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.

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