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Interdisciplinary Programs, EBU 3B
Computer Science and Engineering Building
Room 1108, Warren College
http://hcsi.ucsd.edu
All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.
Health Care–Social Issues is an interdisciplinary minor designed to enhance students’ competence in analyzing the complex social and ethical implications of health care controversies, policies, and delivery systems. Students gain an understanding of how the economy, culture, technology, and sociological and psychological processes influence modern health care. Although it is administered by Warren College, it is available to all UC San Diego undergraduate students with a general interest in health care as well as students considering careers in health care. This minor offers students the opportunity to examine health care from the perspectives of a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, biology, cognitive science, economics, ethnic studies, global health, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and urban studies. This interdisciplinary curriculum offers a breadth of intellectual perspectives, enhancing students’ undergraduate education and preparing them for professional or graduate education in one of health care’s many disciplines.
Students should consult an academic adviser at their college to determine how the Health Care–Social Issues minor can best meet their college graduation requirements. Minor declarations must be made online using the TritonLink major and minor application.
Students are urged to supplement the Health Care–Social 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.
Further information on the program is available at the Warren College Interdisciplinary Programs Office.
The minor consists of three required courses and four elective courses. At least five courses must be taken at the upper-division level. Upper-division courses must not overlap with courses in the student’s major. No more than three courses may be taken in any one discipline. For full descriptions of the following courses, see department listings.
SOCI 40—Sociology of Health-Care Issues
PHIL 163—Biomedical Ethics
One course in Urban Studies and Planning chosen from the following:
USP 143—The US Health-Care System
USP 144—Environmental and Preventive Health Issues
USP 145—Aging: Social and Health Policy Issues
USP 147—Case Studies in Health-Care Programs/Poor and Underserved Population
ANTH 2—Human Origins
ANBI 100—Special Topics in Biological Anthropology (topic approval required)
ANBI 141—The Evolution of Human Diet
ANSC 100—Special Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology (topic approval required)
ANSC 146—A Global Health Perspective on HIV
ANSC 164—The Anthropology of Medicine
BILD 36—AIDS, Science, and Society
BILD 38—Dementia, Science, and Society
BICD 136—AIDS, Science, and Society
COGS 174—Drugs: Brain, Mind, and Culture
ECON 140—Economics of Health Producers
ECON 141—Economics of Health Consumers
ETHN 102—Science and Technology in Society: Race, Gender, and Class
ETHN 142—Medicine, Race, and the Global Politics of Inequality
ETHN 157—Madness and Urbanization: Social Identities and Mental Health/Illness in the Twentieth-Century American Metropolis
GLBH 181—Essentials of Global Health
HILD 30—History of Public Health
HISC 108—History of Life Sciences in the Twentieth Century
HISC 115—History of Modern Medicine
HISC 116—History of Bioethics
PHIL 147—Philosophy of Biology
PHIL 148—Philosophy and the Environment
PHIL 151—Philosophy of Neuroscience
PHIL 162—Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 164—Technology and Human Values
PSYC 2—General Psychology: Biological Foundations
PSYC 60—Introduction to Statistics
PSYC 104—Introduction to Social Psychology
PSYC 124—Clinical Assessment and Treatment
PSYC 132—Hormones and Behavior
PSYC 134—Eating Disorders
PSYC 154—Behavior Modification
PSYC 155—Social Psychology and Medicine
PSYC 168—Psychological Disorders of Childhood
PSYC 169—Brain Damage and Mental Function
PSYC 172—Psychology of Human Sexuality
PSYC 179—Drugs, Addiction, and Mental Disorders
PSYC 181—Drugs and Behavior
PSYC 188—Impulse Control Disorders
SOCI 60—The Practice of Social Research
SOCI 70—General Sociology for Premedical Students
SOCI 107—Epidemiological Methods: Statistical Study of Diseases
SOCI 113—Sociology of the AIDS Epidemic
SOCI 120T—Special Topics in Culture, Language, and Social Interaction (topic approval required)
SOCI 134E—The Making of Modern Medicine
SOCI 135—Medical Sociology
SOCI 136E—Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
SOCI 136F—Sociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary Society
SOCI 138—Genetics and Society
SOCI 159—Special Topics in Social Organizations and Institutions (topic approval required)
USP 143—The US Health-Care System
USP 144—Environmental and Preventive Health Issues
USP 145—Aging: Social and Health Policy Issues
USP 147—Case Studies in Health-Care Programs/Poor and Underserved Population
Students may petition to substitute courses in the minor that have substantial content related to health care and society. Petitions should be submitted to the Warren College Interdisciplinary Programs Office.
A health care related internship (AIP 197) is recommended and should be arranged at least one quarter in advance through the Academic Internship Program, Literature Building, Second Floor, http://aip.ucsd.edu/. Clinical and research placements are available.