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SOC 657 - Society and Health

(3 units)
Analysis of the social determinants of health, including the way in which social structure produces varying patterns of health and illness.

Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to outline health inequalities in U.S. society according to social class, race, ethnicity, and gender.
2. Students will be able to apply sociological theory to explain the social determinants of physical health and illness and corresponding health inequalities in U.S. society.
3. Students will be able to synthesize and integrate knowledge of the social sources of physical health and illness and corresponding health inequalities in the U.S. with respect to specific domains of social life, such as work or family.


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