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The Minor in Health Sciences provides students with an interdisciplinary health perspective to better understand the experiences of individuals and populations both in Canada and around the world. Students are exposed to the interactions of bioscience, social and environmental health determinants and their combined influences on health, disease, disability, longevity and health equity.
This program is offered in English and in French.
The table below includes only discipline-specific courses. Please refer to the Academic Regulations for information on including a minor to your degree.
This program can be chosen only as a second study module as part of a 120-unit bachelor’s degree that allows a minor.
Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2022-2023 calendars for the previous requirements.
Direct admission is not possible.
Course List
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Compulsory Courses:
HSS 1100 Microbiology and Immunology 3 Units
HSS 1101 Determinants of Health 3 Units
HSS 2321 Sociopolitical and Economic Perspectives in Health 3 Units
HSS 3103 Experience of Illness, Impairment and Disability 3 Units
Optional courses:
12 optional course units in health sciences (HSS) from the list of optional courses 12 Units
6 optional course units in health sciences (HSS) at the 3000 or 4000 level from the list of optional courses 6 Units
Total: 30 Units
List of Optional Courses
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HSS 2102 Communication and Health 3 Units
HSS 2104 Human Activity, Occupation and Health 3 Units
HSS 2105 Understanding Mental Health 3 Units
HSS 2121 History of Health Care 3 Units
HSS 2305 Molecular Mechanisms of Disease 3 Units
HSS 2516 La santé des francophones en situation minoritaire 3 Units
HSS 3105 Global Citizenship and Health 3 Units
HSS 3107 Understanding Health Technology Signals 3 Units
HSS 3108 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 3 Units
HSS 3109 Research Approaches in Health Biosciences 3 Units
HSS 3303 Environment and Health 3 Units
HSS 3332 Technology and Health 3 Units
HSS 4107 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Death and Dying 3 Units
HSS 4108 Methods of Health Technology Assessment 3 Units
HSS 4109 Computer Assisted Health Applications 3 Units
HSS 4110 Population and Public Health 3 Units
HSS 4111 Perspectives in Sexual and Reproductive Health 3 Units
HSS 4324 Selected Topics in Health Sciences 3 Units
HSS 4331 International Health 3 Units
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