Health Care–Social Issues
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Interdisciplinary Programs, EBU 3B
Computer Science and Engineering Building
Room 1108, Warren College
https://warrenminors.ucsd.edu/hcsi/index.html
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.
Health Care–Social Issues
Minor Requirements
The minor consists of three required courses and four elective courses. At least five courses must be taken at the upper-division level. Up to two upper-division courses may overlap with courses taken for a major. No more than three courses may be taken in any one discipline. For full descriptions of the following courses, see department listings.
Required Courses
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
Elective Course Options
Anthropology
ANTH 2—Human Origins
ANBI 100—Special Topics in Biological Anthropology (topic approval required)
ANBI 120—Ethical Dilemmas in Biological Anthropology
ANBI 130—Biology of Inequality
ANBI 141—The Evolution of Human Diet
ANSC 100—Special Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology (topic approval required)
ANSC 101—Aging: Culture and Health
ANSC 105—Global Health and Inequality
ANSC 143—Mental Health as Global Health Priority
ANSC 144—Immigrant and Refugee Health
ANSC 146—A Global Health Perspective on HIV
ANSC 147—Global Health and Environment
ANSC 148—Global Health and Cultural Diversity
ANSC 164—The Anthropology of Medicine
Biology
BILD 20—Human Genetics in Modern Society
BILD 22—Human Nutrition
BILD 30—Biology of Plagues: Past and Present
BILD 36—AIDS, Science, and Society
BILD 38—Dementia, Science, and Society
BICD 136—AIDS, Science, and Society
Cognitive Science
COGS 174—Drugs: Brain, Mind, and Culture
Communications
COMM 108D—POB: Disability
COMM 108G—POB: Gender and Biomedicine
Critical Gender Studies
CGS 123—Gender and Reproductive Politics
Economics
ECON 140—Economics of Health Producers
ECON 141—Economics of Health Consumers
Ethnic Studies
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
Global Health
GLBH 181—Essentials of Global Health
History
HILD 30—History of Public Health
HISC 108—History of Life Sciences in the Twentieth Century
HISC 109—Invention of Tropical Disease
HISC 115—History of Modern Medicine
HISC 116—History of Bioethics
HISC 117—History of Neurosciences
HISC 119—Biology and Society
HISC 180—Science and Public Policy
Linguistics
LING 146—Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities
Literature
LTCS 155—Health, Illness, and Global Culture
LTWL 177—Literature and Aging
Rady School of Business
MGT 173—Project Management: Health Services
Philosophy
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
PHIL 173—Topics in Bioethics
Psychology
PSYC 2—General Psychology: Biological Foundations
PSYC 60—Introduction to Statistics
PSYC 100—Clinical Psychology
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
Sociology
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 140A—Defund Police and Prisons
SOCI 143—Suicide
SOCI 159—Special Topics in Social Organizations and Institutions (topic approval required)
SOCI 173—Sociology of Health, Illness, Medicine
Urban Studies and Planning
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
USP 148—Health and the Built Environment
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. See department website for a current list of commonly accepted substitute electives.
Recommended Internship Experience
A health care related internship (AIP 197) is recommended and should be arranged at least one quarter in advance through the Academic Internship Program, Teaching + Learning Commons, Geisel Library, http://aip.ucsd.edu. Clinical and research placements are available.