): 3
ANTH 316 - Human Ecology Credit(s): 3 ^A
ANTH 318 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America Credit(s): 3 ^A
ANTH 382 - Ethnographic Field Methods Credit(s): 3
BLKS 200 - Introduction to Black Studies Credit(s): 3
BLKS 220 - Black Lives Matter: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
ECON 110 - Introductory Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
ECON 210 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Credit(s): 3 ^A
ECON 330 - Public Finance Credit(s): 3 ^A
ECON 340 - Environmental Economics Credit(s): 3 ^A
ECON 356 - Women and the Economy Credit(s): 3 ^A
ENVR 124 - S/Environmental Issues Credit(s): 3
ENVR 350 - Urban Environmental Issues in Latin America 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 ^A
GEOG 363 - M/Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa Credit(s): 3 ^A
GEOG 384 - Geography of Food Credit(s): 3 A
HIST 164 - S/U/African American History from 1877 Credit(s): 4
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
HIST 271 - S/M/History of Latin America since 1789 Credit(s): 4
PLSC 110 - S/U/American Politics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 120 - S/Comparative Politics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 140 - S/International Politics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 357 - Gender and Law Credit(s): 3 ^A
PLSC 360 - Developing World Politics Credit(s): 3 ^A
PLSC 362 - Government and Politics in Africa Credit(s): 3
PLSC 374 - Public Administration Credit(s): 3
PLSC 412 - American Social Welfare Policy Credit(s): 3
PLSC 442 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective Credit(s): 3 ^A
PLSC 454 - Government and Politics of Latin America Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 100 - Introductory Psychology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 275 - S/Environmental Psychology Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 278 - Psychology of Happiness Credit(s): 3 ^A
PSYC 350 - Social Psychology Credit(s): 3 ^A
SOCL 100 - S/Introduction to Sociology 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 201 - Black Women in American Society Credit(s): 3 ^A
SOCL 220 - U/Inequality, Class, and Poverty Credit(s): 3
SOCL 225 - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality Credit(s): 3 ^A
SOCL 230 - S/U/Race and Ethnicity Credit(s): 3
SOCL 325 - Global Social Change Credit(s): 3 ^A
WGST 100 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies 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

Footnotes

^AStudents need to complete pre-/co-requisites for these courses.

Related Requirements: (7-8 Credits)

BIOL 103 - Human Biology Credit(s): 3 and
BIOL 104 - N/Human Biology Laboratory Credit(s): 1
or
BIOL 116 - N/General Biology Laboratory Credit(s): 2 and
BIOL 117 - General Biology: Cells, Genetics, Evolution Credit(s): 3
One of the following:
ECON 205 - Business and Economic Statistics Credit(s): 3
GEOG 278 - R/Statistics in Geography Credit(s): 3
MATH 242 - R/Elements of Probability and Statistics Credit(s): 3
MATH 262 - R/Applied Statistics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 251 - R/Modern Political Analysis Credit(s): 3
PSYC 250 - R/Introduction to Behavioral Statistics Credit(s): 3
SOCL 211 - R/Statistics for Social Research Credit(s): 3

Minimum Competence Requirement

A grade of C- or better is required for all courses used in fulfillment of the Sociomedical Sciences Major.

Department Writing Requirement

Courses offered in the Sociomedical Sciences at the 200 level or above require significant writing assignments. Successful completion of ANTH 402 fulfills the writing requirement.

Outline/Advising Guide

First Year

Fall (14-15 Credit Hours)

INTD 105 - Writing Seminar: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
INTD 106 - Conventions of College Writing Credit(s): 1
BIOL 116 - N/General Biology Laboratory Credit(s): 2
BIOL 117 - General Biology: Cells, Genetics, Evolution Credit(s): 3
or
N/ Credit(s): 4
Foreign Language Credit(s): 3
S/ Credit(s): 3

Spring (16 Credit Hours)

ECON 205 - Business and Economic Statistics Credit(s): 3 or
GEOG 278 - R/Statistics in Geography Credit(s): 3 or
MATH 242 - R/Elements of Probability and Statistics Credit(s): 3 or
MATH 262 - R/Applied Statistics Credit(s): 3 or
PLSC 251 - R/Modern Political Analysis Credit(s): 3 or
PSYC 250 - R/Introduction to Behavioral Statistics Credit(s): 3 or
SOCL 211 - R/Statistics for Social Research Credit(s): 3
BIOL 103 - Human Biology Credit(s): 3
BIOL 104 - N/Human Biology Laboratory Credit(s): 1
or
N/ Credit(s): 4

Foreign Language Credit(s): 3
F/ Credit(s): 3
Elective Credits(s): 3

Second Year

Fall (16 Credit Hours)

ANTH 202 - S/M/Nutrition, Disease, and Health Credit(s): 3
HUMN 220 - W/H/Western Humanities I Credit(s): 4 or
HUMN 221 - W/H/Western Humanities II Credit(s): 4
Foreign Language Credit(s): 3
U/ Credit(s): 3
F/ Credit(s): 3

Spring (15 Credit Hours)

ANTH 306 - Human Growth and Development Credit(s): 3
Major Elective 1 Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Third Year

Fall (15 Credit Hours)

SOCL 213 - Sociology of Medicine Credit(s): 3
Major Elective 2 Credit(s): 3
Major Elective 3 Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Spring (15 Credit Hours)

ANTH 302 - Medical Anthropology Credit(s): 3
Major Elective 4 Credit(s): 3
Major Elective 5 Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Fourth Year

Fall (15 Credit Hours)

ANTH 402 - Sociomedical Sciences Capstone Credit(s): 3
Major Elective 6 Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Spring (13-14 Credit Hours)

Major Elective 7 Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 1-2

Sociomedical Sciences, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

General Education Requirements (30-46 Credits)

Total Credits Required to Complete Major: 43:44

Basic Requirements: (36 Credits)

Four Foundations Courses:

One Capstone Course in Sociomedical Sciences

Exploratory Learning Electives:

A. Core Courses (15-18 Credits)

B. Complementary Courses: (3-6 Credits)

Footnotes

Related Requirements: (7-8 Credits)

Minimum Competence Requirement

Department Writing Requirement

Outline/Advising Guide

First Year

Fall (14-15 Credit Hours)

Spring (16 Credit Hours)

Second Year

Fall (16 Credit Hours)

Spring (15 Credit Hours)

Third Year

Fall (15 Credit Hours)

Spring (15 Credit Hours)

Fourth Year

Fall (15 Credit Hours)

Spring (13-14 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 120