Health and Society, BA
Program Director: Joel Benington, Ph.D.
The Health and Society majors combine coursework in Biology, Psychology, Sociology, and other disciplines, to give students an interdisciplinary perspective on human health, and the social and psychological ramifications of wellness, disease, and health care. Students completing a Health and Society major explore topics relating to healthcare from the perspective of the human body, the human mind, and human society. The division of electives into three areas ensures that students will have exposure to all three areas.
Health and Society majors who are interested in becoming physicians, and who are not already enrolled in a B.S./M.D. or B.S./D.O. degree program through the Franciscan Health Care Professions program, must apply to and be accepted by a medical school in the traditional manner. If you have questions about this, be sure to speak with the Director of the Health and Society Program, with your advisor, or with one of the university’s PreProfessional Advisors.
Requirements for B.A. in Health and Society
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | 28-33 | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY and FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY LAB | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY | ||
| INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| AN INTRO TO BIOPSYCHOLOGY | ||
| HEALTH & SOCIETY SEMINAR | ||
Statistics 4 | ||
| Select two of the following Body Electives: | 6-8 | |
| GENETICS 1 | ||
| CELL BIOLOGY 1 | ||
| GEN. MICROBIOLOGY 1 | ||
| NEUROBIOLOGY and NEUROBIOLOGY LAB 1 | ||
| BIOCHEMISTRY and BIOCHEMISTRY LAB 2 | ||
| IMMUNOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY LAB 2 | ||
| NUTRITION | ||
| BIO-KINESIOLOGY | ||
| EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY 2 | ||
| PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| Select two of the following Mind Electives: | 6 | |
| LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| CHILD & ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT | ||
| ADULT DEVELP & AGING | ||
| MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR | ||
| COGNITION | ||
| PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING | ||
| HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| CHILD DEVELOPMENT | ||
| HUMAN SEXUALITY | ||
| HEALTH ANALYTICS | ||
| DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE | ||
| SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCH | ||
| INTR CLNIC/METH-HUM.SERV | ||
| Select four of the following Society Electives: 3 | 12 | |
| PHIL. OF SCIENCE & MEDICINE | ||
| HEALTH CARE ETHICS | ||
| VALUES AT THE END OF LIFE | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY | ||
| SOCIAL PSYCH.OF ADDICTIONS | ||
| FAMILY VIOLENCE | ||
| HEALTH AND ILLNESS | ||
| Foreign Language Requirement 5 | 3 | |
| General Education Requirements | 37 | |
| General Electives, enough to reach 120 credits minimum | 21-32 | |
| Total Credits | 113-131 | |
- 1
The prerequisite for this course is BIO-105/BIOL-105 & BIO-106/BIOL-106.
- 2
This course has one or more prerequisites that are not required courses in the Health and Society major. Students who want to take this course for their Health and Society major will first have to take the prerequisites course(s).
- 3
At least one course must be taken in at least two different departments.
- 4
This requirement can be fulfilled with MATH-107, MATH-117, QMX-211, or PSYC-201 and PSYC-202.
- 5
The foreign language must be at the level of 202 or higher.
The electives in the Health and Society major are grouped in three areas: Body, Mind, and Society. Students are required to take a minimum number of electives in each area, to ensure that they have an interdisciplinary background in ideas and issues relating to health care in modern society. New courses relevant to health and society may be offered from time to time, often as Special Topics courses in different departments and programs. Such courses may fulfill Health and Society elective requirements with the approval on the Director of the Health and Society Program and relevant academic administrators.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| BIO-101 & BIOL-101 | 4 | ENG-102 | 3 |
| ENG-101 | 3 | PSYC-102 | 3 |
| BONA-101 | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| PSYC-101 | 3 | Foreign Language (202 level) | 3 |
| General Education Requirement | 3 | MATH-107 or 117 | 3 |
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| BIO-211 & BIOL-211 | 4 | BIO-212 & BIOL-212 | 4 |
| Health & Society Elective (HSOC) | 3 | Health & Society Elective (HSOC) | 3 |
| General Education Requirements | 3 | General Education Requirement | 3 |
| General Education Requirements | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | ||
| 16 | 13 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Health & Society Elective (HSOC) | 3 | Health & Society Elective (HSOC) | 3 |
| Health & Society Elective (HSOC) | 3 | Health & Society Elective (HSOC) | 3 |
| General Education Requirement | 3 | General Education Requirement | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Health & Society Elective (HSOC) | 3 | HSOC-401 | 3 |
| Health & Society Elective (HSOC) | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Credits 120 | |||