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This course introduces the concepts of health, illness, and well-being and how different framings of health have been socially constructed. The course also introduces the social determinants of health and concepts of health equity, and discuss how cultural, environmental, socioeconomic, demographic, biological, behavioural, historical, religious, and political factors influence individual and population health.

This course focuses on how health, illness, and disease are defined and measured while giving students a broad overview of diverse qualitative and quantitative research methods for health. The course also introduces concepts of correlation, causality, and the hierarchy of evidence. Emphasis is placed on building health literacy and information literacy (e.g. finding research in scientific/medical databases), developing written and oral communication skills and an understanding of health ethics.

This course provides an overview of the Canadian health-care system including the roles of federal, provincial/territorial and municipal health authorities, health financing and resourcing, service utilization, health care planning, and health promotion strategies. The course examines current societal and political issues which affect the health system.

This course introduces data analysis, the principles of experimental and observational design and the formulating and testing of hypotheses with a specific focus on health applications. It covers quantitative approaches, and introduce graphical and statistical analyses of various forms of data using computer software, and their appropriate use in health analysis. Students also gain exposure to multiple relevant data platforms in this course.

This course provides an overview of theories of health communication, health literacy, public health campaigns, risk communication, and the role of traditional and social media. It will also consider the importance of cultural literacy in adapting health communication to different contexts.

This course introduces concepts in epidemiology including the prevalence, incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health in a population. It engages with principles specific to health research for establishing cause and effect relationships, estimating outcome measures, and the effectiveness of interventions to prevent and cure diseases.

This capstone course gives upper-year students the opportunity to work in teams and apply their health knowledge and skills to address a real-world health problem. The course allows students to cultivate a transferable skill set, work in a collaborative environment, and explore interdisciplinary approaches to different applications and perspectives on health. Students will regularly present their works in progress and discuss advanced topics in health that are relevant both to broad experiential applications, and to their specific projects.