Aug 16, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Health and Society BA


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All courses counting for the major must be completed with a C- or higher.

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Recognize the interconnections between physical, mental, and social dimensions of human health and well-being;  

  2. Identify and analyze the social, cultural, political, and economic factors that impact health-related needs, behaviors, and beliefs of diverse populations;  

  3. Analyze the impact of structural violence and systemic inequalities along the lines of race, class, gender, global location on the health status of diverse populations; 

  4. Identify and assess solutions based on insights from the social sciences and humanities that address root causes of challenges to human health and/or contribute to improving human health.   

  5. Recognize key ethical principals that guide public health and health-related decisions;  

  6. Utilize basic skills in mixed-method social scientific research and demonstrate a critical understanding of knowledge production;  

  7. Utilize effective oral and written modes of communicating with diverse audiences about public health and health-related policy issues.  

 

Students are expected to complete:

Foundational Courses: 15 credits


Elective Courses: 21 credits


Seven Electives selected from the approved list of HLT electives.  A total of seven electives: must include a minimum of six 300-level courses and one additional 200- or 300-level course from a minimum of four different departments. Substitutions must be approved by the Program Director.

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