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