RELEVANT ELECTIVE COURSES FOR STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
There are many wonderful electives that you can take that will round out your education. Don’t feel that every course that you take has to be related to your goal to get into a health professions program! The more varied your background, the better. But here are some courses that you might be interested in if you are looking for a health-professions related course.
Anthropology
113: Introduction to Biological Anthropology – offered every semester
368: Human Osteology – offered at least once every 1.5 years
360: Global Health – offered at least once every 1.5 years
362: Medical Anthropology – offered at least once every 1.5 years
385: Special Topics: Gender, Health, and Development – offered at least once every 2 years
391: Internship in Medical Anthropology
Biology
210: Doing the Right Thing: Ethics in Biology and Medicine
Health and Exercise Science
232: Emergency Medical Training
262: Statistics in the Health Sciences
312: Exercise and Health Psychology
351: Nutrition in Health and Disease
354: Assessment Techniques in Health Sciences
360: Epidemiology
History
HST 339: Sickness and Health in American Society
Philosophy
161: Biomedical Ethics
Psychology
241: Developmental Psychology
322: Psychopharmacology
Sociology
335 Sociology of Health and Illness
336 Sociology of Health Care
368 Death and Dying
Health Policy and Administration (HPA) minor
150: Introduction to Public Health
Health and Human Services minor
WGS 321A/621AG: Gender and the Politics of Health