Health Specialization

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 4 courses from the following list:

SOCI-ECON-NURS 2015H - Critical Perspectives on Aging

SOCI 3250H - Sociological Perspectives on Homelessness

SOCI-GESO 3440H - Sexuality & the Social

SOCI 4050H - Sociology of Pharmaceuticals

SOCI 4410H - Cultures of Knowledge

SOCI 4420H - Aging & the Lifecourse

SOCI-IDST-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

HIST-SOCI 2601H - Public Health and Medicine: Doctors, Nurses, and Patients in History

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