The “Health in Society” Concentration gives students a broad background in the discipline overall while allowing students to focus their coursework on the substantive areas of healthcare institutions, medical sociology, and the social sources of health-related inequalities, including attention to race, ethnicity, gender, and social class. The Health in Society Concentration is well suited for students interested in a broad range of careers and courses of graduate study in health-related fields, including: medical school, medicine, and other careers in medical care (terrific MCAT prep); healthcare administration and healthcare policy; graduate study in medical sociology and/or gerontology; graduate study and careers in counseling; advocacy and/or non-profit work focused on populations facing health-based risks and inequalities both in the U.S. and overseas.

Need one from each cell; *indicates courses that are infrequently offered; +indicates experiential learning.

Intro	SOCL 101	Society in a Global Age
Health care	SOCL 225	Sociology of Health Care
Race, ethnicity, gender	SOCL 122 SOCL 171 SOCL 210 SOCL 228*	Race and Ethnic Relations Sociology of Sex and Gender Men, Women, and Work Sociology of African American Experience
Life course	SOCL 220* SOCL 221* SOCL 230 SOCL 231* SOCL 236 SOCL 240	Topics in the Life Cycle Aging in Culture and Society Self and Society (Social Psych) Childhood and Society Birth, Work, Marriage, Death Families
Poverty and inequality	SOCL 222 SOCL 250 SOCL 252	Poverty and Welfare in America Inequality in Society Global Inequalities
Sociology of science or special topics in health	SOCL 120 SOCL 226 SOCL 270 SOCL 272 SOCL 276 SOCL 280 SOCL 370 SOCL 370 SOCL 380+	Social Problems: Inequalities in Health Science, Technology, and Society Sociology of Science Environmental Sociology Sociology and the Politics of Food Topics in Contemporary Sociology Global Health Health, Medicine, and Society Internship in Sociology