Bioethics and Society (HBS)
Core Disciplines One of these courses is required.
HSOC 001 Emergence of Modern Science (STSC 001)
HSOC 002 Medicine in History (STSC 002, HIST 036)
HSOC 003 Technology and Society (STSC 003, SOCI 033)
Core Bioethics Courses One of these courses is required.
HSOC102 Bioethics (SOCI 101)
HSOC118 Sociology of Bioethics (SOCI 118)
HSOC 140 History of Bioethics
PHIL 072 Biomedical Ethics (HSOC 101)
ONE pre-approved course from each one of the following categories is required. Students may petition to substitute other courses. Download Petition
Philosophical and Religious Foundations
RELS 201 Sociology of Religion (SOCI 239)
RELS 202 Topics in Religion and Science
PHIL 002 Ethics
PHIL 072 Biomedical Ethics (HSOC 101)
PHIL 425 Philosophy of Science (STSC 425)
Social and Institutional Contexts
ANTH 437 Cultural Models of Health (HSOC 437)
ANTH 441 Cross-Cultural Approaches (HSOC 441)
ENVS 406 Community-Based Env. Health (HSOC 406)
HSOC 260 Social Determinants of Health
HSOC 430 Disease and Society (STSC 430)
NURS 315 Sociocultural Influences on Health
NURS 318 Race/Class/Gender in Health (HSOC 341)
PPE 272 Ethics and the Professions (PHIL 272)
SOCI 111 Health of Populations (HSOC 111)
STSC 288 Knowledge and Social Structure (SOCI 282)
Technologies, Practices and Practitioners
ANTH 260 Cultures of Science and Technology (STSC 268)
HSOC 259 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
HSOC 351 Doctor Patient Relationshiop
HSSC 533 Folk/Unorthodox Health (FOLK 533, RELS 505)
NURS 525 Ethical Aspects of Health and Technology
STSC 160 Information Age (SOCI 161)
STSC 162 Tech and Medicine in Mod America (HSOC 152)
STSC 212 Science, Technology and Warfare (HSOC 212)
STSC 311 Science, Medicine and Media (HSOC 311)
STSC 312 Weapons of Mass Destruction (HSOC 312)
Law, Politics and Public Policy
HCMG 101 Health Care Systems
HSOC 150 American Health Policy
LGST 210 Corporate Responsibility and Ethics
LGST 211 Legal Aspects of Health Care (HCMG 211)
PSCI 135 Politics of Food (HSOC 135)
PSCI 137 Policymaking In American Politics
PSCI 138 Public Policy Process
PSCI 139 Pol of Poverty and Development (HSOC 139)
PUBH 500 Public Health
SOCI 134 Health and Social Policy
SOCI 135 Law and Society
SOCI 235 Law and Social Change
SOCI 273 Law, Medicine and Public Policy
STSC 271 Law, Technology and Environment
STSC 428 Genetics and Social Policy (HSOC 428)
(updated 11/09)
Courses that were previously approved but are no longer on this list still count toward the major if taken before Dec. 2009.
Former Lists of Pre-Approved Courses
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2008
