Social Studies of Medicine Minor Concentration (B.A. & Sc.)

18 credits · Bachelor of Arts and Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Complementary Courses (18 credits)

18 credits from the following (at least 3 credits from each of the three groups):

History of Medicine

  • HIST 249 Health and the Healer in Western History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 319 The Scientific Revolution (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 335 Science and Medicine in Canada (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 356 Medicine in the Medieval West (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 381 Colonial Africa (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 424 Gender, Sexuality and Medicine (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 430 Topics in Modern Medicine (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 452 Topics in Pre-Modern Medicine (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 457 Topics in Medical History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 558 Modern Medicine: Seminar (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 559 Modern Medicine: Research (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 567D1 Seminar: Medieval Medicine (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 567D2 Seminar: Medieval Medicine (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Anthropology of Medicine

  • ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ANTH 302 New Horizons in Medical Anthropology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ANTH 314 Psychological Anthropology 01 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ANTH 325 Anthropology of the Self (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ANTH 407 Anthropology of the Body (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 423 Mind, Brain and Psychopathology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ANTH 438 Topics in Medical Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 480 Special Topic 5 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ANTH 481 Special Topic 6 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Sociology of Medicine

  • SOCI 225 Medicine and Health in Modern Society (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 309 Health and Illness (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOCI 310 Sociology of Mental Health (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 365 Health and Development (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 515 Medicine and Society (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 525 Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 538 Selected Topics in Sociology of Biomedical Knowledge (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 588 Biosociology/Biodemography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

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