CERTIFICATE IN PATHWAYS TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS - SCCER1110

Note: Only domestic students entering UTSC directly from high school in September 2024 and after are eligible for enrolment in this certificate.

Students will be admitted to the Certificate directly from high school. Students will select the Certificate in combination with specified science (HBSc) programs at the time of application to UTSC and will be enrolled directly into the Certificate in their first year of study after accepting their offer to UTSC and will need to be admitted to and maintain good standing in one of the programs below to remain in the certificate. Only domestic students entering UTSC directly from high school in September 2024 and after are eligible for enrolment in this certificate.

The Certificate must be taken in conjunction with a Major/Major (Co-op) or Specialist/Specialist (Co-op) in one of the following programs:

  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Conservation & Biodiversity
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Environmental Geoscience
  • Environmental Science
  • Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Global Environmental Change
  • Health Studies – Population Health
  • Human Biology
  • Integrative Biology
  • Medicinal & Biological Chemistry
  • Mental Health Studies
  • Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
  • Molecular Biology, Immunology & Disease
  • Neuroscience
  • Plant Biology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Psychology

Students must complete a minimum of 2.0 credits, including at least 0.5 credit at the C- or D-level, as follows:

1. 0.5 credit from Complex Systems, Structures and Settings:

  • ANTA02H3: Introduction to Anthropology: Society, Culture and Language
  • ANTC24H3: Culture, Mental Illness, and Psychiatry
  • ANTD16H3: Biomedical Anthropology
  • EESA06H3: Introduction to Planet Earth
  • EESA10H3: Human Health and Environment
  • EESA11H3: Environmental Pollution
  • EESB16H3: Feeding Humans – The Cost to the Planet
  • EESC04H3: Biodiversity and Biogeography
  • IDSB04H3: Introduction to International/Global Health
  • GGRB28H3: Geographies of Disease
  • HLTB40H3: Health Policy and Health Systems
  • HLTC42H3: Emerging Health Issues and Policy Needs
  • HLTC43H3: Politics of Canadian Health Policy
  • HLTC44H3: Comparative Health Policy Systems
  • HLTD04H3: Advanced Topics in Health and Society
  • HLTD40H3: The Politics of Care, Self-Care and Mutual Aid
  • HLTD81H3: Health Professions Education
  • MDSA01H3: Introduction to Media Studies
  • MGTA01H3: Introduction to Business
  • POLD59H3: Politics of Disability
  • VPAA10H3: Introduction to Arts and Media Management

2. 0.5 credit from Cultures, Communities and Care:

  • ACMB10H3: Equity and Diversity in the Arts
  • ANTA01H3: Introduction to Anthropology, Becoming Human
  • ANTB64H3: Are You What You Eat? The Anthropology of Food
  • ANTC61H3: Medical Anthropology: Illness and Healing in Cultural Perspective
  • ANTD26H3: Caveman, Farmer, Herder, Trader: Evolution of Diet in Society
  • CITB03H3: Social Planning and Community Development
  • GGRD10H3: Health & Sexuality
  • HISC27H3: The History of European Sexuality: From Antiquity to the Present
  • HLTB41H3: Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health
  • HLTB42H3: Perspectives of Culture, Illness and Healing
  • HLTB60H3: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
  • HLTC22H3: Health, Aging and the Life Cycle
  • HLTD18H3: Dental Sciences
  • HLTD47H3: Advanced Topics in Health and Wellness
  • PHLB12H3: Philosophy of Sexuality
  • PHLC07H3: Death and Dying
  • POLC43H3: Prejudice and Racism
  • PSYA02H3: Introduction to Clinical, Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology
  • PSYB32H3: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
  • PSYC14H3: Cross-Cultural Social Psychology
  • PSYC15H3: Foundations in Community Psychology
  • PSYC18H3: Psychology of Emotion
  • PSYC19H3: Psychology of Self Control
  • PSYC34H3: Psychology of Happiness and Meaning
  • PSYD10H3: Community and Applied Social Psychology
  • PSYD13H3: The Psychology of Emotion Regulation
  • SOCB22H3: Sociology of Gender
  • SOCB47H3: Social Inequality
  • SOCB49H3: Sociology of Family
  • SOCC49H3/​HLTC49H3: Indigenous Health
  • WSTB11H3: Intersections of Inequality

3. 0.5 credit from Critical and Creative Thinking:

  • ANTB14H3: Evolutionary Anthropology
  • ANTB15H3: Contemporary Human Evolution and Variation
  • ANTC62H3: Medical Anthropology: Biological and Demographic Perspectives
  • ANTC68H3: Deconstructing Epidemics
  • BIOB20H3: Introduction to Computational Biology
  • BIOC70H3: An Introduction to Bias in the Sciences
  • BIOD59H3: Models in Ecology, Epidemiology, and Conservation
  • CHMD89H3: Introduction to Green Chemistry
  • CSCB20H3: Introduction to Web Development and Applications
  • ENGB52H3: Literature and Science
  • HLTB15H3: Health Research Methodologies
  • HLTC81H3: Health Professions and Practice
  • JOUA01H3: Introduction to Journalism and News Literacy I
  • LINB30H3: Programming for Linguists
  • MATA02H3: The Magic of Numbers
  • PHLA10H3: Reason and Truth
  • PHLA11H3: Introduction to Ethics
  • PHLB09H3: Biomedical Ethics
  • PHLC10H3: Topics in Bioethics
  • PHLD09H3: Advanced Seminar in Bioethics
  • PSYB03H3: Introduction to Computers in Psychological Research
  • PSYB80H3: Psychology in Context
  • PSYC03H3: Computers in Psychological Research: Advanced Topics
  • PSYC13H3: Social Cognition: Understanding Ourselves and Others
  • STAB22H3: Statistics I
  • STAB52H3: An Introduction to Probability
  • STAB53H3: Introduction to Applied Probability

4. 0.5 credit from Communication and Leadership:

  • ENGB02H3: Effective Writing in the Sciences
  • HLTD49H3: Global Health Governance: Thinking Alongside the World's Leaders
  • MGEB32H3: Economic Aspects of Public Policy
  • MGTA02H3: Managing the Business Organization
  • PHLB06H3: Business Ethics
  • PHLB58H3: Reasoning Under Uncertainty
  • POLC13H3: Program Evaluation
  • PSYB38H3: Introduction to Behaviour Modification
  • PSYC02H3: Scientific Communication in Psychology
  • PSYC10H3: Judgment and Decision-Making
  • PSYD19H3: The Science of Behaviour Change

Additional course options may be added in future years.

In addition to the formal curricular components, students are encouraged to participate in at least one of each of the following areas to complement their work in the certificate and build a cohort experience:

  • participation in a community of practice or service activity recognized on the Co-curricular Record;
  • professional development workshop or learning module offered by at UofT Scarborough or tri-campus office;
  • annual program events, including a capstone event upon completion of the certificate.
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