Health and Societies: Disease and Culture, BA
Postgraduate
In Philadelphia (USA)
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Philadelphia (USA)
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Start date
Different dates available
The Health and Societies (HSOC) major examines health and medicine in social context, equipping students with the critical faculties and multidisciplinary skills that will prepare them for careers in public health, health services, and a variety of other arenas. The program is built on the foundation of three core disciplines: anthropology, history, and sociology. Methods and courses from other disciplines and fields—including epidemiology, political science, business/economics, law, environmental studies, and bioethics—supplement the core disciplines and provide majors with the variety of skills necessary to grasp the forces that have shaped our contemporary health landscapes. The Health and Societies graduate is a "multilingual" scholar and citizen, fluent in the methods and perspectives of several social science disciplines--- theoretically informed but practically minded, with a global outlook and local experience.
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Subjects
- Medical training
- Medical
Course programme
Comparative Medicine
Introduction to Sociological Research
Health of Populations.
Health of Populations
Medicine in History
American Health Policy
The Peoples Health
Introduction to Medical Anthropology
Medical Sociology
Social Determinants of Health
Disease & Society
Disease and Human Evolution
Cultures of Science and Technology
Medicine and the Language of Pain
Freud: The Invention of Psychoanalysis
Science of Sex & Sexuality
Medicine in History (if not used for core historical requirement)
The Peoples Health (if not used for core historical requirement)
History of Bioethics
Fundamentals of Epidemiology
Social Determinants of Health
Birth Culture and Medical Technology
Disease & Society
Obesity and Society
Health of Populations
Mental Illness
Science Technology and War
You may count no more than one course toward both a Major and a Sector requirement. For Exceptions, check the Policy Statement.
Research Seminar Health and Society
Honors Thesis
Health and Societies: Disease and Culture, BA