Combined Honours in Health Studies and Another Subject (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 Cumulative Average of 5.0, credit in HLTH AGE 1BB3  and a grade of at least C in HLTH AGE 1AA3  and satisfaction of admission requirements for the Honours program in the other B.A. subject. For continuation in the program, see Minimum Requirements for Entering and Continuing in a Program Beyond Level I .

Notes

1. Application for admission must be made by April 1. See Admission to Level II Programs  in Academic Regulations  in this section of the Calendar.
2. Students are strongly encouraged to complete HLTH AGE 2A03  and 3B03  or 3G03  to satisfy the Research Methods requirement of the degree, but may complete the Research Methods course(s) as required by the other subject and replace these with equal units of Health, Aging and Society or Course List courses. Given the extensive curriculum revisions that have been made, students are strongly encouraged to review course antirequisites in the Course Listings section of the Calendar.
3. Students with prior credit in GERONTOL or HEALTHST courses may consult the Health, Aging and Society Administrator to determine eligibility toward degree requirements.

Course List

Students are responsible for ensuring that course prerequisites are fulfilled.

• ANTHROP 2AN3 - The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
• ANTHROP 2C03 - Archaeology of Environmental Crisis and Response
• ANTHROP 2FF3 - Human Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology
• 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
• ANTHROP 4S03 - The Anthropology of Infectious Disease
• 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
• HTH SCI 2G03 - Epidemiology
• HTH SCI 2J03 - Health, Attitude and Behaviour
• HTH SCI 3Y03
• INDIG ST 3H03 - Indigenous Medicine I - Philosophy
• INDIG ST 3HH3 - Indigenous Medicine II - Practical
• KINESIOL 3A03 - History of Exercise and Sports Medicine
• KINESIOL 3S03 - Somatics
• KINESIOL 3SS3 - Body, Mind, Spirit
• LABR ST 3D03 - Work: Dangerous to your Health?
• PHILOS 2D03 - Moral Issues
• PHILOS 3C03 - Advanced Bioethics
• PSYCH 2AP3 - Abnormal Psychology: Fundamentals and Major Disorders
• PSYCH 3B03 - Special Populations
• RELIG ST 2C03 - Moral Issues
• RELIG ST 2M03 - Death and Dying: Comparative Views
• RELIG ST 2N03 - Death and Dying: the Western Experience
• RELIG ST 2WW3 - Health, Healing and Religion
• SOC WORK 3C03 - Social Aspects of Health and Illness
• SOC WORK 3O03 - Social Work and Sexualities
• SOCIOL 3G03 - Sociology of Health Care
• SOCIOL 3HH3 - Sociology of Health
• SOCIOL 4G03 - Advanced Topics in the Sociology of Health and Illness

Requirements

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