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Accounting 010
African Area Studies 016
African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures 013
Africana Studies 014
Aging 018
American History 512
American Literature
American Studies 050
Anthropology 070
Archaeology
Armenian 078
Art 081
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Arts and Sciences 090
Asian Studies 098
Astrophysics 105
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Business Analytics and Information Technology 623
Business Law 140
Cell Biology
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Chinese 165
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Cinema Studies 175
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Communication 192
Community Development
Comparative Literature 195
Computer Science 198
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Dance 203, 206
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East Asian Languages and Area Studies 214
Economics 220
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Food Science 400
Foreign Language Proficiency Certificates
French 420
Genetics
Geography 450
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German 470
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Greek 490
Greek, Modern Greek Studies 489
Health Administration 501
Health and Society 502
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Minor Program
Hindi
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History/French Joint Major 513
History/Political Science Joint Major 514
Human Resource Management 533
Hungarian 535
Individualized Major 555
Information Technology and Informatics 547
Interdisciplinary Studies, SAS 556
Italian 560
Japanese 565
Jewish Studies 563
Journalism and Media Studies 567
Junior Year Abroad
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Labor Studies and Employment Relations 575
Landscape Architecture 550
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Latin American Studies 590
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Operations Research 711
Organizational Leadership 713
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Philosophy 730
Physics 750
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Planning and Public Policy 762
Plant Biology 776
Polish 787
Political Science 790
Portuguese 810
Psychology 830
Public Health 832
Public Policy 833
Religion 840
Russian 860
Science, Technology, and Society 880
Sexualities Studies 888
Social Justice 904
Social Work 910
Sociology 920
South Asian Studies 925
Spanish 940
Statistics and Biostatistics 960
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Ukrainian 967
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Women's and Gender Studies 988
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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2015–2017 Programs of Study and Courses for Liberal Arts Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses Health and Society 502 Minor Program  

Minor Program


The interdisciplinary minor in health and society consists of at least six courses, which must include 01:920:101 Introduction to Sociology; 01:920:210 Sociology of Medicine and Health Care; and 01:920:307 Sociology of Mental Illness. In addition, at least one elective must be taken in the Sociology department, and at least two electives from other SAS departments affiliated with the minor (see list below). No more than two courses are allowed to overlap with the major, and no more than two electives may be taken from within the same department (except Sociology).   All courses must be passed with a grade of C or better to earn credit toward the minor.

Required Sociology Courses

01:920:101  Introduction to Sociology (3)

01:920:210  Sociology of Medicine and Health Care (3)

01:920:307  Sociology of Mental Illness (3)

Elective Sociology Courses

At least one course must be selected from the following

01:920:227  Population and Society (3)

01:920:303  Social Gerontology (3)

01:920:332  Social Inequalities (3)

01:920:335  Health and Inequality (3) 

01:920:359  Environmental Sociology (3)

01:920:361  Sociology of Drug Use (3)*

01:920:410  Sociology of Alcohol Problems (3)

01:920:433  Race, Science, and Medicine (3)

01:920:434  Social Science and Public Policy (3)

01:920:438  Sociology of Age (3)

01:920:440  Sexuality and Society (3)

01:920:462  Sociology of Selected Institutions (3)

Elective Courses from other SAS Departments

At least two electives must be selected from the following course offerings. No more than two courses can be taken from each department, to ensure breadth of study.

Africana Studies

01:014:347  Health Issues in the African-American Community (3)

Anthropology

01:070:307  Medical Anthropology (3)

Biology

01:119:150  Biology, Society, and Biomedical Issues (3)

01:119:154  Genetics, Law, and Social Policy (3)

Economics

01:220:316  Health Economics (3)***

01:220:348  Economics of Social Welfare Programs***

Genetics

01:447:354  Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of the New Genetics (3)***

History

01:506:226  Contemporary Challenges in International Health (3)

01:508:328  History of Health and Healing In Africa (3)

01:508:322  Black Death to Obesity Epidemic: History of Public Health in the West (3)

01:512:121  Health and Environment in America (3)

01:512:225  Sexuality in America (3)

01:512:230  History of Medicine in Film (3)

01:512:321  Health Care and Society in America (3)

01:512:322  Drugs: A Social History (3)*

Philosophy

01:730:105 or 106  Current Moral and Social Issues (3 or 4)**

01:730:107 or 108  Introduction to Ethics (3 or 4)**

01:730:249  Bioethics (3)**

Political Science

01:790:290  Politics and Social Policy: Lessons from Europe (3)

Psychology

01:830:101  General Psychology (3)

01:830:272  Drugs And Human Behavior (3)*

01:830:333  Adolescent Development (3)

01:830:335  Adult Development and Aging  (3)

01:830:340  Abnormal Psychology (3)

01:830:377  Health Psychology (3)

Religion

01:840:112  Death and Afterlife (3)

01:840:221  Ethical Issues, Religious Responses (3)**

Women's Studies

01:988:240  Gender and Science (3)

01:988:487  Language of Women's Health and Health Policy (3)

 

Notes:

*Students may take no more than two of the following three courses:

 01:920:361  Sociology of Drug Use (3)

 01:512:322  Drugs: A Social History (3)

 01:830:272  Drugs And Human Behavior (3)

**Students may take no more than two of the following four courses:

 01:730:105 or 106  Current Moral and Social Issues (3 or 4)

 01:730:107 or 108  Introduction to Ethics (3 or 4)

 01:730:249   Bioethics (3)

 01:840:221  Ethical Issues, Religious Responses (3)

***denotes one or more prerequisites

 
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