Health Policy and Law (HPP)
Students must take at least one course from each of the following four categories. Students may also petition to substitute courses for the pre-approved courses on this list. Download petition
Political Economy (1 cu required)
BPUB 201 Political Economy of Social Policy
HCMG 202 Econ/Financing of Hlth Care (ECON 039)
HIST 107 Comparative Capitalist Systems
HIST 161 American Capitalism
PSCI 135 The Politics of Food
PSCI 139 Politics Of Poverty & Development
Health Policy (1 cu required)
HSOC 150 American Health Policy
HSOC XXX Foundations of Public Health (new course Fall 2010)
PSCI 138 Public Policy Process
PUBH 505 Public Heath Policy and Administration
SOCI 134 Health and Social Policy
Law and Society (1 course required)
HIST 167 Foundations of Law
HIST 168 History of American Law
HIST 169 History of American Law
LGST 211 Legal Aspects of Health Care
SOCI 135 Law and Society
SOCI 235 Law and Social Change
SOCI 273 Law, Medicine and Public Policy
Philosophical/Ethical (1 course required)
HSOC 102 Bioethics (SOCI 101)
HSOC 140 History of Bioethics
LGST 210 Corporate Responsibility and Ethics
LGST 226 Markets, Morality and the Future of Capitalism
PHIL 072 Biomedical Ethics (HSOC 102)
SOCI 118 Sociology of Bioethics (HSOC 118)
Topical Courses (2 cu required)
HSOC 260 Social Determinants of Health
HSOC 381 Nonstranger Violence
HSOC 430 Disease and Society
HSOC 471 Guns and Health
HCMG 101 Health Care Systems
HCMG 204 Comparative Health Care Systems
NURS 318 Race/Class/Gender Hlth Care (HSOC 341)
STSC 311 Science, Medicine and Media
URBS 201 Urban Health Systems
(updated 10/09)
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 2007 and 2008
