Health Studies


Faculty List

  • R. Antabe, B.A. (University of Ghana), M.A., Ph.D. (Western), Assistant Professor
  • A. Benoit, B.Sc. (Mount Allison University), M.Sc. (University of Ottawa), M.Sc. (University of Toronto), Ph.D. (University of Ottawa), Assistant Professor
  • L. Bisaillon, B.A. (Bishop's University), M.Pl. (McGill), Ph.D. (Ottawa), Associate Professor
  • H. Brown, B.A., M.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Western), Assistant Professor
  • E. Caron-Beaudoin, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Université du Québec à Montréal), Ph.D. (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), Assistant Professor
  • A. Charise, B.A., B.Sc. (McMaster), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto), Associate Professor
  • K. Colaco, B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (McMaster), M.Sc. (Maastricht), Ph.D. (Toronto), Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
  • O. Ezezika, B.Sc. (University of Lagos), Ph.D. (University of Georgia), M. Env. Management (Yale), Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream (Status Only)
  • J. Fields, B.A. (New York Univ.), MA, Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill), Professor
  • C. Hartblay, B.A. (Macalaster), M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill), Assistant Professor
  • N. Massaquoi, B.A. (Western), M.S.W., Ph.D. (Toronto), Assistant Professor
  • A. Nair, B.A. (Michigan-Flint), M.S. (London School of Economics), M.P.H. (Cambridge), Ph.D. (Australian National University), Assistant Professor
  • D. Schlueter, B.A. (Grand Valley State), Ph.D. (Vanderbilt), Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
  • S.R. Sicchia, M.H.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
  • M. Silver, B.A., B.S., & M.P.P. (Univ. California, Berkeley), Ph.D. (Univ. of Chicago), Associate Professor
  • N. Spence, B.A., Ph.D. (Western), Assistant Professor
  • W. Tavares, H.B.Sc, Ph.D. (Toronto), Assistant Professor
  • C. Trick, B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Acadia), Ph.D. (UBC), Professor
  • L.J.S. Tsuji, B.Sc., D.D.S. (Toronto), Ph.D. (York), Professor
  • C. Wong, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

Chair: M. Silver, Email: dhs-chair@utsc.utoronto.ca
Program Coordinator: S. Ramrattan, Email: dhsadvisor.utsc@utoronto.ca
Associate Chair, Undergraduate: C. Wong, Email: dhs-associate-chair-undergrad@utsc.utoronto.ca

For more information, visit the Department of Health and Society website.

The Department of Health and Society, formally known as the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society (ICHS), offers two interdisciplinary Major programs that provide students with a critical and comprehensive understanding of health, the biological and social determinants of health, and the impacts of public policy on health and well-being. In the Major/Major (Co-op) Program in Health Studies - Population Health (B.Sc.), students focus on the biological and environmental determinants of health, epidemiology, ageing and the life cycle, and the importance of social and behavioural determinants of health. In the Major/Major (Co-op) Program in Health Studies - Health Policy (B.A.), students examine the character and consequences of different health care systems, public health policies, and governmental and civil society responses to ongoing societal issues related to health.

The Department of Health and Society also offers Canada’s first Minor Program in Health Humanities, which explores human health and illness through the methods and materials of the creative arts and interpretive social sciences. 

Effective July 1, 2023, the (Joint) Specialist in Paramedicine is now administered in the Department of Health and Society. Note, the program requirements for 2023-24 remain unchanged; students who are presently enrolled in the program or entering in Fall 2023 will follow the program as outlined in the calendar for the year they began the program. For more details regarding this program please contact paramedicine@utsc.utoronto.ca, or refer to the Paramedicine section of the Calendar or the Joint Programs website. The Specialist (Joint) in Paramedicine is offered in collaboration with Centennial College. Completion of this unique four-year program leads to a BSc from UTSC and a Paramedic diploma from Centennial College. Upon completion of the Centennial diploma, students are eligible to take the Ministry of Health exams required to qualify as a Primary Care Paramedic. 

In addition to pursuing a rich core curriculum, students are strongly encouraged to diversify their learning by drawing upon relevant courses in various programs including Anthropology, Arts, Culture and Media Studies, Economics, Environmental Studies, Human Biology, International Development Studies, Mental Health, Philosophy, Public Policy, Sociology, and Statistics.

Students are encouraged to contact the Program Coordinator or Associate Chair, Undergraduate to discuss program requirements and their individual course of study.

Planning a Program in Health & Society

Students are advised to take required courses in the Major programs as early in their careers as possible. HLTA02H2 and HLTA03H3 should be taken during the first year. Failure to do so may lead to timetable conflicts and could prolong the completion of the program. Normally, students select whether to pursue the Health Policy stream (which leads to a B.A. degree) or the Population Health stream (which leads to a B.Sc. degree) at the beginning of their second year of study.

Prerequisites:
Students are not permitted to register in courses for which they have not completed the prerequisites indicated in the Calendar. Students may only enter a course for which they lack the prerequisites by obtaining the permission of the instructor prior to registration. Ineligible students will be removed from courses.

Special Topic Courses:
Themes for special topic courses will vary year to year. For more information, please visit the Department of Health and Society website.

Program Combination Restrictions

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.

Experiential Learning and Outreach

For a community-based experiential learning opportunity in your academic field of interest, consider the course CTLB03H3, which can be found in the Teaching and Learning section of the Calendar.

health studies Programs

MAJOR PROGRAM IN HEALTH STUDIES - HEALTH POLICY (ARTS)

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
1.0 credits

1. 1.0 credit of Introductory Health Studies courses 
HLTA02H3 Foundations of Health Studies I
HLTA03H3 Foundations of Health Studies II

Note: students may also enroll in PHLB09H3 Biomedical Ethics and [STAB22H3 Statistics I or STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences] in year one to help balance their course load in year two

Second Year
4.5 credits

2. 3.5 credits of core second year courses
HLTB15H3 Introduction to Health Research Methodology
HLTB16H3 Introduction to Public Health
HLTB40H3 Health Policy and Health Systems
HLTB41H3 Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health
HLTB50H3 Introduction to Health Humanities
PHLB09H3 Biomedical Ethics (can be taken in year one)
[STAB22H3 Statistics I or STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences] (can be taken in year one)

3. 0.5 credit from the following:
HLTB11H3 Basic Human Nutrition
HLTB20H3 Contemporary Human Evolution and Variation

4. 0.5 credit from the following:
GGRB28H3 Geographies of Disease
HLTB11H3 Basic Human Nutrition (if not used towards requirement 3)
HLTB20H3 Contemporary Human Evolution and Variation (if not used towards requirement 3)
HLTB30H3 Current Issues in Health
HLTB31H3 Current Issues in Health II: Synergies Among Science, Policy and Action
HLTB42H3 Perspectives of Culture, Illness and Healing
HLTB60H3 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
IDSB04H3 Introduction to International/Global Health*
*Note: IDSB04H3 has prerequisites that are not part of this program.

Third Year
2.0 Credits

5. 0.5 credits in Epidemiological Concepts from the following:
HLTC27H3 Community Health and Epidemiology
ANTC67H3 Foundations in Epidemiology

6. 1.5 credits at the C-level from the following:
ANTC24H3 Culture, Mental Illness, and Psychiatry
ANTC61H3 Medical Anthropology: Illness and Healing in Cultural Perspective
HLTC02H3 Gender and Health
HLTC04H3 Fieldwork Practices in Health and Society Research
HLTC16H3 Introduction to Health Information Systems
HLTC17H3 Introduction to Rehabilitation Sciences
HLTC19H3 Chronic Diseases
HLTC20H3 Global Disability Studies
HLTC22H3 Health, Aging and the Life Cycle
HLTC23H3 Issues in Child Health and Development
HLTC42H3 Emerging Health Issues and Policy Needs
HLTC43H3 Politics of Canadian Health Policy
HLTC44H3 Comparative Health Policy Systems
HLTC46H3 Globalization, Gender and Health
HLTC47H3 Institutional Ethnography: Investigating Health and Social Problems in the Everyday
HLTC48H3 Special Topics in Health Studies
HLTC49H3 Indigenous Health
HLTC50H3 The Human-Animal Interface
HLTC51H3 Special Topics in Health and Society
HLTC52H3 Special Topics in Health Humanities
HLTD11H3 Program and Policy Evaluation
HLTD46H3 Violence and Health: Critical Perspectives
HLTD80H3 Critical Health Education
IDSC11H3 Issues in Global and International Health*
*Note: IDSC11H3 has prerequisites that are not part of this program.

Fourth Year
0.5 credit

7. 0.5 credit at the D-level in HLT courses

MAJOR (CO-OPERATIVE) PROGRAM IN HEALTH STUDIES - HEALTH POLICY (ARTS)

For more information, please contact:
Academic Program Advisor: dhsadvisor.utsc@utoronto.ca 
Co-op Program Coordinator: coopsuccess.utsc@utoronto.ca

The Major (Co-op) Program in Health Studies - Health Policy is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that combines academic studies with paid work terms in the public, private, and/or non-profit sectors. The program provides students with the opportunity to develop the academic and professional skills required to pursue employment in these areas, or to continue on to graduate training in an academic field related to Health Policy upon graduation.

In addition to their academic course requirements, students must successfully complete the additive Arts & Science Co-op Work Term Preparation courses and a minimum of two Co-op work terms.

Enrolment Requirements
The minimum qualifications for entry are 4.0 credits, including HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3, plus a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.

Current Co-op Students:
Students admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt in their first year of study must request a Co-op Subject POSt on ACORN upon completion of 4.0 credits and must meet the minimum qualifications for entry as noted above.

Prospective Co-op Students:
Prospective Co-op students (i.e., those not yet admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt) must submit a program request on ACORN, and meet the minimum qualifications noted above. Deadlines follow the Limited Enrolment Program Application Deadlines set by the Office of the Registrar each year. Failure to submit the program request on ACORN will result in that student's application not being considered.

Program Requirements
Students must complete the program requirements as described in the Major Program in Health Studies - Health Policy.

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.

Co-op Work Term Requirements
Students must satisfactorily complete two Co-op work terms, each of four-months duration. To be eligible for their first work term, students must be enrolled in the Major (Co-op) Program in Health Studies - Health Policy and have completed at least 9.0 credits, including all of the courses identified in components 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the program requirements.
In addition to their academic program requirements, Co-op students complete up to four Co-op specific courses. These courses are designed to prepare students for their job search and work term experience, and to maximize the benefits of their Co-op work terms. They cover a variety of topics intended to assist students in developing the skills and tools required to secure work terms that are appropriate to their program of study, and to perform professionally in the workplace. These courses must be completed in sequence, and are taken in addition to a full course load. They are recorded on transcripts as credit/no credit (CR/NCR) and are considered to be additive credit to the 20.0 required degree credits. No additional course fee is assessed as registration is included in the Co-op Program fee.

Co-op Preparation Course Requirements:

1. COPB50H3/​(COPD01H3) – Foundations for Success in Arts & Science Co-op
- Students entering Co-op from outside of UTSC (high school or other postsecondary) will complete this course in Fall or Winter of their first year at UTSC. Enrolment in each section is based on admission category: Typically, students in Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics enroll in the Fall semester while all other Arts & Science Co-op admission categories enroll in the Winter semester however this may vary year to year.
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in April/May will complete this course in the Summer semester.
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in July/August will complete this course in the Fall semester.

2. COPB51H3/​(COPD03H3) – Preparing to Compete for your Co-op Work Term
- This course will be completed eight months in advance of the first scheduled work term.

3. COPB52H3/​(COPD11H3) – Managing your Work Term Search & Transition to Work
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the first work scheduled work term.

4. COPC98H3/​(COPD12H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part I
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the second scheduled work term.

5. COPC99H3/​(COPD13H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part II
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the third scheduled work term (for programs that require the completion of 3 work terms and/or four months in advance of any additional work terms that have been approved by the Arts and Science Co-op Office.

Students must be available for work terms in each of the Fall, Winter and Summer semesters and must complete at least one of their required work terms in either a Fall or Winter semester. This, in turn, requires that students take courses during at least one Summer semester.

For information on fees, status in Co-op programs, and certification of completion of Co-op programs, see the 6B.5 Co-operative Programs section or the Arts and Science Co-op section in the UTSC Calendar.

MAJOR PROGRAM IN HEALTH STUDIES - POPULATION HEALTH (SCIENCE)

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
1.5 credits at A-level:

1. 1.0 credit of Introductory Health Studies courses
HLTA02H3 Foundations of Health Studies I
HLTA03H3 Foundations of Health Studies II

2. 0.5 credit of Introductory Biology courses from the following:
BIOA11H3 Introduction to the Biology of Humans
BIOA01H3 Life on Earth: Unifying Principles

Note: students may also enroll in PHLB09H3 Biomedical Ethics and [STAB22H3 Statistics I or STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences] in year one to help balance their course load in year two

Second Year
4.0 credits

3. 3.0 credits of core second year courses
[HLTB11H3 Basic Human Nutrition or BIOB35H3 Essentials of Human Physiology]
HLTB15H3 Introduction of Health Research Methodology
HLTB16H3 Introduction to Public Health
HLTB22H3 Biological Determinants of Health
PHLB09H3 Biomedical Ethics (can be taken in year one)
[STAB22H3 Statistics I or STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences] (can be taken in year one)

4. 0.5 credit from the following:
HLTB41H3 Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health
HLTB42H3 Perspectives of Culture, Illness and Healing
HLTB44H3 Introduction to Pathophysiology and the Etiology of Diseases
HLTB50H3 Introduction to Health Humanities

5. 0.5 credit from the following:
GGRB28H3 Geographies of Disease
HLTB20H3 Contemporary Human Evolution and Variation
HLTB30H3 Current Issues in Health
HLTB31H3 Current Issues in Health II: Synergies Among Science, Policy and Action
HLTB41H3 Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health (if not used towards requirement 4)
HLTB44H3 Introduction to Pathophysiology and the Etiology of Diseases (if not used towards requirement 4)
HLTB50H3 Introduction to Health Humanities (if not used towards requirement 4)
HLTB60H3 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
STAB27H3 Statistics II

Third Year
2.0 credits

6. 0.5 credits in Epidemiological Concepts from the following:
ANTC67H3 Foundations in Epidemiology
HLTC27H3 Community Health and Epidemiology

7. 1.5 credits at the C-level from the following:
ANTC68H3 Deconstructing Epidemics
BIOC70H3 An Introduction to Bias in the Sciences
HLTC04H3 Fieldwork Practices in Health and Society Research
HLTC16H3 Introduction to Health Information Systems
HLTC17H3 Introduction to Rehabilitation Sciences
HLTC19H3 Chronic Diseases
HLTC22H3 Health, Aging and the Life Cycle
HLTC23H3 Issues in Child Health and Development
HLTC24H3 Environment and Health
HLTC25H3 Infectious Diseases
HLTC26H3 Global Health and Human Biology
HLTC28H3 Special Topics in Health Studies
HLTC29H3 Special Topics in Health Studies
HLTC46H3 Globalization, Gender and Health
HLTC48H3 Special Topics in Health Studies
HLTC49H3 Indigenous Health
HLTC51H3 Special Topics in Health and Society

Fourth Year
0.5 credits

8. 0.5 credit at the D-level in HLT courses

MAJOR (CO-OPERATIVE) PROGRAM IN HEALTH STUDIES - POPULATION HEALTH (SCIENCE)

Academic Program Advisor: dhsadvisor.utsc@utoronto.ca
Co-op Program Coordinator: C. Dixon email: coopsuccess.utsc@utoronto.ca

The Major (Co-op) Program in Health Studies - Population Health is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that combines academic studies with paid work terms in the public, private, and/or non-profit sectors. The program provides students with the opportunity to develop the academic and professional skills required to pursue employment in these areas, or to continue on to graduate training in an academic field related to Population Health upon graduation.

In addition to their academic course requirements, students must successfully complete the additive Arts & Science Co-op Work Term Preparation courses and a minimum of two Co-op work terms.

Enrolment Requirements
The minimum qualifications for entry are 4.0 credits, including HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3, plus a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.

Current Co-op Students:
Students admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt in their first year of study must request a Co-op Subject POSt on ACORN upon completion of 4.0 credits and must meet the minimum qualifications for entry as noted above.

Prospective Co-op Students:
Prospective Co-op students (i.e., those not yet admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt) must submit a program request on ACORN, and meet the minimum qualifications noted above. Deadlines follow the Limited Enrolment Program Application Deadlines set by the Office of the Registrar each year. Failure to submit the program request on ACORN will result in that student's application not being considered.

Program Requirements
Students must complete the program requirements as described in the Major Program in Health Studies - Population Health.

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.

Co-op Work Term Requirements
Students must satisfactorily complete two 4-month Co-op work terms or one 8-month work term. To be eligible for their first work term, students must be enrolled in the Major (Co-op) Program in Health Studies - Population Health and have completed at least 9.0 credits, including all of the courses from components 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the program requirements.

In addition to their academic program requirements, Co-op students complete up to four Co-op specific courses. These courses are designed to prepare students for their job search and work term experience, and to maximize the benefits of their Co-op work terms. They cover a variety of topics intended to assist students in developing the skills and tools required to secure work terms that are appropriate to their program of study, and to perform professionally in the workplace. These courses must be completed in sequence, and are taken in addition to a full course load. They are recorded on transcripts as credit/no credit (CR/NCR) and are considered to be additive credit to the 20.0 required degree credits. No additional course fee is assessed as registration is included in the Co-op Program fee.

Co-op Preparation Course Requirements:

1. COPB50H3/​(COPD01H3) – Foundations for Success in Arts & Science Co-op
- Students entering Co-op from outside of UTSC (high school or other postsecondary) will complete this course in Fall, Winter or Summer of their first year at UTSC. 
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in April/May will complete this course in the Summer semester.
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in July/August will complete this course in the winter semester.

2. COPB51H3/​(COPD03H3) – Preparing to Compete for your Co-op Work Term

3. COPB52H3/​(COPD11H3) – Managing your Work Term Search & Transition to Work
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the first work scheduled work term.

4. COPC98H3/​(COPD12H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part I
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the second scheduled work term.

5. COPC99H3/​(COPD13H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part II
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the third scheduled work term (for programs that require the completion of 3 work terms and/or four months in advance of any additional work terms that have been approved by the Arts and Science Co-op Office.

Students must be available for work terms in each of the Fall, Winter and Summer semesters and must complete at least one of their required work terms in either a Fall or Winter semester. This, in turn, requires that students take courses during at least one Summer semester.

For information on fees, status in Co-op programs, and certification of completion of Co-op programs, see the 6B.5 Co-operative Programs section or the Arts and Science Co-op section in the UTSC Calendar.

MINOR PROGRAM IN HEALTH HUMANITIES (ARTS)

The Minor in Health Humanities provides an interdisciplinary exploration of human health and illness through the methods and materials of the creative arts, humanities, and critical social sciences. Students’ understanding of the humanistic, philosophical, historical, and artistic study of health—past and present—will be developed by attending closely to how literature, philosophy, history, and critical social sciences reveal the aesthetic, ethical, and multicultural contexts of health, disability, medical research and policy. This interdisciplinary Minor program is open to all undergraduates regardless of major or disciplinary backgrounds. See the following website for more information.
Students will note that some courses at the B-, C-, and D-levels may have additional prerequisites; therefore, students selecting the Minor as a Subject POSt must choose their courses carefully to ensure that they have the necessary prerequisites. Permission to count courses indicated by an asterisk (*) towards the Minor in Health Humanities must be received from the Program Supervisor, and will be granted in cases where the student’s work demonstrably engages Health Humanities-related content and/or research methods.

Note: Relevant Health Humanities-related courses selected from other academic units and disciplines, not already listed below, may be approved for the Minor in Health Humanities on a case-by-case basis. Please consult the Program Supervisor to determine the potential eligibility of relevant courses that are not listed below.

Program Requirements
This program requires the completion of 4.0 credits, as follows:

1. 1.5 credit in Core Concepts in Health Humanities
HLTB50H3 Introduction to Health Humanities
HLTC55H3 Methods in Arts-Based Research
PHLB09H3 Biomedical Ethics

2. 0.5 credit in Critical Writing to be chosen from:
ENGA02H3 Critical Writing about Literature
ENGB02H3 Effective Writing in the Sciences

3. At least 0.5 credit at the C-level to be chosen from the following*:
ANTC24H3 Culture, Mental Illness, and Psychiatry
ANTC61H3 Medical Anthropology: Illness and Healing in Cultural Perspective
HLTC20H3 Global Disability Studies
HLTC50H3 The Human-Animal Interface
HLTC52H3 Special Topics in Health Humanities
HLTC56H3 Drawing Illness
HLTC60H3 Disability History
MUZC02H3/​(VPMC02H3) Music, Health and Wellness
WSTC12H3 Writing the Self: Global Women's Autobiographies
WSTC40H3 Gender and Disability

4. 0.5 credit at the D-level to be chosen from the following*:
ANTD01H3 The Body in Culture and Society
ANTD10H3 The Anthropology of 'Life' Itself
ENGD12H3 Topics in Life Writing
HLTD07H3 Advanced Rehabilitation Sciences: Disability Studies and Lived Experiences of 'Normalcy'
HLTD50H3 Special Topics in Health Humanities
HLTD51H3 Aging and the Arts
HLTD52H3 Special Topics in Health: Health Histories
HLTD53H3 Special Topics in Health Humanities
HLTD54H3 Toronto’s Stories of Health and Illness
HLTD56H3 Health Humanities Workshop: Documentary & Memoir
HLTD80H3 Critical Health Education

5. 1.0 credits to be chosen from the following*:
ANTC24H3 Culture, Mental Illness, and Psychiatry (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
ANTC61H3 Medical Anthropology: Illness and Healing in Cultural Perspective (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
ANTD01H3 The Body in Culture and Society (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
ANTD10H3 The Anthropology of 'Life' Itself (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
CTLB03H3 Introduction to Service Learning
ENGA02H3 Critical Writing about Literature (if not used to complete Requirement 2)
ENGB02H3 Effective Writing in the Sciences (if not used to complete Requirement 2)
ENGB12H3 Life Writing
ENGB52H3 Literature and Science
ENGB74H3 The Body in Literature and Film
ENGC44H3 Self and Other in Literature and Film
ENGD12H3 Topics in Life Writing (if not used to complete Requirement 4)
HLTB30H3 Current Issues in Health
HLTB42H3 Perspectives of Culture, Illness and Healing
HLTB60H3 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
HLTC20H3 Global Disability Studies (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
HLTC50H3 The Human-Animal Interface (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
HLTC52H3 Special Topics in Health Humanities (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
HLTC56H3 Drawing Illness (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
HLTC60H3 Disability History (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
HLTD01H3 Directed Readings in Health Studies**
HLTD07H3 Advanced Rehabilitation Sciences: Disability Studies and Lived Experiences of 'Normalcy' (if not used to complete Requirement 4)
HLTD50H3 Special Topics in Health Humanities (if not used to complete Requirement 4)
HLTD51H3 Aging and the Arts (if not used to complete Requirement 4)
HLTD52H3 Special Topics in Health: Health Histories (if not used to complete Requirement 4)
HLTD53H3 Special Topics in Health Humanities (if not used to complete Requirement 4)
HLTD54H3 Toronto’s Stories of Health and Illness (if not used to complete Requirement 4)
HLTD56H3 Health Humanities Workshop: Documentary & Memoir (if not used to complete Requirement 4)
HLTD71Y3 Directed Research in Health Studies **
HLTD80H3 Critical Health Education (if not used to complete Requirement 4)
MUZC02H3/​(VPMC02H3) Music, Health and Wellness
WSTC12H3 Writing the Self: Global Women's Autobiographies (if not used to complete Requirement 3)
WSTC40H3 Gender and Disability (if not used to complete Requirement 3)

Notes:
1. The courses listed in requirements 3, 4, and 5 (designated with a *) engage methods, content, and/or issues relevant to arts and humanities-based approaches to health. They provide students with the opportunity to explore more specialized topics related to Health Humanities based on their academic interests and professional aspirations.
2. 0.5 credit can be earned by taking for-credit fine arts classes (e.g., music performance, visual arts, creative writing, etc).
3. Permission to count CLTB03H3 (**), HLTB30H3 (**), HLTD01H3, (**) or HLTD71Y3 (**) towards the Minor in Health Humanities must be received from the Program Supervisor. Permission will be granted only in cases where the student’s work demonstrably engages Health Humanities-related content and/or research methods.

CERTIFICATE IN PATHWAYS TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS

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 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
  • ANTD10H3: The Anthropology of 'Life' Itself
  • ANTD16H3: Biomedical Anthropology
  • IDSB04H3: Introduction to International/Global Health
  • GGRB28H3: Geographies of Disease
  • HLTB40H3: Health Policy and Health Systems
  • HLTC29H3: Special Topics in Health Studies
  • HLTC43H3: Politics of Canadian Health Policy
  • HLTC44H3: Comparative Health Policy Systems
  • HLTD04H3: Special Topics in Health
  • HLTD40H3: The Politics of Care, Self-Care and Mutual Aid
  • HLTD49H3: Thinking Alongside the World's Leaders
  • MGEC34H3: Economics of Health Care

2. 0.5 credit from Cultures, Communities and Care:

  • ANTA01H3: Introduction to Anthropology, Becoming Human
  • ANTC15H3: Gender and Sexualities
  • ANTC25H3: Anthropology and Psychology
  • ANTC61H3: Medical Anthropology: Illness and Healing in Cultural Perspective
  • CITB03H3: Social Planning and Community Development
  • GGRD10H3: Health & Sexuality
  • HLTB41H3: Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health
  • HLTB60H3: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
  • HLTC20H3: Global Disability Studies
  • HLTD47H3: Special Topics in Health: Advanced Topics in Health and Wellness
  • PSYC14H3: Cross-Cultural Social Psychology
  • PSYC15H3: Foundations in Community Psychology
  • PSYD10H3: Community and Applied Social Psychology
  • SOCB47H3: Social Inequality
  • SOCC55H3: Special Topics in Race and Ethnicity
  • SOCC49H3: Indigenous Health
  • WSTB11H3: Intersections of Inequality

3. 0.5 credit from Critical and Creative Thinking:

  • ANTB15H3: Contemporary Human Evolution and Variation
  • ANTC62H3: Medical Anthropology: Biological and Demographic Perspectives
  • ANTC68H3: Deconstructing Epidemics
  • ANTC70H3: Ethnographic Methods in Anthropology: Past, Present & Future
  • BIOC70H3: An Introduction to Bias in the Sciences
  • CSCA20H3: Introduction to Programming
  • CSCA08H3: Introduction to Computer Science I
  • ENGC74H3: Persuasive Writing and Community-Engaged Learning
  • HLTB15H3: Introduction to Health Research Methodologies
  • HLTC55H3: Methods in Arts-Based Health Research
  • MATA02H3: The Magic of Numbers
  • MATC90H3: Beginnings of Mathematics
  • PHLB09H3: Biomedical Ethics
  • PHLB58H3: Reasoning Under Uncertainty
  • POLB30H3: Law, Justice & Rights
  • PSYC03H3: Computers in Psychological Research: Advanced Topics
  • PSYC16H3: Psychology of Imagination
  • STAB22H3: Statistics I
  • STAB52H3: An Introduction to Probability
  • STAB53H3: Introduction to Applied Probability
  • WSTC26H3: Critical Race and Black Feminist Theories

4. 0.5 credit from Communication and Leadership:

  • ACMB10H3: Equity and Diversity in the Arts
  • HLTC29H3: Special Topics in Health Studies
  • MGTA38H3: Management Communications
  • PSYC02H3: Scientific Communication in Psychology

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.

Health Studies Courses

HLTA02H3 - Foundations in Health Studies I

This the first part of a sequence of two courses designed to introduce theory, contemporary topics, and analytical techniques related to the study of health issues. Examples of topics include: social determinants of health, basic anatomy, introduction to child development, introduction to the life course and aging, disease, health economics and policy, and applicable research methods.

Exclusion: HST209H1
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTA03H3 - Foundations in Health Studies II

This the second part of a sequence of two courses designed to introduce theory, contemporary topics, and analytical techniques related to the study of health issues. Examples of topics include: social determinants of health, basic anatomy, introduction to child development, introduction to the life course and aging, disease, health economics and policy, and applicable research methods.

Prerequisite: HLTA02H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTA20H3 - Physiology Through the Life Course: From Birth Through Death

An introduction to human functional processes will be presented through the various stages of the life cycle. Focusing on the body’s complex interacting systems, the physiology of all stages of human development, from prenatal development to adolescence to death, will be covered. Students will also develop a working scientific vocabulary in order to communicate effectively across health disciplines.

This course is intended for students who have not previously taken a course in Physiology. 

Prerequisite: Grade 12 Biology
Exclusion: Any course in Physiology across the campuses.
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Students that have not taken Grade 12 Biology must enroll and successfully pass BIOA11H3 before enrolling in HLTA20H3.

HLTA91H3 - A Healthy Campus for Students: Prioritizing Mental Health and Wellness

Students need to be and feel part of a community that allows them to flourish and thrive. This course focuses on creating a healthy campus community by equipping students with practical knowledge, theoretical frameworks, and skills to prioritize their mental health, physical health, and self-care activities. Emphasis is placed on examining theoretical frameworks and practical activities that ameliorate mental health and self care practices, particularly those included in UTSC’s Healthy Campus Initiative Pillars (i.e. Arts & Culture, Equity & Diversity, Food & Nutrition, Mental Health, Physical Activity, and Physical Space). Drawing on theoretical frameworks and current peer-reviewed research from fields including medicine, psychology, nutrition, exercise and fitness, as well as social and cultural studies, students will learn to debate and integrate theoretical and practical concepts relevant to contemporary understandings of what it means to be healthy. In addition, students will engage in experiential learning activities that will expose them to campus resources in ways that they can apply to creating healthy communities.

Exclusion: (CTLA10H3)
Enrolment Limits: 40
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Note: This is an experiential learning course and active participation may be required

HLTB11H3 - Basic Human Nutrition

An introductory course to provide the fundamentals of human nutrition to enable students to understand and think critically about the complex interrelationships between food, nutrition, health and environment.

Prerequisite: HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3
Exclusion: NFS284H1
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTB15H3 - Introduction to Health Research Methodology

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the main principles that are needed to undertake health-related research. Students will be introduced to the concepts and approaches to health research, the nature of scientific inquiry, the role of empirical research, and epidemiological research designs.

Prerequisite: [HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3] or [any 4.0 credits, including SOCB60H3]
Exclusion: (HLTA10H3)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTB16H3 - Introduction to Public Health

This course will present a brief history about the origins and development of the public health system and its role in health prevention. Using a case study approach, the course will focus on core functions, public health practices, and the relationship of public health with the overall health system.

Prerequisite: HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTB20H3 - Contemporary Human Evolution and Variation

Basic to the course is an understanding of the synthetic theory of evolution and the principles, processes, evidence and application of the theory. Laboratory projects acquaint the student with the methods and materials utilized Biological Anthropology. Specific topics include: the development of evolutionary theory, the biological basis for human variation, the evolutionary forces, human adaptability and health and disease.
Science credit
Same as ANTB15H3

Prerequisite: ANTA01H3 or [HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3]
Exclusion: ANTB15H3, ANT203Y
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTB22H3 - Biological Determinants of Health

This course is an introduction to the basic biological principles underlying the origins and development of both infectious and non-infectious diseases in human populations. It covers population genetics and principles of inheritance.

Prerequisite: HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3 and [BIOA11H3 or BIOA01H3]
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTB30H3 - Current Issues in Health

An interdisciplinary consideration of current and pressing issues in health, including health crises, care, education, policy, research, and knowledge mobilization and translation. The course will focus on emerging questions and research, with attention to local and global experts from a range of disciplines and sectors.

Recommended Preparation: HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3
Enrolment Limits: 250 students
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language, Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major and Minor programs in ICHS.

HLTB31H3 - Current Issues in Health II: Synergies Among Science, Policy, and Action

An interdisciplinary examination of a case study of a major contemporary health issue--the biological, physiological, social, economic, epidemiological, and environmental contexts of current and pressing issues in health, including health crises, care, education, policy, research, and knowledge mobilization and translation. This course will explore the science that underpins policy responses and actions and the policy and social change agendas that inform science, with attention to local and global experts from a range of disciplines and sectors.

Recommended Preparation: HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3
Enrolment Limits: 250
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major and Minor programs in the Department of Health and Society.

HLTB40H3 - Health Policy and Health Systems

This course focuses on public and private financing mechanisms for health care in Canada, emphasizing provincial differences and discussing the systems in place in other developed nations. Topics will include the forces of market competition and government regulation as well as the impact of health policy on key stakeholders. Students will also learn how to apply simple economic reasoning to examine health policy issues.

Prerequisite: HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3
Exclusion: HST211H1
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTB41H3 - Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health

This course introduces students to Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) approaches to reducing health inequities, and improving individual and population health. Students will critically explore the social, political, economic, and historic conditions that shape the everyday lives, and influence the health, of people.

Prerequisite: HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in Health Studies programs.

HLTB42H3 - Perspectives of Culture, Illness and Healing

This course introduces students to anthropological perspectives of culture, society, and language, to foster understanding of the ways that health intersects with political, economic, religious and kinship systems. Topics will include ethnographic theory and practice, cultural relivatism, and social and symbolic meanings and practices regarding the body.

Prerequisite: HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTB44H3 - Introduction to Pathophysiology and The Etiology of Diseases

This course focuses on functional changes in the body that result from the disruption of the normal balance of selected systems of the human body. Building on the knowledge of human biology, students will learn the biological basis, etiopathology and clinical manifestations of selected diseases and other perturbations, with a focus on cellular and tissue alterations in children.

Prerequisite: [HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3 and HLTA20H3] and [BIOA11H3 or BIOA01H3]
Recommended Preparation: Grade 12 Biology
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTB50H3 - Introduction to Health Humanities

An introduction to human health through literature, narrative, and the visual arts. Students will develop strong critical skills in text-centered methods of analysis (i.e., the written word, visual images) through topics including representations of health, illness narratives, death and dying, patient-professional relationships, technoscience and the human body.

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: Prior experience in humanities courses at the secondary or post-secondary level.
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language
Note: Preference will be given to students enrolled in a Health Studies program.

HLTB60H3 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

An introduction to interdisciplinary disability studies through humanities, social science, and fine arts, with a strong basis in a social justice orientation that understands disability as a relational, social, and historical symbolic category, and ableism as a form of oppression. Students will develop strong critical skills in interpretation and analysis of artworks (i.e., the written word, visual images, performance) and theoretical texts. Topics including representations of disability in media, including literature and film; medicalization and tropes of disability; disability activism; and intersectional analysis of disability in relation to gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, and class.

Prerequisite: Completion of 2.0 credits with a cGPA of at least 2.7
Enrolment Limits: 220
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Note: Students considering a Major program in Health Studies should complete HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3 prior to enrolling in this course.

HLTC02H3 - Women and Health: Past and Present

This course uses historical, anthropological, philosophical approaches to further understand the relationships intertwining women, health and society. Women's interactions with the health sector will be examined. Particular attention will be devoted to the social and gender construction of disease and the politics of women's health.

Prerequisite: HLTB41H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTC04H3 - Fieldwork Practices in Health and Society Research

By engaging with ideas rooted in critical social science and humanities, and emphasising the work of Canadian scholars, students learn strategies for studying societal problems using a postpositivist paradigm. Students learn theoretical and applied skills in activities inside and outside the classroom to emerge with new understandings about the social studies of health and society. This is an advanced and intensive reading and writing course where students learn to think about research in the space between subjectivity and objectivity.

Prerequisite: HLTB50H3 and an additional 1.0 credit from the following: [ANTB19H3, HISB03H3, GGRB03H3, GGRC31H3, PHLB05, PHLB07, PHLB09H3, POLC78H3, SOCB05H3, VPHB39H3, WSTB05H3, or WSTC02H3]
Recommended Preparation: Coursework in interpretive social sciences and humanities.
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: This course is designed and intended for students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op in Health Studies-Health Policy (Arts), and priority will be given to these students.

HLTC16H3 - Introduction to Health Information Systems

An introduction to the fundamental concepts in health informatics (HI) and the relevance of HI to current and future Canadian and international health systems. Students will be introduced to traditional hospital-based/clinician-based HI systems, as well as present and emerging applications in consumer and public HI, including global applications.

Prerequisite: HLTB16H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies.

HLTC17H3 - Introduction to Rehabilitation Sciences

This course will provide students with an introduction to the rehabilitation sciences in the Canadian context. Students will gain knowledge regarding the pressing demographic needs for rehabilitation services and research, as well as the issues affecting the delivery of those services.

Prerequisite: HLTB16H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies.

HLTC19H3 - Chronic Diseases

This course will introduce students to the regional, national, and global patterns of chronic disease and demonstrate how demography, behaviour, socio-economic status, and genetics impact patterns of chronic disease in human populations. Using epidemiological studies we will examine these patterns, assess their complex causes, and discuss strategies for broad-based preventative action.

Prerequisite: HLTB22H3 or HLTB41H3
Exclusion: (HLTC07H3), (HLTC21H3)
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTC20H3 - Global Disability Studies

This course considers how the category of disability works globally across geographic locations and cultural settings. Combining an interdisciplinary social justice-oriented disability studies perspective with a critical decolonial approach, students continue to develop an understanding of disability as a relational, social, and historical symbolic category, and ableism. Students will develop strong critical skills in interpretation and analysis of both social science texts, works of theory, and artworks (i.e., the written word, visual images, performance). Topics including representations of disability in global and diasporic media, including literature and film; medicalization and tropes of disability across cultures; human rights and disability activism around the world; and intersectional analysis of disability in relation to gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, and class in diverse global contexts.

Prerequisite: HLTB60H3
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HLTC22H3 - Health, Aging and the Life Cycle

This course focuses on the transition from birth to old age and changes in health status. Topics to be covered include: socio-cultural perspectives on aging, the aging process, chronic and degenerative diseases, caring for the elderly.

Prerequisite: HLTB22H3 or HLTB41H3
Exclusion: (HLTB01H3), HST308H1
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTC23H3 - Issues in Child Health and Development

This course will explore bio-social aspects of health and development in children. Topics for discussion include genetics and development, growth and development, childhood diseases, the immune system, and nutrition during the early years.

Prerequisite: HLTB22H3 or HLTB41H3
Exclusion: (HLTB02H3)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTC24H3 - Environment and Health

Environmental issues are often complex and require a holistic approach where the lines between different disciplines are often obscured. The environment, as defined in this course, includes the natural (biological) and built (social, cultural, political) settings. Health is broadly defined to include the concept of well-being. Case studies will be used to illustrate environment and health issues using an ecosystem approach that includes humans as part of the ecosystem.

Prerequisite: HLTB22H3
Exclusion: (ANTB56H3), (HLTB04H3)
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTC25H3 - Infectious Diseases

Adopting ecological, epidemiological, and social approaches, this course examines the impact of infectious disease on human populations. Topics covered include disease ecology, zoonoses, and the role of humans in disease occurrence. The aim is to understand why infectious diseases emerge and how their occurrence is intimately linked to human behaviours.

Prerequisite: HLTB22H3
Exclusion: (HLTB21H3)
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTC26H3 - Global Health and Human Biology

This course will apply students' knowledge of health studies and human biology to solving real-life cases in global health, such as the Ebola outbreaks in Africa or the acute toxic encephalopathy mystery illness among children in India. This case-study-oriented course will focus on the application of human biology principles in addressing current cases in global health.

Prerequisite: HLTB22H3
Exclusion: HLTC28H3 if taken in the Winter 2018 or the Winter 2019 semester
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enroled in the Major/Major Co-op program in Health Studies - Population Health

HLTC27H3 - Community Health and Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study or the pattern and causes of health-related outcomes and the application of findings to improvement of public health. This course will examine the history of epidemiology and its principles and terminology, measures of disease occurrence, study design, and application of concepts to specific research areas.

Prerequisite: [HLTB15H3 and HLTB16H3 and any statistics course] or [enrolment in the Certificate in Computational Social Science]
Exclusion: ANTC67H3
Breadth Requirements: Quantitative Reasoning
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies.

HLTC28H3 - Special Topics in Health Studies

An examination of a current topic relevant to health studies. The specific topic will vary from year to year, and may include: Ecosystem Approaches to Zoonotic Disease; Climate Change and Health; Food Insecurity, Nutrition, and Health; Health and the Human-Insect Interface.

Prerequisite: HLTB22H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies.

HLTC29H3 - Special Topics in Health Studies

An examination of a current topic relevant to health studies. The specific topic will vary from year to year, and may include: Ecosystem Approaches to Zoonotic Disease; Climate Change and Health; Food Insecurity, Nutrition, and Health; Health and the Human-Insect Interface.

Prerequisite: HLTB22H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies.

HLTC42H3 - Emerging Health Issues and Policy Needs

This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to helping students prepare to tackle complex emerging health issues and to explore ways of addressing these issues through public policy. A range of contemporary and newly-emerging health issues are discussed and analyzed in the context of existing policy constraints within Canada and worldwide.

Prerequisite: HLTB40H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTC43H3 - Politics of Canadian Health Policy

This course examines the role of all levels of Canadian government in health and health care. The impact of public policies, health care policy, and access to health care services on the health of populations is considered. The course also examines the role of political parties and social movements in the policy change process.

Prerequisite: HLTB40H3
Exclusion: (POLC55H3), (HLTC03H3)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTC44H3 - Comparative Health Policy Systems

This course surveys a selection of health care systems worldwide in relation to financing, reimbursement, delivery systems and adoption of new technologies. In this course students will explore questions such as: which systems and which public/private sector mixes are better at achieving efficiency and equity? How do these different systems deal with tough choices, such as decisions about new technologies? The set of international health care systems we focus on are likely to vary by term but will include a subset of OECD countries as well as countries with large populations that are heavily represented in Toronto such as China and India.

Prerequisite: HLTB40H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTC46H3 - Globalization, Gender and Health

This interdisciplinary course draws on diverse theoretical and analytical approaches that span the humanities, social sciences and life sciences to critically explore the diverse relationships between gender and health, in local and global contexts. Particular attention is given to intersections between sex, gender and other social locations and processes that impact health and health inequities across the lifespan, including the impacts of ableism, colonialism, hetero-normativity, poverty, racialization, and sexism on women's and men's health, and related health research and practice. Through course readings, case studies, group discussions, class activities, and course assignments, students will apply these theoretical lenses and develop analytical skills that : (1) advance a more contextualized understanding of gender and health across the lifespan, (2) provide important insights into gendered health inequities, and (3) speak to strategies and social movements that begin to address these challenges.

Prerequisite: HLTB41H3 or IDSB04H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op program in Health Studies.

HLTC47H3 - Institutional Ethnography: Investigating Health and Social Problems in the Everyday  

By engaging with ideas rooted in critical social science and humanities, and emphasising the work of Canadian scholars, students learn how policy, law and various forms of regulation and governance impact on our everyday lives. Students learn theoretical, ontological and methodological concepts from a distinctive Canadian school of feminist sociological analysis called social organization of knowledge. This is an advanced and intensive reading and writing course where students learn to think about ruling relations in the space between subjectivity and objectivity.

Prerequisite: HLTB42H3 and an additional 1.0 credit from the following: [ANTB19H3, ANTB20H3, PHLB05H3, PHLB07H3, PHLB13H3, POLC79H3, SOCB05H3, SOCB22H3, SOCB30H3, WSTC02H3, or WSTC14H3].
Recommended Preparation: Coursework in interpretive social sciences and humanities.
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op in Health Studies-Health Policy (Arts).

HLTC48H3 - Special Topics in Health Studies

An examination of a current topic relevant to health studies. The specific topic will vary from year to year. Topics may include: Social Justice and Health Activism; Climate Change and Health; Labour, Precarity, and Health.

Prerequisite: HLTB41H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies.

HLTC49H3 - Indigenous Health

This course will examine the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples, given historic and contemporary issues. A critical examination of the social determinants of health, including the cultural, socioeconomic and political landscape, as well as the legacy of colonialism, will be emphasized. An overview of methodologies and ethical issues working with Indigenous communities in health research and developing programs and policies will be provided. The focus will be on the Canadian context, but students will be exposed to the issues of Indigenous peoples worldwide.
Same as SOCC49H3

Prerequisite: HLTB41H3 or [[SOCB05H3 or SOCB35H3] and [0.5 credit from the following: SOCB30H3 , SOCB42H3, SOCB43H3, SOCB47H3]]
Exclusion: SOCC49H3
Enrolment Limits: 30
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTC50H3 - The Human-Animal Interface

An intensive, interdisciplinary study of the human-animal relationship as represented through a range of literature, film, and other critical writings. Students will explore the theoretical underpinnings of “animality” as a critical lens through which human identity, health, and policy are conceptualized. Key topics include: animals in the human imagination, particularly in relation to health; animal-human mythologies; health, ethics, and the animal.

Prerequisite: HLTB50H3
Recommended Preparation: Prior experience in humanities courses at the secondary or post-secondary level.
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language

HLTC51H3 - Special Topics in Health and Society

An examination of a current topic relevant to the study of health and society. The specific topic will vary from year to year.

Same as SOCC51H3

Prerequisite: HLTB41H3 or [[SOCB05H3 or SOCB35H3] and [0.5 from SOCB30H3, SOCB42H3, SOCB43H3, SOCB47H3]]
Exclusion: SOCC51H3
Enrolment Limits: 30
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major programs in Health Studies.

HLTC52H3 - Special Topics in Health Humanities

An examination of a current topic in Health Humanities. The specific topic will vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: HLTB50H3
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language

HLTC55H3 - Methods in Arts-Based Health Research

This course introduces students to the practice of arts-based health research (ABHR), which involves the formal integration of creative art forms into health research methods and outcomes. Students will learn about the conceptual foundations of ABHR and explore various methods for generating, interpreting and representing health-related research (e.g., narrative, performance, visual arts, digital storytelling, or body mapping). With reference to concrete exemplars and experiential learning in creative forms, students will examine critical issues of methodological quality, evidence, research ethics, implementation challenges, and opportunities for arts-based health research in Canada and the global context.

Prerequisite: HLTB50H3
Recommended Preparation: PHLB09H3, HLTB15H3, HLTC04H3
Enrolment Limits: 40
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language

HLTC56H3 - Drawing Illness

For close to a century, comics as a medium have examined diverse topics, from the serious to the silly. Drawing Illness draws on interdisciplinary scholarship from disability studies, comics studies, comic histories, medical anthropology, history of medicine and public health to examine the ways in which graphic narratives have been utilized to tell a range of stories about illness, disability, grief, dying, death, and medicine.


Prerequisite: HLTB50H3 or [HLTB60H3 in combination with any course in Historical and Cultural Studies]
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTC60H3 - Disability History

This course introduces students to disability history, a subfield within both history and the interdisciplinary field of disability studies. Students will use critical perspectives from disability studies to interpret how the concept of disability has changed over time and across cultures. This course understands disability as a social and political phenomenon and seeks to understand the experiences of disabled people in the past around the world. Students enrolled in this course will read secondary and primary source texts, and draw on lectures, films, memoirs, popular culture, and art to examine the social and cultural construction and experiences of disability. Students will also gain an understanding of how historians conduct research, and the methods and problems of researching disability history. Historical themes include colonialism, industrialization, war, and bureaucracy; regions and time periods studied will be selected at the discretion of the instructor.

Prerequisite: HLTB60H3 or [HLTB50H3 and any course in Historical and Cultural Studies]
Recommended Preparation: An A-level course in Health and Society or Historical and Cultural Studies
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTC81H3 - Health Professions and Practice

This course introduces students to health professions and practice with a focus on understanding the roles and responsibilities of health professionals, their scope of practices, and the key issues and challenges they face. The course will explore the evolution of healthcare delivery systems, the regulatory environment, and the ethical and professional considerations that impact the delivery of health care services through the lens of various health professions. Topics will also include the history and development of health professions and the interprofessional nature of health care delivery. The course will also examine, from the lens of various health professions, key issues and challenges facing health professionals such as health care disparities, health care reform, the use of technology, and other contemporary issues in healthcare.

Throughout the course students will engage in critical thinking, analysis, and discussion of current issues in health professions and practice. The course will also provide opportunities for students to explore potential career paths within the healthcare field and to develop skills necessary for success in health professions such as communication, teamwork and cultural competence.

Prerequisite: HLTB40H3
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTD01H3 - Directed Readings in Health Studies

This is an advanced reading course in special topics for upper level students who have completed the available basic courses in Health Studies and who wish to pursue further intensive study on a relevant topic. Topic selection and approval will depend on the supervising instructor.

Prerequisite: Completion of at least 6.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the C-level from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies; students must also have achieved a minimum CGPA of 2.5 and have permission of the instructor

HLTD02H3 - Health Research Seminar

Provides senior students with the opportunity to apply methodological skills to a health research problem. Students will give presentations of their research proposals, and there may be a guest seminar on health research projects.

Prerequisite: Completion of at least 1.5 credits at the C-Level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies
Enrolment Limits: 25
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTD04H3 - Special Topics in Health

The topics presented in this course will represent a range of contemporary issues in health research. Topics will vary by instructor and term.

Prerequisite: Completion of at least 1.5 credits from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies
Recommended Preparation: Completion of 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses

HLTD05H3 - Directed Research on Health Services and Institutions

Provides students with the opportunity to analyze work of health institutions. Students taking this course will arrange, in consultation with the instructor, to work as a volunteer in a health institution. They will write a major research paper related to some aspect of their experience.

Prerequisite: Completion of HLTA02H3 and HLTA03H3 and [at least 4.0 credits, including 1.5 at the C-Level in HLT courses, from the requirements of one of the Major/Major Co-operative programs in Health Studies] and [a minimum CGPA of 2.5] and permission of the instructor.
Exclusion: (HLTC01H3)
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

HLTD06H3 - Auto-Ethnographic Studies of Migration, Health and the State 

By engaging with ideas rooted in critical social science and humanities, and emphasising the work of Canadian scholars, students learn how to start with the self to explore and critique the social. Students learn theoretical and applied skills in activities inside and outside the classroom to emerge with new understandings about the intersections of migration, health and the state. This is an advanced and intensive reading and writing seminar where students learn to think about these interactions in the space between subjectivity and objectivity.

Prerequisite: HLTB42H3 and an additional 1.0 credit from the following: [ANTC14H3, ANTC32H3, ANTC34H3, ANTC70H3, GHGRB03H3, GGRB13H3, GGRB55H3, GGRC31H3, GGRC56H3, HISC36H3, HISC45H3, HISC29H3, HISC68H3, HISC75H3, PHLB05, PHLB07, POLC79H3, POLC94H3, SOCB60H3, SOCC25H3, SOCC34H3, VPHB68H3, VPHC73H3, or WSTB06H3]
Recommended Preparation: Coursework in interpretive social sciences and humanities.
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: This course is designed and intended for students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op in Health Studies-Health Policy (Arts), and priority will be given to these students.

HLTD07H3 - Advanced Rehabilitation Sciences: Disability Studies and Lived Experiences of 'Normalcy'

This course builds on HLTC17H3 by examining rehabilitation from the perspectives of researchers, clinicians, and clients. The course focuses on the historical role of rehabilitation, not only in improving health, but also in perpetuating the goal of 'normalcy'. Students will examine how rehabilitation impacts people, both at an individual and societal level, and explore the field of disability studies and its critical engagement with the message that disabled people “need to be repaired.”

Prerequisite: HLTC17H3 and an additional 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the program requirements from the Major/Major Co-op program in Health Studies - Population Health
Exclusion: HLTD47H3 if taken before Summer 2018
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTD08H3 - Special Topics in Health Sciences

An examination of a current health sciences topic. The specific topic will vary from year to year, and may include: clinical epidemiology, an advanced nutrition topic, or the biology and population health impacts of a specific disease or illness condition.

Prerequisite: HLTC27H3 with a minimum grade of 70%; and an additional 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the program requirements from the Major/Major Co-op program in Health Studies - Population Health
Recommended Preparation: HLTC19H3 or HLTC25H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTD09H3 - Population Perspectives on Reproductive Health

Reproductive health is defined by the World Health Organization as physical, mental, and social wellbeing across the life course in all domains related to the reproductive system. This course will draw on theories and methods from demography, epidemiology, medicine, and public health to examine the determinants and components of reproductive health. A particular emphasis will be placed on sexual health, family planning, preconception health, and perinatal health and on how these are understood in the context of a growing global population.

Prerequisite: HLTC27H3 and 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the requirements of the Major/Major Co-op program in Health Studies—Population Health (Science).
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTD11H3 - Program and Policy Evaluation

This course provides an introduction to the field of program and policy evaluation. Evaluation plays an important role in evidence based decision making in all aspects of society. Students will gain insight into the theoretical, methodological, practical, and ethical aspects of evaluation across different settings. The relative strengths and weaknesses of various designs used in applied social research to examine programs and policies will be covered.

Same as SOCD11H3

Prerequisite: [[STAB22H3 or STAB23H3] and [0.5 credit from HLTC42H3, HLTC43H3, HLTC44H3] and [an additional 1.0 credit at the C-Level in HLT courses from one of the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies]] or [10.0 credits and [SOCB05H3 and SOCB35H3] and [1.0 credit from the following: SOCB30H3, SOCB42H3, SOCB43H3, or SOCB47H3]]
Exclusion: SOCD11H3
Enrolment Limits: 10
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

HLTD12H3 - Special Topics in Health

The topics presented in this course will represent a range of contemporary issues in health research. Topics will vary by instructor and term.


Prerequisite: Completion of 1.5 credits at the C-Level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTD13H3 - Special Topics in Health: Global Health and Human Biology

An examination of a current topic relevant to global health, especially diseases or conditions that predominately affect populations in low-income countries. The specific topics will vary from year to year, and may include: HIV/AIDS; insect-borne diseases; the biology of poverty and precarity. The course will provide students with relevant information about social context and health policy, but will focus on the processes of disease transmission and its biological impact on human health.

Prerequisite: Completion of HLTC26H3 and an additional 1.0 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the program requirements from the Major/Major Co-op program in Health Studies - Population Health
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTD18H3 - Dental Sciences

Dentistry is one of the oldest branches of medicine responsible for the treatment of diseases of oral cavity. This course will introduce students to the key concepts as well as the latest research in the dental sciences, including but not limited to craniofacial structures, bone physiology, odontogenesis, pathogenesis of oral diseases, and technology in dental sciences.

Prerequisite: HLTB44H3 Pathophysiology and Etiology of Disease
HLTC19H3 Chronic Diseases
HLTC23H3 Child Health and Development
0.5 credit in any Physiology course
Corequisite: NA
Exclusion: HMB474H1
Recommended Preparation: BIOB33H3 Human Development and Anatomy
ANTC47H3 Human and Primate Comparative Osteology
ANTC48H3 Advanced topics in Human Osteology

a working background in chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, and principles of inheritance would be beneficial
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students in the Population Health Major Program

HLTD20H3 - Special Topics in Health: Sex, Gender, and the Life Course

An examination of a current health topic relevant to sex, gender, and the life course. The specific topic will vary from year to year, and topics may include: reproductive health; the biology and health impacts of aging; infant feeding, weaning, and nutrition; sexual health among youth. The course will provide students with relevant information about social context and health policy, but will focus on biological processes at specific life stages.

Prerequisite: Completion of 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTD21H3 - Special Topics in Health

The topics presented in this course will represent a range of contemporary issues in health research. Topics will vary by instructor and term.

Prerequisite: Completion of 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-operative programs in Health Studies
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTD22H3 - Special Topics in Health

The topics presented in this course will represent a range of contemporary issues in health research. Topics will vary by instructor and term.

Prerequisite: Completion of 1.5 credits at the C-Level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-operative programs in Health Studies.
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTD23H3 - Indigenous Peoples: Pandemics, Epidemics and Outbreaks

This course will examine pandemics, epidemics, and outbreaks of contagious infectious diseases, specifically viruses (i.e. HIV, Ebola, SARS, hantavirus, smallpox, influenza) among Indigenous Peoples. Students will learn about the social, cultural, and historical impacts of the virus on Indigenous peoples and their communities with regards to transmission, treatment and prevention, public health measures and strategies, as well as ethical issues.

Prerequisite: HLTC25H3 and 1.0 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the Major/Major Co-op Program in Health Studies - Population Health program requirements.
Corequisite: HLTC27H3
Recommended Preparation: HLTC49H3/SOCC49H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTD25H3 - Topics in Environmental Health

The didactic portion of this course will examine emerging environmental health issues using case studies. In the hands-on portion of the course, students will learn a range of research skills - how to use the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, evidence-based health and best practices, and the different elements of a successful grant proposal - while honing their researching, writing, and presenting skills.

Prerequisite: HLTC24H3 with a minimum GPA of 2.7 (B-)
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTD26H3 - Embodiment across the Life Course

This course will introduce students to key conceptual and methodological approaches to studying experiences of embodiment at different points in the life course. It draws on range of social and cultural perspectives on bodily activity, exercise, disability, and representations of the body to encourage students to critically examine relationships between sociocultural dynamics and health.

Prerequisite: HLTB15H3 and HLTC22H3 and an additional 1.0 credit at the C-level in HLT courses.
Exclusion: HLTD12H3 if taken in the Winter 2019 semester
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in Health Studies programs offered by the Department of Health and Society

HLTD27H3 - Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Health

Food security is an important determinant of health and well being, and yet in many areas of the world there are profound challenges to achieving it. Food sovereignty – the right of peoples to self-determined food production – has an important and complex relationship with food security. This course will examine the implications of food security and food sovereignty for health equity in the context of sub Saharan Africa.

Prerequisite: HLTC26H3 and an additional 1.0 credit at the C-level in HLT courses
Exclusion: HLTD22H3 if taken in Winter 2018 or Fall 2018 semester
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

HLTD28H3 - Innovations for Global Health

This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the role of technological and social innovations in global health. Through lectures, case studies, group projects and exciting guest lectures, students will gain an understanding of the process of developing and scaling technological and social innovations in low- and middle-income countries, taking into account the unique socio-cultural, financial and logistical constraints that are present in such settings.

Prerequisite: HLTC26H3 with a minimum grade of 70% and an additional 1.0 credit at the C-level in HLT courses.
Exclusion: [HLTC47H3 if taken in Fall 2017 semester], [HLTD04H3 if taken in Winter 2019 semester]
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

HLTD29H3 - Special Topics in Health: Inequality, Inequity, and Health

An examination of a current topic in inequality, inequity, marginalization, social exclusion, and health outcomes. Topics may include: health and homelessness, poverty and sexual health, political conflict and refugee health. The course will provide students with relevant information about social context and health policy, but will focus on the physical and mental health impacts of various forms of inequity.

Prerequisite: Completion of 1.5 credits at the C-Level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-operative programs in Health Studies
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

HLTD40H3 - The Politics of Care, Self-Care, and Mutual Aid

Drawing on insights from critical social theory and on the experience of community partners, this course critically explores the ethics, economics, and politics of care and mutual aid. The course begins with a focus on informal care in our everyday lives, including self-care. We then move on to interrogate theories of care and care work in a variety of settings including schools, community health centres, hospitals, and long-term care facilities. The course is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from scholarship across the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and public health.

Prerequisite: 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the Major/Major Co-Op in Health Studies--Health Policy (Arts)
Recommended Preparation: Interest in the Social Sciences or prior coursework in the Social Sciences.
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience
Note: Priority will be given to students in the Major/Major Co-Op in Health Studies--Health Policy (Arts).

HLTD42Y3 - Implementation Science in Global Health

This course is designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge on the role of implementation science in global health interventions. Through independent research projects, students will employ prominent research frameworks, implementation science methodologies and theories to identify and contextualize implementation successes, failures and factors in the development and adoption of specific evidence-based health interventions in the context of global health equity.

Prerequisite: HLTB15H3 and an additional 1.0 credit at the C-level in HLT courses from the Major/Major Co-op Program in Health Studies program requirements.
Recommended Preparation: HLTC04H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTD44H3 - Environmental Contaminants, Vulnerability and Toxicity

This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the potential effects on human health of exposure to environmental contaminants, with special attention to population groups particularly vulnerable to toxic insults.

Prerequisite: 1.5 credits chosen from the following: BIOA11H3, HLTB22H3, ANTC67H3, HLTC22H3, HLTC24H3, or HLTC27H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTD46H3 - Violence and Health: Critical Perspectives

Violence is a significant public health, human rights, and human development problem that impacts millions of people worldwide. Relying on a critical public health perspective, critical social theories, and local and global case studies on anti-oppression, this course explores structural (causes of) violence, the impact violence has on (public) health and human development, and societal responses to treatment, prevention, and social transformation.

Prerequisite: 1.5 credits at the C-Level in HLT courses selected from component 8 of the program requirements of the the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies - Health Policy
Recommended Preparation: HLTC02H3 and HLTC46H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTD47H3 - Special Topics in Health: Advanced Topics in Health and Wellness

An examination of a current topic in health and wellness. Topics may include: disability, addiction, psychosocial wellbeing, social activism around health issues, Wellness Indices, Community Needs and Assets Appraisals. The course will focus on the contributing historical, social, and/or cultural factors, as well as relevant health policies.

Prerequisite: Completion of 1.5 credits at the C-Level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-operative programs in Health Studies
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTD48H3 - Special Topics in Health: Current Issues in Global Health

An examination of a current topic in global health, especially a disease or condition that predominantly impacts populations in low-income countries. The specific topic will vary from year to year. Topics may include: HIV/AIDS; war and violence, insect-borne diseases; policies and politics of water and sanitation; reproductive health and population policies, etc. The course will focus on historical factors, socio-political contexts, and health policies.

Prerequisite: Completion of 1.5 credits at the C-Level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-operative programs in Health Studies.
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTD49H3 - Global Health Governance: Thinking Alongside the World's Leaders

This advanced seminar course explores contemporary topics in global health governance as they are being discussed and debated by world leaders at key international summits, such as the World Health Summit. After developing an understanding of the historical and political economy context of the main actors and instruments involved in global health governance, contemporary global health challenges are explored. Topics and cases change based on global priorities and student interests, but can include: the impact of international trade regimes on global health inequities; the role transnational corporations and non-governmental organizations play in shaping the global health agenda; the impact globalization has had on universal health care and health human resources in low-income countries; and health care during complex humanitarian crises.

Prerequisite: Completion of 1.0 credit at the C-level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies; an additional 0.5 credit chosen from: HLTC02H3, HLTC43H3, or HLTC46H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HLTD50H3 - Special Topics in Health Humanities

This advanced seminar will provide intensive study of a selected topic in and/or theoretical questions about the health humanities. Topics will vary by instructor and term but may include narrative medicine, stories of illness and healing, representations of older age and aging in literature and film, AIDS and/or cancer writing, representations of death and dying in literature and film, the role of creative arts in health.

Prerequisite: Completion of HLTB50H3 with a minimum grade of 70% and 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language

HLTD51H3 - Aging and the Arts

In this advanced seminar students will examine older age using the methods and materials of the humanities, with particular focus on: 1) the representation of aging and older age in the arts; and 2) the role of arts-based therapies and research initiatives involving older people and/or the aging process.

Prerequisite: HLTA03H3 and [HLTB50H3, with a minimum grade of 70%] and [an additional 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses].
Recommended Preparation: Prior experience in humanities courses at the secondary or post-secondary level.
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language

HLTD52H3 - Special Topics in Health: Health Histories

An examination of a health topic in historical perspective. The specific topics will vary from year to year, and may include: histories of race, racialization, and health policy; history of a specific medical tradition; or histories of specific health conditions, their medical and popular representations, and their treatment (e.g. historical changes in the understanding and representation of leprosy or depression).

Prerequisite: HLTA03H3 and [HLTB50H3 with a minimum grade of 70%] and [an additional 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses].
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Note: Priority will be given to students in the Minor Program in Health Humanities.

HLTD53H3 - Special Topics in Health Humanities

An examination of a current topic in Health Humanities. The specific topic will vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: [HLTB50H3 with a minimum grade of 70%] and [an additional 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies].
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language

HLTD54H3 - Toronto's Stories of Health and Illness

This seminar course explores stories of health, illness, and disability that are in some way tied to the City of Toronto. It asks how the Canadian healthcare setting impacts the creation of illness narratives. Topics will include major theorizations of illness storytelling (“restitution”, “chaos,” and “quest” narratives); narrative medicine; ethics and digital health storytelling.


Prerequisite: HLTB50H3 with a minimum grade of 70% and an additional 1.0 credit at the C-level from the program requirements from the Minor in Health Humanities.
Exclusion: HLTD50H3 if taken in the Winter 2018 semester.
Recommended Preparation: Prior experience in humanities courses at the secondary or post-secondary level is strongly recommended.
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Priority will be given to student enroled in the Minor program in Health Humanities, and students enroled in the Major/Major Co-op programs in Health Studies who are in their graduating year.

HLTD56H3 - Health Humanities Workshop: Documentary and Memoir

Advanced students of Health Humanities already know that creative work about important contemporary issues in health can help doctors, patients, and the public understand and live through complex experiences. But now, as health humanities practitioners, do we go about making new creative works and putting them out into the world? This upper-level seminar explores Documentary and Memoir as a political practice and supports students already versed in the principles and methods of health humanities in developing their own original work. Through a workshop format, students encounter artistic and compositional practices of documentary and memoir writing, film, and theatre to draw conclusions about what makes a documentary voice compelling, and consider the impact of works as a modality for communicating human experiences of health, illness, and disability through these mediated expressions.

Prerequisite: 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses listed in the course requirements of the Minor Program in Health Humanities.
Recommended Preparation: HLTB50H3 and HLTB60H3 and HLTC55H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language

HLTD71Y3 - Directed Research in Health Studies

In this year-long directed research course, the student will work with a faculty supervisor to complete an original undergraduate research project. During fall term the student will prepare the research proposal and ethics protocol, and begin data collection. In the winter term the student will complete data collection, analysis, and write-up.

Prerequisite: HLTB15H3 and STAB22H3; and a minimum CGPA of 3.0; and permission of the faculty supervisor and the department's Director.
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HLTD80H3 - Critical Health Education

This course will investigate school- and community-based health education efforts that approach health as a complex social, biological, and cultural experience; critique and challenge prevailing understandings of health; and offer alternative theoretical, pedagogical, and curricular approaches to health and illness. Issues such as sexuality, gender, nation, race, social class, age, ability, and indigeneity will be central concerns in this study of health pedagogy, curriculum, and promotion.

Prerequisite: [HLTB41H3 and additional 1.5 credits and minimum cGPA of at least 2.7 or permission of the instructor.
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in any program in Health Studies offered by the Department of Health & Society.

HLTD81H3 - Health Professions Education

The quality of our health care system is dependent on initial and ongoing education supporting our health professionals. In response to ongoing and new challenges in health care, governments and institutions respond with novel ideas of enacting health care in improved ways. Health care institutions, policy makers, and the public have expectations of highly skilled, knowledgeable, and prepared individuals. As our understanding of health and health systems change, these expectations also change. Keeping up is in part the work of health professions education. Preparing individuals for these dynamic, complex, in some cases unpredictable, and everchanging health care service demands is necessary and complex. In this course, we explore the role and governance, structure, and contemporary multidisciplinary scientific advances of initial and continuing health professions education as a means of supporting the practice and quality of health care. We also explore the future of health professions and how health professions education is working to keep up.

Prerequisite: HLTB40H3 and 1.5 credits at the C-level in HLT courses from the program requirements from one of the Major/Major Co-operative programs in Health Studies
Recommended Preparation: HLTC43H3
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Whether students are in health policy, population health or health humanities streams, education of health professions/professionals provides a mechanism (of many) for how health is achieved. Students in all streams will be given an opportunity to understand why and how health professions education (a specialized branch of education) can contribute. This will assist students (and future graduates) explore the role education may play in their contributions to the health care system.

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