Honours Health Studies (B.A.)

Admission

Enrolment in this program is limited and possession of the published minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. Selection is based on academic achievement but requires, as a minimum, completion of any Level I program with a minimum Grade Point Average of 5.0 including credit in HLTHAGE 1BB3  and a grade of at least C in HLTHAGE 1AA3 . For continuation in the program, see Minimum Requirements for Entering and Continuing in a Program Beyond Level I .

Notes

1. See Admission to Level II Programs  in Academic Regulations  in this section of the Calendar.
2. Courses other than those listed below in the Course List may be substituted with the prior permission of the Chair. Students wishing to apply for substitutions must contact the Administrator of the Department of Health, Aging and Society. Given the extensive curriculum revisions that have been made, students are strongly encouraged to review course antirequisites in the course Lists section of the Calendar.
3. Students who have completed HEALTHST 2B03 and 3G03 or HLTH AGE 2A06 or 3Z06 (or equivalent) are not required to complete HLTHAGE 2A03  and 3B03  or 3G03 .
4. Students with prior credit in GERONTOL or HEALTHST courses may consult the Health, Aging and Society Administrator to determine eligibility toward degree requirements.
5. Students may take a maximum of 9 units from HLTHAGE 4B03 , 4C03 , 4D03 , 4F03 , 4G03 , 4I03 , 4J03 , 4N03 ,  4O03 , 4Q03 , 4R03 , 4S03 , 4T03 , 4Z06 A/B .

Course List

Students are responsible for ensuring that course prerequisites are fulfilled.

• ANTHROP 2AN3 - The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
• ANTHROP 2U03 - Plagues and People
• ANTHROP 3C03 - Health and Environment: Anthropological Approaches
• ANTHROP 3HI3 - The Anthropology of Health, Illness and Healing
• ANTHROP 3Y03 - Aboriginal Community Health and Well-Being
• ECON 2CC3 - Health Economics and its Application to Health Policy
• ECON 3Z03 - Health Economics
• GEOG 2HI3 - Geographies of Death and Disease
• GEOG 3HH3 - Geography of Health and Health Care
• GEOG 3HP3 - Population Growth and Aging
• GEOG 4HH3 - Environment and Health
• HISTORY 2EH3 - The Social History of Cancer
• HTHSCI 2G03 - Epidemiology
• INDIGST 3H03 - Indigenous Medicine I - Philosophy
• INDIGST 3HH3 - Indigenous Medicine II - Practical
• KINESIOL 3A03 - History of Exercise and Sports Medicine
• KINESIOL 3S03 - Somatics
• KINESIOL 3SS3 - Body, Mind, Spirit
• LABRST 3D03 - Work: Dangerous to your Health?
• PEACEST 3B03 - Peace-Building and Health Initiatives
• PHILOS 2D03 - Bioethics
• PHILOS 3C03 - Advanced Bioethics
• POL SCI 3M03
• PSYCH 2AP3 - Abnormal Psychology: Fundamentals and Major Disorders
• PSYCH 3B03 - Special Populations
• RELIGST 2C03 - Moral Issues
• RELIGST 2M03 - Death and Dying: Comparative Views
• RELIGST 2N03 - Death and Dying: the Western Experience
• RELIGST 2WW3 - Health, Healing and Religion
• SOCWORK 3C03 - Social Aspects of Health and Illness
• SOCWORK 3O03 - Social Work and Sexualities
• SOCIOL 3G03 - Sociology of Health Care
• SOCIOL 3HH3 - Sociology of Health

Requirements

120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which 48 units may be Level I