This specialization features courses that focus on conceptualizations of health, illness and disease, social determinants of health, income security, Indigenous health, and the intersections of gender and health. You will explore such topics as the organization of and current “crisis” in Canadian health care, relationships between and among health professional groups, “alternative” health care, and the pharmaceutical industry. You will also have opportunities for a research practicum supervised by faculty members and/or independent research through an honours thesis.
Courses
Graduating students who have fulfilled the requirements for an Honours degree in Sociology may apply for a Specialization in Health Studies, if they have successfully completed the following 3.0 credits:
- 1.0 SOCI credits consisting of:
- SOCI 2630H: Sociology of Health and Illness
- SOCI 3631H: Sociology of Health Care
- 2.0 SOCI credits from:
- SOCI-ECON-NURS 2015H: Critical Perspectives on Aging
- SOCI 2220H: Intersecting Social Inequalities
- SOCI-ANTH-GEOG-GDST-SAFS 2500H: The world Food System
- SOCI-HIST 2601H: Public Health and Medicine: Doctors, Nurses, and Patients in History
- SOCI 3250H: Sociological Perspectives on Homelessness
- SOCI-SAFS-CAST-ERST 3341H: The Canadian Food System: Community Perspectives and Experiences
- SOCI-GESO 3440H: Sexuality & the Social
- SOCI-HIST 3630H: Plagues, Poxes and Pandemics: Disease in History from the Black Death to COVID
- SOCI 4050H: Sociology of Pharmaceuticals
- SOCI 4410H: Cultures of Knowledge
- SOCI 4420H: Aging & the Lifecourse
- SOCI 4510H: Sport, Physical Culture, and Well-Being
- SOCI-GDST-ANTH 4512H: Contemporary Issues in Global Health
- SOCI-CAST-GESO 4550Y/4551H: Gender and Disability in Canada
- SOCI 4620H: Studies in Social Policy
- SOCI 4850H: Sociology of the Body
Achieve a greater understanding of the complex and stratified factors that impact how health and wellness is experienced in our society and by social groups.