Upon completion of Year 1, Health and Society students are required to declare an "Area of Concentration". This must be selected from Anthropology, Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Economics, Psychology, Geography, Sociology, or Political Science. Course selection must correspond to the student's chosen concentration discipline and must be chosen from the "Concentration Courses" listed below.
Required Courses:
- Health and Society 201, 301, 311, 401, 591
- Biology 241, 243
- 9 units (1.5 full-course equivalent) Major Option (Anthropology 203, Community Rehabilitation 205, 207, Economics 201, 2032, Geography 205, 251, any 200-level Political Science, Psychology 200, 2011, Sociology 201)
- 3 units (0.5 full-course equivalent) Life Sciences Option (Any Biology course or Medical Science 341 or Kinesiology 251 or Anthropology 201 or Archaeology 203)
- 3 units (0.5 full-course equivalent) English (any 200-level English or Comparative Literature 203)
- 21 units (3.5 full-course equivalents) Concentration Courses (see below)
- 9 units (1.5 full-course equivalents) Open Option
- Medical Science 203, 205, 308, (Inquiry courses to be taken in sequence through years one to two); Health and Society 408 (to be taken in year three)
- Medical Science 407
- Medical Science 508 (Research project to be taken in final year). The research project is worth 12 units (2.0 full-course equivalents) and is offered over two terms.
- 3 units (0.5 full-course equivalent) Humanities Elective*
- 12 units (2.0 full-course equivalents) Health Science Option - (any senior-level course offered by the Faculty of Science, the Cumming School of Medicine or courses selected from Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Geography, History, International Relations, Linguistics, Indigenous Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Urban Studies)
- 6 units (1.0 full-course equivalent) Senior Option
1Students considering concentrating in psychology should take Psychology 200 and 201. It is strongly recommended that this course is completed during the first year of study to facilitate enrolment in senior-level Psychology course come the student's second year.
2Students considering concentrating in economics should take Economics 201 and 203. It is strongly recommended that these two courses are completed during the first year of study to facilitate enrolment in senior-level Economics course come the student's second year.
*Acceptable courses from the Faculty of Arts to satisfy the Humanities Elective may be selected from the following departments:
English; French, Italian and Spanish; Classics and Religion; Linguistics, Languages, and Culture; Philosophy; Medical Science 307.
CONCENTRATION COURSES**
ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology 341, 391, 393, 411 and 9 units (1.5 full-course equivalents) from Archaeology 305, 589, 595 or senior-level courses offered by the Department of Anthropology or Archaeology.
COMMUNITY REHABILITATION AND DISABILITY STUDIES
Community Rehabilitation 209, 425, one of 471 or 473 or 475 and 12 units (2.0 full-course equivalents) senior-level Community Rehabilitation courses.
ECONOMICS
Economics 337, 355, 379 and 12 units (2.0 full-course equivalents) senior-level courses by offered by the Department of Economics.
Students considering a concentration in Economics should take Economics 201 and 203 as Major options. It is strongly recommended that these two courses be completed during the first year of study to facilitate in senior-level Economics courses come the student's second year.
GEOGRAPHY
Geography 231, 251, and 339 and 12 units (2.0 full-course equivalents) Senior-level courses offered by the department of Geography
POLITICAL SCIENCES
Political Science 310, 359, 381, 399 and 6 units (1.0 full-course equivalent) Senior-level courses offered by the Department of Political Sciences
PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology 312, and 305 or 405 and 12 units (2.0 full-course equivalents) Senior-level courses offered by the department of Psychology.
Students considering a concentration in Psychology should take Psychology 200 and 201 as Major options. It is strongly recommended that this course be completed during the first year of study to facilitate in senior-level Psychology courses come the student's second year.
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology 311, 313, 315, 321, 331, 333, 413
**The above concentration courses are subject to the changes and restrictions of the department offering the course.
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