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Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Calendar 2009-2010 Faculty of Medicine 4. Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours 4.5 Program Details 4.5.3 Health and Society Major
4.5.3 Health and Society Major

Upon completion of Year 1, Health and Society students are required to declare a "Social Sciences area of concentration." This must be selected from Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, Geography, Sociology, or Political Science. Course selection must correspond to the student's chosen concentration discipline and must be chosen from the "Grid for Social Sciences Concentration Courses".

Required Courses:

The BHSc Health and Society major consists of 20 FCE.

  • 2.5 FCE Health and Society 201, 301, 311, 401, 591
  • 0.5 FCE Biology 231
  • 0.5 FCE Mathematics 249 or 251 or 281
  • 1.5 FCE Major Option (Anthropology203, Psychology2051, Sociology201, Geography205, Economics 201, 2032, any 200-level Political Science, Social Work201)
  • 0.5 FCE Life Sciences Option (Biology233, Kinesiology251, 261, Anthropology201, Archaeology203)
  • 0.5 FCE English (any half-course equivalent 200-level English or Comparative Literature201, 203)
  • 0.5 FCE Biology233, 3053, Medical Science341
  • 3.5 FCE Concentration Courses (See Table 1)
  • 1.5 FCE Open Option
  • 3.0 FCE (Inquiry Courses) Medical Science203, 205, 308, (to be taken in sequence through years one to two); Health and Society408 (to be taken in year three)
  • 1.0 FCE Medical Science307 and Medical Science407
  • 2.0 FCE (Research Project) Medical Science508 (to be taken in final year). The research project is worth 2.0 full-course equivalents and is offered over two terms.
  • 0.5 FCE Medical Humanities Elective - (any course offered by the Faculty of Humanities)
  • 1.5 FCE Health Science Option - (any senior-level course offered by the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Medical Science course)
  • 0.5 FCE Senior Option

1Students considering concentrating in psychology should take Psychology 205. 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.

3Credit for Kinesiology 261 and Biology 305 is not allowed.

Grid for Social Sciences Concentration Courses*

Anthropology Economics Geography Political Science Psychology Sociology
Courses 341, 391, 393, 411 and 1.5 FCE from Archaeology 305, 589, 595 or senior-level courses from the Department of Anthropology or Archaeology.

Economics 337, 355, 379, and 2.0 FCE senior-level courses from the Department of Economics

231, 251 and 339 and 2.0 FCE senior-level courses offered by Department of Geography

310, 359, 381, 399 and 1.0 FCE senior-level courses offered by Department of Political Science 312, and 305 or 405 and 2.0 FCE senior-level courses offered by Department of Psychology

311, 313, 315, 321, 331, 333, 413

*Courses listed in this table are subject to the changes and restrictions of the department offering the course.