Sociomedical Sciences

Sociomedical Sciences Core

(12 credits)

See below for approved courses.

• SMS Theories Course (3)
• SMS Methods Course (3)
• SMS Policy/Practice/ Advocacy Course (3)
• P6400 Epidemiology (3)
• Master’s Essay (0)

History Core

(15 credits)

• P8747 Ethics of Public Health
• P8773 Social History of American Public Health (3)
• P9740 History and Policy: Privacy and Surveillance (3)
• P8746 Coercion and Persuasion in Public Health: Ethical and Historical Perspectives (3)
• P8757 Global Politics of Aging: Historical and Policy Perspectives

Electives

(3 credits)

• General Elective (3)

Theory courses 
P8704    Medical Sociology 
P8755    Medical Anthropology 
P8767    Health Psychology 
P8773    Social History Public Health 
P8736    Theories and Perspectives on Sexuality & Health
P8701    Social Dimensions Aging
P8745    Social & Economical Determinants of Health
P8763    Stigma, Prejudice, Discrimination 
   
Methods courses   
P8777    Survey Research Methods 
P8785    Qualitative Research Methods 
P8786    Ethnographic Methods 
P8705    Evaluation of Health Programs
   
Practice, Policy, Advocacy
P8771    Community Based Participatory Research 
P6712    Health advocacy 
P8741    Structural Approaches in Global Health 
P8746    Persuasion & Coercion in Public Health 
P9740    Privacy, Policy, Surveillance 
P8725    Global AIDS 
P8747    Ethics of Public Health 
P8709    Sexuality, Gender, Health and Human Rights