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2018-2019 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

HLT 201 - Introduction to Health and Society

Credits 3
Lecture
Requirements: Prerequisite: SOA 101, SOA 111, or PSY 101HLT 201
Cross-disciplinary debates about health, wellness and health care. The course challenges students to look critically at health care practices and understand the complexities of health policy; understand the impact of culture and historical change on understandings of health, illness and the body; and see how globalizing economies and structures of inequality shape illness, health care, and individual well-being.
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