Honours Health and Society (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 a grade of at least C in HLTHAGE 1AA3  or HLTHAGE 1ZZ3 . 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 the Faculty of Social Sciences 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. 
3. Students who register in HLTHAGE 4Z06 A/B  may take a maximum of 12 units, comprised of 3 units from HLTHAGE 4AB3 , 4B03 , 4BB3 , 4BC3 , 4C03 , 4CH3 , 4D03 , 4F03 , 4G03 , 4I03 , 4J03 , 4N03 , 4O03 , 4Q03 , 4R03 , 4S03 , 4T03 , 4U03 ; 3 units from HLTHAGE 4AB3 , 4B03 , 4BB3 , 4BC3 , 4C03 , 4CH3 , 4D03 , 4F03 , 4G03 , 4H03 , 4I03 , 4J03 , 4L03 , 4M03 , 4N03 , 4O03 , 4P03 , 4Q03 , 4R03 , 4S03 , 4T03 , 4U03 , 4W03 ; and 6 units of HLTHAGE 4Z06 A/B . Otherwise, they may take a maximum of 9 units, comprised of 6 units from HLTHAGE 4AB3 , 4B03 , 4BB3 , 4BC3 , 4C03 , 4CH3 , 4D03 , 4F03 , 4G03 , 4I03 , 4J03 , 4N03 , 4O03 , 4Q03 , 4R03 , 4S03 , 4T03 , 4U03 ; and 3 units from HLTHAGE 4AB3 , 4B03 , 4BB3 , 4BC3 , 4C03 , 4CH3 , 4D03 , 4F03 , 4G03 , 4H03 , 4I03 , 4J03 , 4L03 , 4M03 , 4N03 , 4O03 , 4P03 , 4Q03 , 4R03 , 4S03 , 4T03 , 4U03 , 4W03 .
4. HLTHAGE 1BB3 - Introduction to Aging and Society  must be completed by the end of 60 units.

Requirements

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

Course List

Students are responsible for ensuring that course prerequisites are fulfilled.

• ANTHROP 2AN3 - Food and Nutrition in Society
• ANTHROP 2HI3 - Medical Anthropology
• ANTHROP 2U03 - Plagues and People
• ANTHROP 3Y03 - Indigenous Community Health and Wellbeing
• ECON 2CC3 - Health Economics and its Application to Health Policy
• ECON 3Z03 - Health Economics
• ENGLISH 3NH3
• ENVSOCTY 2HI3 - Health and Place
• ENVSOCTY 3HP3 - Population, Health and Aging
• ENVSOCTY 4HC3 - Public and Community Health
• ENVSOCTY 4HH3 - Environment and Health
• HTHSCI 2G03 - Statistics & Epidemiology 1
• INDIGST 3H03 - Indigenous Medicine I: Philosophy
• INDIGST 3HH3 - Indigenous Medicine II: Practical
• INDIGST 3P03 - Dish with One Spoon Health, Diet and Traditional Botany
• INDIGST 4HH3 - Indigenous Health and Interdisciplinary Approaches
• MUSIC 2MT3 - Introduction to the Practice of Music Therapy
• PEACJUST 3B03 - Peace-Building and Health Initiatives
• PHILOS 2D03 - Bioethics
• PHILOS 3C03 - Advanced Bioethics
• PSYCH 2AP3 - Psychological Perspectives on Mental Health
• PSYCH 3B03 - Special Populations
• SCAR 2ER3 - Religion, the Body, and the Machine
• SCAR 2M03 - Death and Dying: Comparative Views
• SCAR 2MT3 - Asian Meditation Traditions
• SCAR 2N03 - Death and Dying: The Western Experience
• SCAR 2WW3 - Health, Healing and Religion: Western Perspectives
• SCAR 2WX3 - Health, Healing and Religion: Comparative Views
• SOCWORK 3C03 - Social Aspects of Health and Illness
• SOCWORK 3O03 - Social Work and Sexualities
• SOCIOL 3G03 - Sociology of Health Care
• SOCIOL 3HH3
• WORKLABR 3D03 - Workers’ Health and Well-Being in a Changing World

• (See Note 2 above.)