SOC 244 - Healthcare and Society

5 CR

How does the social world contribute to sickness and well-being? How do individuals’ experience with healthcare systems impact health outcomes? How do race, gender, sexuality, class, and age impact access to medical care? This course examines the major frameworks of medical sociology, an important perspective for patients and practitioners alike. Themes may include healthcare institutions, social causes of illness, and health, illness, death, and longevity across different groups.

Course Outcomes

Describe health and illness from a sociological perspective, as well as understanding the hospital and health care delivery institutions from a sociological perspective
Understanding the cultural and social interactions that inform provider-patient relationships
Articulate the ways in which health and illness are constructed socially.
Explain how and why dominant groups consistently have better medical outcomes than underrepresented groups.
Discuss how the experience of health and illness is shaped by race, class, sexuality, age, gender and disability status.

GenEd Outcomes: Creative and Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

GenEd Outcomes: Connections

Historical and Intellectual Perspectives

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