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Major Requirements

Students who are pursuing the B.A. in Health and Society are required to take at least 84 credits of coursework in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Navigating a cross-college major, multiple majors, or dual degrees can be complex, so all Health and Society majors should meet with an academic advisor to ensure their course plans are suitable.

33 credits in major courses, including:

CORE INTRODUCTORY COURSES. 9 credits.
±á³§°ä±õÌý1100Introduction to Public Health3
HSOC 1600/SOC 1300Health Care in America3
HSOC 1700/ANTH 1190Global Health Devel & Diversit3
INTRODUCTORY METHODS. 3 credits.
Choose 1 of the following:3
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý1110
Elements of Statistics
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý1410
Basic Statistical Methods 1
CORE INTERMEDIATE COURSES. 6 credits.
ARTS & SCIENCES (CAS) INTERMEDIATE COURSES. 1-2 courses/3-6 credits from the following:3-6
ANTH numbered 2170 to 2199
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý2170
Culture, Health and Healing
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý2181
Aging in Cross-Cultural Persp
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý2191
Foundations of Global Health
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý2205
Gender Sex Race & the Body
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý2410
Topics in Biological Anthro
±Ê³§³Û³§Ìý2500
Psychopathology
SOC numbered 2260 to 2339
³§°¿°äÌý2260
Crim Justice & Public Health
³§°¿°äÌý2300
Population Health Research
³§°¿°äÌý2320
Sociology of Death & Dying
³§°¿°äÌý2335
Gender, Sexualities & Medicine
NON-CAS INTERMEDIATE COURSES. Up to 1 course/3 credits from the following:0-3
±á³¢°Õ±áÌý2050
Cultural Health Care
±á³¢°Õ±áÌý2070
Human Health & the Envirnmt
±á³§°ä±õÌý2300
Health Promotion
±á³§°ä±õÌý2500
Health Communication
±á³§°ä±õÌý2600
Racism and Health Disparities
±·¹ó³§Ìý2114
Human Health in the Food Syst
±·¹ó³§Ìý2143
Nutrition in the Life Cycle
³§·¡±ÊÌý2810
Environmental Justice
CORE ADVANCED COURSES AND METHODS. 6 credits.
CAS ADVANCED COURSES. 1-2 additional courses/3-6 credits from the following:3-6
ANTH numbered 3170 through 3199
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý3192
Anthro Research Global Health
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý3850
Topics in: Health Economics
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý4850
Topics in: Health Ec (W)
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý3490
Health Politics and Policy
±Ê³§³Û³§Ìý3510
Intro to Health Psychology
³§°¿°äÌý3300
Health: Race, Class, & Gender
³§°¿°äÌý3335
Sociology of Reproduction
METHODS. Students are encouraged to take one advanced Methods course with a health-related project or placement. Choose up to 1 additional course/3 credits from the following:0-3
CAS Advanced Methods:
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý3130
Ethnographic Field Methods
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý3192
Anthro Research Global Health
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý4310
VT Legislative Research Srvc
Non-CAS Advanced Methods:
·¡¶Ù¹ó³§Ìý3090
Intro to Research Methods
±á³§°ä±õÌý3300
Hlth Promotion Prog Plan/Eval
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý3000
Med Biostat&Epidemiology
NON-CAS ADVANCED COURSES. Up to 1 course/3 credits from the following: 0-3
°ä³§¶ÙÌý3200
Culture of Disability
±á³§°ä±õÌý3100
Epi, Pub Hlth & Emerg Disease
±·¹ó³§Ìý4245
Nutrition for Global Health
ELECTIVE COURSES. 9 credits.
Course offerings for Health and Society vary frequently and often include Special Topics, Topics In, and Honors College courses. Before registration each semester, a list of eligible courses is posted as a See Also list in the Schedule of Courses (Classic Version). Many of those courses will not show up immediately in students’ degree audits. The courses listed in this table are always eligible and should automatically be applied in degree audits.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OR ABOVE CAS ELECTIVE. 1-3 additional courses/3-9 credits in CAS courses at the 2000-level or above chosen from eligible courses, which regularly include:3-9
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý2450
Microeconomic Theory
³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý2550
Qualitative Research Methods
³Ò·¡°¿³¢Ìý2410
Geohealth
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý2670
Medical Ethics
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý4310
VT Legislative Research Srvc
¸é·¡³¢Ìý2652
Mystics, Mediums, Shamans
³§°¿°äÌý2220
Sociology of the Holocaust
³§°¿°äÌý3300
Health: Race, Class, & Gender
³§°¿°äÌý3335
Sociology of Reproduction
ANTH numbered 2170 to 2199, ±Ê³§³Û³§Ìý2500, SOC numbered 2260 to 2339
ANTH numbered 3170 through 3199, ·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý3850, ·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý4850, ±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý3490, ±Ê³§³Û³§Ìý3510
OPEN ELECTIVES. Up to 6 additional credits chosen from eligible courses and experiences, which regularly include:0-6
CAS Courses: ´¡±·°Õ±áÌý1100, ´¡±·°Õ±áÌý1400, ·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý1450, ·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý1260, ±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý1675, ±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý1300, ±Ê³§³Û³§Ìý1400, ¸é·¡³¢Ìý1650, ³§°¿°äÌý1320, ³§°¿°äÌý1500
Non-CAS Courses: ´¡³§°ä±õÌý1090, °ä¶Ù´¡·¡Ìý1020, ±á³§°ä±õÌý1200, ±á³§°ä±õÌý1300, ±á³§°ä±õÌý3200, ±·¹ó³§Ìý1043, ³§°Â³§³§Ìý1040
Special Topics (CAS): ±á³§°¿°äÌý1990, ±á³§°¿°äÌý2990, ±á³§°¿°äÌý3990, ±á³§°¿°äÌý4990
Internship (CAS): ±á³§°¿°äÌý2991, ±á³§°¿°äÌý4991; or °ä´¡³§Ìý2920 or °ä´¡³§Ìý2991 with an appropriate placement
Teaching Assistantship (CAS) : ±á³§°¿°äÌý2994, ±á³§°¿°äÌý3994, ±á³§°¿°äÌý4994
Undergraduate Research (CAS): ±á³§°¿°äÌý3995, ±á³§°¿°äÌý4995
Honors (CAS): ±á³§°¿°äÌý4996
DISCIPLINARY REQUIREMENT
For interdisciplinary exposure, no more than 21 credits for the major can come from a single course prefix.
NOTES
Graduate-level courses, including those in Public Health, may be accepted as advanced courses or electives with prior approval from a Health & Society advisor. Graduate courses are often open to upper-level undergraduate students with instructor permission.
Students who are pre-health should take (µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý1400 and µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý1450) or (µþ°ä°¿¸éÌý1400 and µþ°ä°¿¸éÌý1450) or (µþ°ä°¿¸éÌý1425 and µþ°ä°¿¸éÌý2500) to meet their Natural Science Catamount Core Curriculum requirement.

Restrictions

A maximum of 9 credits may overlap between the HSOC major and the Public Health AMP (e.g., ±Ê±áÌý6010, ±Ê±áÌý6020, and/or ±Ê±áÌý6030). Students may not count both ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý3000 and ±Ê±áÌý6030 toward the HSOC major.

Pre/Co-Requisites

Introductory and intermediate courses for various subject areas may be necessary to reach some of the courses that can be applied to the major.

Other Information

In the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), only one course may overlap between a major and a minor or between two CAS majors.

Courses for the major and/or its pre/co-requisites that are cross-listed in the catalog or schedule of courses under another course prefix may be taken under that other prefix and still count for these requirements.

With the approval of the chair/director, courses that applied to the major in previous years but have since been deactivated may be applied to this year’s major requirements if they are reactivated.

For a Bachelor of Arts degree, no more than 45 credits in courses with the same departmental prefix may be used toward completion of the 120 credits required for graduation.

At least half of the credits used to complete major requirements must be taken at ¶¶Òõ̽̽.