Health and Community Concentration
The Health and 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 & Community 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.
For a full list of courses for this concentration, please see the course catalog.
Intro (Required Course) |
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| SOCL 101: Society in a Global Age |
Health & Health Care (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) (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 220: Topics in the Life Cycle |
| SOCL 221: Aging in Culture and Society |
| SOCL 228: Sociology of African American Experience |
| SOCL 230: Self and Society – Social Psychology |
| SOCL 231: Childhood and Society |
| SOCL 236: Population Studies |
| SOCL 240: Families |
| SOCL 280: Topics in Contemporary Sociology: U.S. Immigration, soon to be Sociology of Migration |
| SOCL 280: Topics in Contemporary Sociology: Sexualities |
| SOCL 370: Latino/a/x in Space, (soon to have its own course #) |
| SOCL 380: Internship in Sociology |
Communities and Neighborhoods (Choose three) |
| 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 & Inequality (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 |
The Health and 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 & Community 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.
For a full list of courses for this concentration, please see the course catalog.
Intro (Required Course) |
|---|
| SOCL 101: Society in a Global Age |
Health & Health Care (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) (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 220: Topics in the Life Cycle |
| SOCL 221: Aging in Culture and Society |
| SOCL 228: Sociology of African American Experience |
| SOCL 230: Self and Society – Social Psychology |
| SOCL 231: Childhood and Society |
| SOCL 236: Population Studies |
| SOCL 240: Families |
| SOCL 280: Topics in Contemporary Sociology: U.S. Immigration, soon to be Sociology of Migration |
| SOCL 280: Topics in Contemporary Sociology: Sexualities |
| SOCL 370: Latino/a/x in Space, (soon to have its own course #) |
| SOCL 380: Internship in Sociology |
Communities and Neighborhoods (Choose three) |
| 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 & Inequality (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 |