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Courses for the field of Health Policy & Equity

| Courses | Course Descriptions |

 

The course offering for 2011-2012 is posted here.    (Note : It is subject to further changes.)

 

   Core Courses - graduate program in health

 

The core courses are intended to ensure that students have a common basic understanding of the different aspects of health studies.   (Note:  Not all of these courses are offered in every academic year.)

  1. HLTH 5010 3.0 Health and Science
  2. HLTH 5020 3.0 Health and Economics             (Download the Fall 2011 course outline here.)
  3. HLTH 5030 3.0 Health and Politics
  4. HLTH 5040 3.0 Health, Law and Ethics
  5. HLTH 5050 3.0 Perspectives in Decision Making and Information Systems
  6. HLTH 5405 3.0 Research Methods Seminar      (or CDIS 5110 3.0 Methodology which is offered in the Winter term.   Download the Winter 2012 course outline here)

 
   Field specific courses in Health Policy & Equity

 

All MA and PhD students take a minimum of two out of three of the following core Policy and Equity courses.  These courses prepare students for their comprehensive examinations.   (Note:  Not all of these courses are offered in every academic year.)

  1. HLTH 6210 3.0 Political Economy of Health Inequities
  2. HLTH 6220 3.0 Human Rights and Health Equity         (Download the Winter 2012 course outline here.)
  3. HLTH 6230 3.0 Health Equity Analytic Orientations       (Download the Fall 2011 reading list here.)

 
   Electives Offered by the graduate program in health

Electives selection will be done in consultation with the student's advisor.  This will ensure that students take electives that are most suitable to their academic needs. 

Masters students are required to complete one 3.0 credit course from among the field's electives.   Under special circumstances, MA students may take one 3.0 credit course from other graduate programs to fulfill their elective requirement with the Program Director's approval.

Direct-entry PhD students are required to complete four 3.0 credit electives:  (1) two of the electives must be within their field’s offerings and, (2) two may be from other graduate programs to fulfill their elective requirement with the Program Director's approval. 

PhD students entering with a Masters are required to complete three 3.0 credit electives:  (1) two of the electives must be from within their field's offerings and, (2) one must be from other graduate programs to fulfill their elective requirement with the Program Director's approval.

In keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of the program, PhD students may also take up to two 3.0 credit courses from other graduate programs to fulfill their elective requirements with the Program Director's approval.  

  1. HLTH 5430 3.0 Evaluation in Research
  2. HLTH 5440 3.0 Globalization, Pharmaceuticals & Health Equity
  3. HLTH 5450 3.0 Health Equity and Mental Health Policy                      (crosslisted to CDIS 5045 3.0; integrated with HLST 4140 3.0)
  4. HLTH 5455 3.0 Health Equity Human Resources – Working in Care
  5. HLTH 5465 3.0 Women and Health                          (Download the Summer 2012 course outline here.)
  6. HLTH 5480 3.0 Public Health Policy: Canada and the Global Context
  7. HLTH 6290 3.0 Genetic and Public Policy, Ethics and Law
  8. HLTH 6300 3.0 Political Economy of Global Health

(Note:  Not all of these courses are offered in every academic year.)

   Electives offered by other graduate programs at york university

 

(Note:  Not all of these courses are offered in every academic year.)

  1. ANTH 5130 3.0 Issues in Medical Anthropology
  2. CDIS 5025 3.0 History of Health Care Ethics from Ancient Times to the Present
  3. CDIS 5060 3.0 Disability in the Age of Information Technology
  4. CDIS 5065 3.0 Health Systems, Issues and Inequities in Comparative Perspective      (Integrated with: HLST 4110 3.0)
  5. CDIS 6130 3.0 International Development in Disability and Human Rights
  6. CDIS 6140 3.0 Health and Disability
  7. COSC 6412 3.0 Data Mining
  8. ECON 5459 3.0 Health Economics
  9. HIMP 6130 3.0 Strategic Management of Hospitals
  10. HIMP 6150 3.0 Financial and Managerial Control Systems in Health Care Organizations
  11. ITEC 5010 3.0 IT and Organizational Strategy
  12. ITEC 5040 3.0 Systems Requirements Management
  13. KAHS 6030 3.0 Qualitative Research Methods
  14. PHIL 6215 3.0 Theory and Practice in Bioethics: Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
  15. POLS 6175 3.0 Politics and Policies in Aging Societies
  16. POLS 6245 3.0 Global Politics of Health
  17. SOCI 6112 6.0 Quantitative Analysis
  18. SOCI 6121 3.0 Survey Design Practicum
  19. SOSC 6831 3.0 Health and Illness: Policies and Politics
  20. WMST 6221 3.0 Sexualities in International Development