This specialization offers students several courses throughout their degree program that focus on conceptualizations of health, illness and disease, social determinants of health, income security, Indigenous health, and the intersections of gender and health. In their final year, students explore such topics as the current ‘crisis’ in health care, and the pharmaceutical industry, with opportunities for research practicum with faculty members.
For more detailed information on the courses listed below please visit: https://www.trentu.ca/sociology/program/course-listing
Required Courses
SOCI 2630H - Sociology of Health & Illness
SOCI 3631H - Sociology of Healthcare
Students must also complete 3.0 credits from these courses:
- 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-CRIM 3250H - Understanding 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 4430H: Key Concepts in Sociological Analysis
- SOCI 4510H - Sport, Physical Culture & 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
- Prior approval from the department required:
- Reading courses (SOCI 3900Y, 3901H, 3902H, 4900Y, 4901H, 4902H)
- Community based research courses (SOCI 3570Y, 3580H, 4570Y, 4580H)
- Research practical (SOCI 4021Y, 4022H, 4023H)
- Thesis courses, primarily health-focused content (SOCI 4010Y or 4020D)