Program: Sociomedical Sciences Minor - SUNY Geneseo - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 02, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Jennifer Guzman, Coordinator

This 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 examines the correlation between trends in health and its social causes, including social inequality and structural inequities.

Total Credits Required to Complete Minor: 18-19

Exploratory Learning Electives: (15 Credits)

Choose five courses with at least one course from ANTH, at least one course from SOCL, and at least one course outside of ANTH and SOCL. At least one course must be at the 300-level or higher. Four of the courses must be taken from the Group A Core Courses list.

A. Core Courses: (4-5 Courses)

ANTH 202 - Nutrition, Disease, and Health 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 311 - Language of Healing Credit(s): 3
ANTH 313 - Global Health Issues Credit(s): 3
ANTH 326 - Race, Racism and Antiracism in the Americas Credit(s): 3
ANTH 343 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health Credit(s): 3
BIOL 210 - Nutrition Credit(s): 3
BIOL 318 - Health and Developing World Credit(s): 3
ECON 346 - Health Economics Credit(s): 3
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 235 - Philosophy of Biology Credit(s): 3
PHIL 236 - Medicine and Morality Credit(s): 3
PSYC 260 - Introduction to Psychopathology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 268 - Health Psychology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 278 - Psychology of Happiness 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 - Cross-Cultural Psychology Credit(s): 3
SOCL 213 - Sociology of Medicine Credit(s): 3
SOCL 314 - Illness, Self, and Society Credit(s): 3
SOCL 358 - Sociology of Emotions Credit(s): 3

B. Complementary Courses: 0-1 Course(s)

ANTH 226 - 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
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 - Geography of Latin America Credit(s): 3
GEOG 363 - Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa Credit(s): 3
GEOG 384 - Geography of Food Credit(s): 3
HIST 260 - Issues in the History of American Women Credit(s): 4
HIST 261 - Native American History Credit(s): 4
HIST 262 - American Indian Law and Public Policy Credit(s): 4
HIST 266 - Civil Rights Movement in America Credit(s): 4
HIST 271 - History of Latin America since 1789 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 - Inequality, Class, and Poverty Credit(s): 3
SOCL 225 - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality Credit(s): 3
SOCL 230 - Race and Ethnicity Credit(s): 3
SOCL 325 - Global Social Change 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

One Capstone Experience (3-4 Credits)

Select one of the following:
ANTH 322 - Anthropology of Borderlands Credit(s): 3
ANTH 395 - Internship in Anthropology Credit(s): As arranged
ANTH 402 - Sociomedical Sciences Capstone Credit(s): 4
BIOL 344 - Biology and Global Health Credit(s): 4
SOCL 361 - Field Research Methods Credit(s): 3
SOCL 395 - Internship Credit(s): As arranged