Health and Society HSOC
Instruction offered by members of the Faculty of Medicine.
Contact - Bachelor of Health Sciences program office
Junior Course
Health and Society 201 H(3-0)
Introduction to Health and Society
A cross-cultural and historical introduction to definitions and models of health, disease, and illness. Introduction to basic concepts in population health: mortality, morbidity, incidence, prevalence, rates; examination of schemes for critical appraisal of scientific studies in the health sciences; an overview of areas of concentration in the field of Health and Society.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the BHSc Health and Society Major or Minor.
Senior Courses
Health and Society 301 H(3-0)
Determinants of Health
A broad based, interdisciplinary overview of models of the determinants of health. Includes an analysis of evidence of the relatived influence of environmental factors, health services, lifestyles and health behaviours, social and economic factors, biological predispositions, and a critical analysis of the mechanisms and power relations involved in the societal uptake of various conceptions.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the BHSc Health and Society Major or Minor.
Corequisites: Prerequisite or Corequisite: Health and Society 201.
Health and Society 311 H(3-0)
Health Services and Health Systems
Introduction to the health policy process, health care insurance, financing and delivery of health care, history of medicine, the legal basis for the Canadian health system, and public health, in international and historical perspective.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the BHSc Health and Society Major or Minor and Health and Society 201.
Health and Society 401 H(3-0)
Foundations of Health Research Methods
An examination of the underlying principles and assumptions in the methodologies of the social and life sciences with emphasis upon health phenomena. Special consideration will be placed on a critical assessment of the theoretical and philosophical foundations of the varied methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative, which figure in the study of human health. .
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the BHSc Health and Society Major or Minor, Health and Society 201 and 301.
Health and Society 591 H(3S-0)
Advanced Seminar in Health and Society
An advanced seminar involving critical analysis of contemporary health issues. Topics vary from year-to-year, but are always drawn from the current academic literature, from the public policy arena, and/or from the popular media.
Prerequisites: Health and Society 401 and registration in the BHSc Honours Health and Society major.