Health in Society Concentration
The “Health Community” 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 across communities, including attention to race, ethnicity, gender, social class, and neighborhoods. 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.
Health and Community Curriculum
Intro (required)
- SOCL 101 Society in a Global Age
Health & Health Care Requirements (choose one)
- SOCL 120 Social Problems: Inequalities in Health
- SOCL 225 Sociology of Health Care
- SOCL 370 Health, Medicine, and Society
Populations - Gender, Race/Ethnicity & Immigration Requirements (choose two)
- SOCL 122 Race and Ethnic Relations
- SOCL 145 Religion and Society
- SOCL 171 Sociology of Sex and Gender
- SOCL 210 Gender and Work
- SOCL 228 Sociology of African American Experience
- SOCL 230 Self and Society – Social Psychology
- SOCL 236 Population Studies
- SOCL 280 U. S. Immigration, soon to be Sociology of Migration
- SOCL 370 Latino/a/x in Space soon to have its own course #
- SOCL 231 Childhood and Society
- SOCL 380 Internship in Sociology
- SOCL 220 Topics in the Life Cycle
- SOCL 221 Aging in Culture and Society
- SOCL 240 Families
- SOCL 280 Sexualities
Communities and Neighborhoods Requirements (choose one)
- SOCL 125 Chicago: Urban Metropolis
- SOCL 272 Environmental Sociology
- SOCL 234 Cities, Suburbs, and Beyond
- SOCL 235 Communities
- SOCL 335 Urban Semester Seminar
- SOCL 370 Latinos/as/xs in Space
Poverty and Inequality Requirements (choose one)
- SOCL 121 Social Problems
- SOCL 222 Poverty and Welfare in America
- SOCL 250 Inequality in Society
- SOCL 252 Global Inequalities
- SOCL 260 Power in Society
- SOCL 265 Globalization and Society
- SOCL 306 International Development
For a full list of courses for this concentration please see the course catalog here.
The “Health Community” 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 across communities, including attention to race, ethnicity, gender, social class, and neighborhoods. 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.
Health and Community Curriculum
Intro (required)
- SOCL 101 Society in a Global Age
Health & Health Care Requirements (choose one)
- SOCL 120 Social Problems: Inequalities in Health
- SOCL 225 Sociology of Health Care
- SOCL 370 Health, Medicine, and Society
Populations - Gender, Race/Ethnicity & Immigration Requirements (choose two)
- SOCL 122 Race and Ethnic Relations
- SOCL 145 Religion and Society
- SOCL 171 Sociology of Sex and Gender
- SOCL 210 Gender and Work
- SOCL 228 Sociology of African American Experience
- SOCL 230 Self and Society – Social Psychology
- SOCL 236 Population Studies
- SOCL 280 U. S. Immigration, soon to be Sociology of Migration
- SOCL 370 Latino/a/x in Space soon to have its own course #
- SOCL 231 Childhood and Society
- SOCL 380 Internship in Sociology
- SOCL 220 Topics in the Life Cycle
- SOCL 221 Aging in Culture and Society
- SOCL 240 Families
- SOCL 280 Sexualities
Communities and Neighborhoods Requirements (choose one)
- SOCL 125 Chicago: Urban Metropolis
- SOCL 272 Environmental Sociology
- SOCL 234 Cities, Suburbs, and Beyond
- SOCL 235 Communities
- SOCL 335 Urban Semester Seminar
- SOCL 370 Latinos/as/xs in Space
Poverty and Inequality Requirements (choose one)
- SOCL 121 Social Problems
- SOCL 222 Poverty and Welfare in America
- SOCL 250 Inequality in Society
- SOCL 252 Global Inequalities
- SOCL 260 Power in Society
- SOCL 265 Globalization and Society
- SOCL 306 International Development
For a full list of courses for this concentration please see the course catalog here.