2023-2024 Catalog

SOC-253 Sociology of Health and Illness

Provides students with an introduction to how social norms, structures, and practices shape experiences of illness and health. Among the topics covered are: health and the environment, the reasons some groups of people are less healthy than others, living with chronic illness and disabilities, and public debates surrounding issues such as performance enhancing drugs and sports, Attention Deficit Disorder and the HPV vaccine.

Credits

4

Offered

Ocasionally