Grade 12 math is recommended
Enrolment in the program is limited. Admissions will require:
A. completion of 4.0 credits including [BIOA01H3 or BIOA11H3], HLTA02H3, HLTA03H3, HLTA20H3, and STAB23H3, and
B. either (1) a final grade of 67% or higher in both [BIOA01H3 or BIOA11H3] and HLTA20H3, or (2) a final grade of 60% or higher in both [BIOA01H3 or BIOA11H3] and HLTA20H3, and a final grade of 72% or higher in HLTB22H3
Program Requirements
This program requires the completion of 8.0 credits, as described below.
Note: The Major/Major (Co-op) Program in Health Studies- Population Health (B.Sc.) and Major/Major (Co-op) Program in Health Studies- Health Policy (B.A.) cannot be combined.
First Year
2.5 credits
1. 0.5 credit from the following:
BIOA01H3 Life on Earth: Unifying Principles or
BIOA11H3 Introduction to the Biology of Humans
2. 2.0 credits as follows:
HLTA02H3 Exploring Health and Society: Theories, Perspectives, and Patterns
HLTA03H3 Navigating Health and Society: Research, Practice, and Policy
HLTA20H3 Physiology Through the Life Course: From Birth Through Death
STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
Second Year
3.0 credits
3. 2.0 credits as follows:
HLTB15H3 Health Research Methodology
HLTB16H3 Public Health
HLTB22H3 Biological Determinants of Health
HLTB41H3 Social Determinants of Health
4. 0.5 credit from the following:
BIOB35H3 Essentials of Human Physiology
HLTB33H3 Human Development and Anatomy
HLTB44H3 Pathophysiology and Etiology of Disease
5. 0.5 credit from the following:
BIOB35H3 Essentials of Human Physiology (if not used towards requirement 4)
GGRB28H3 Geographies of Disease
HLTB11H3 Human Nutrition
HLTB20H3 Contemporary Human Evolution and Variation
HLTB33H3 Human Development and Anatomy (if not used towards requirement 4)
HLTB40H3 Health Policy and Health Systems
HLTB42H3 Perspectives of Culture, Illness, and Healing
HLTB44H3 Pathophysiology and Etiology of Disease (if not used towards requirement 4)
HLTB50H3 Introduction to Health Humanities
HLTB60H3 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
PHLB09H3 Biomedical Ethics
STAB27H3 Statistics II
The following courses may be used as a program requirement if the content is science-focused; please consult with the Program Coordinator to have the topic assessed for program usage:
HLTB30H3 Current Issues in Health
HLTB31H3 Synergies Among Science, Policy, and Action
Third Year
2.0 credits
6. 0.5 credit as follows:
HLTC27H3 Community Health and Epidemiology
7. 0.5 credit from the following:
HLTC19H3 Chronic Diseases
HLTC25H3 Infectious Diseases
8. 1.0 credit from the following:
ANTC47H3 Human and Primate Comparative Osteology
ANTC48H3 Advanced Topics in Human Osteology
ANTC68H3 Deconstructing Epidemics
BIOC70H3 An Introduction to Bias in the Sciences
HLTC04H3 Qualitative Research in Action
HLTC16H3 Health Information Systems
HLTC17H3 Rehabilitation Sciences
HLTC19H3 Chronic Diseases (if not used towards requirement 7)
HLTC22H3 Health, Aging and the Life Cycle
HLTC23H3 Child Health and Development
HLTC24H3 Environment and Health
HLTC25H3 Infectious Diseases (if not used towards requirement 7)
HLTC26H3 Global Health and Human Biology
HLTC28H3 Special Topics in Health Sciences
HLTC29H3 Special Topics in Health Sciences
HLTC30H3 Understanding Cancer: From Cells to Communities
HLTC46H3 Globalization, Gender, and Health
HLTC49H3 Indigenous Health
HLTC81H3 Health Professions and Practice
The following courses may be used as a program requirement if the content is science-focused; please consult with the Program Coordinator to have the topic assessed for program usage:
HLTC48H3 Special Topics in Health and Society
HLTC51H3 Special Topics in Health and Society
Fourth Year
0.5 credits
9. 0.5 credit from the following:
HLTD07H3 Advanced Rehabilitation Sciences: Disability Studies and Lived Experiences of 'Normalcy'
HLTD08H3 Advanced Topics in Health Sciences
HLTD09H3 Population Perspectives on Reproductive Health
HLTD13H3 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Human Biology
HLTD18H3 Dental Sciences
HLTD20H3 Advanced Topics in Sex, Gender, and the Life Course
HLTD23H3 Indigenous Peoples: Pandemics, Epidemics, and Outbreaks
HLTD25H3 Advanced Topics in Environmental Health
HLTD26H3 Embodiment Across the Life Course
HLTD27H3 Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Health
HLTD28H3 Innovations for Global Health
HLTD29H3 Advanced Topics in Inequality, Inequity, and Health
HLTD40H3 The Politics of Care, Self-Care, and Mutual Aid
HLTD44H3 Environmental Contaminants, Vulnerability, and Toxicity
HLTD46H3 Violence and Health: Critical Perspectives
HLTD47H3 Advanced Topics in Health and Wellness
HLTD48H3 Advanced Topics in Global Health
HLTD49H3 Global Health Governance: Thinking Alongside the World's Leaders
HLTD80H3 Critical Health Education
HLTD81H3 Health Professions Education
The following courses may be used as a program requirement if the content is science-focused; please consult with the Program Coordinator to have the topic assessed for program usage:
HLTD01H3 Directed Readings in Health and Society
HLTD02H3 Health Research Seminar
HLTD04H3 Advanced Topics in Health and Society
HLTD05H3 Directed Research on Health Services and Institutions
HLTD12H3 Advanced Topics in Health and Society
HLTD21H3 Advanced Topics in Health and Society
HLTD22H3 Advanced Topics in Health and Society
HLTD71Y3 Directed Research in Health and Society
