AP/SOSC 2110 6.00

A Critical Study Of Health & Society

In this course, students gain a critical understanding of the values and the beliefs that inform how health is conceptualized and experienced, and how these concepts are negotiated and change over time.  Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary and disciplinary fields, such as anthropology, sociology, history, gender and sexuality studies, and critical race and disability studies, we examine dominant health discourses and the paradigms that underpin healthcare practices associated with health promotion and public health, biomedicine, pharmaceutical production, and alternative forms of healthcare. To help students understand the complexities associated with health and healthcare, course materials utilize both theoretical and applied perspectives.

In assignments, students are encouraged to make connections between what they experience in their own lives and their communities and the material covered in the course.