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Health Care-Social IssuesHealth caresocial issues is an interdisciplinary minor designed to enhance students' competence in analyzing complex social and ethical implications and ramifications of health care issues, policies, and delivery systems. Students gain an understanding of how the economy, culture, technology, sociological and psychological processes influence modern health care. Although it is administered by Warren College, it is available to all UCSD students with a general interest in health care as well as to students considering health care careers. This minor offers UCSD students the opportunity to examine health care-related issues from the perspectives of a wide range of disciplines that include anthropology, contemporary issues, economics, ethnic studies, philosophy, psychology, sociology, urban studies, and science and technology. By bringing together course work from these academic departments, this interdisciplinary curriculum offers a breadth of intellectual experience that enhances students' undergraduate education and their preparation for professional and postgraduate education in health care professions. Students should consult an academic adviser in their college provost's office to determine how the health caresocial issues minor can best meet their college's graduation requirements. Declarations must first be reviewed and approved by the coordinator of Interdisciplinary Programs and then by the student's college academic advising office. Students are strongly urged to supplement the health caresocial issues minor with a health-related internship. The Academic Internship Program offers internship placements in clinical settings and with medical research teams that provide valuable experience, career clarification, and an opportunity to apply theories learned in course work. Juniors and seniors with at least a 2.5 overall grade-point average (some placements require a 3.0 GPA) are eligible and can earn from four to sixteen units of academic credit for the internship experience. Further information on related programs and activities is available at the Interdisciplinary Programs Office, Literature Building, Second Floor, Room 3238, Warren College, or call (858) 534-1704. Web site: http://warren.ucsd.edu/health Health Care-Social Issues Minor RequirementsThe minor consists of seven courses (three required and four electives). At least five courses must be taken at the upper-division level. Students who entered UCSD prior to January 1, 1998 are required to take six courses (three required, three electives, and four must be upper-division). Upper-division courses must not overlap with courses in the student's major and must be distributed in two or more disciplines. Lower-division elective courses that are not health-related (Economics 1A-B/Psychology 160) must be followed by a health-related upper-division course in the same department. For full descriptions of the following courses, please see departmental listings. The health caresocial issues minor is applicable as a Warren College program of concentration in the social sciences. Required Courses
Philosophy 163Bio-Medical Ethics One course in Urban Studies and Planning chosen from the following:
144Environmental and Preventive Health Issues 145Aging: Social and Health Policy Issues 147Case Studies in Health Care Programs: The Poor and Underserved (Additional urban studies and planning courses may be taken to fulfill elective requirements in the minor.) Elective Course OptionsFour courses (three before January 1, 1998) to be chosen from the following list. At least three (two before January 1, 1998) must be upper-division and must not overlap with courses in the student's major. ANTHROPOLOGY Lower-Division
2Human Origins General
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
40The AIDS Epidemic 136The Anthropology of Medicine ECONOMICS
138A-BEconomics of Health ETHNIC STUDIES
PHILOSOPHY
148Philosophy and the Environment 151Philosophy of Neuroscience 162Contemporary Moral Issues 164Technology and Human Values 165Professional Ethics PSYCHOLOGY
2General Psychology: Biological Foundations 60Introduction to Statistics 104Introduction to Social Psychology 124Introduction to Clinical Psychology 134Eating Disorders 153Clinical Psychology 154Behavior Modification 155Social Psychology and Medicine 163Abnormal Psychology 168Psychological Disorders of Childhood 169Brain Damage and Mental Function 172Psychology of Human Sexuality 179Drugs, Addiction, and Mental Disorder 181Drugs and Behavior SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SOCIOLOGY Lower-Division
Cluster B
143Suicide Cluster C
135Medical Sociology 136ASociology of Mental Illness: Historical Approach 136BSociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary Society 159Special Topics in Social Organizations and Institutions (prior approval of topic required) URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING
144Environmental and Preventive Health Issues 145Aging: Social and Health Policy Issues 147Case Studies in Health Care Programs: The Poor and Underserved Recommended Internship ExperienceHealth care-related internship (AIP 197): to be arranged at least one quarter in advance through the Academic Internship Program, Literature Building, Second Floor, Warren College. Clinical and research placements are available. For each four units of credit, ten hours per week for one quarter plus a ten-page research paper are required. |