Health Studies

Units: 1

Survey of: (1) how health care is financed, organized, and delivered both in the U.S. and in other countries; (2) major health policy areas and issues; and (3) what constitutes the study of public health, health administration, health services and bioethics. Surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide and receive care. Contrasts the different ways that health care providers are paid, how and why reimbursement methods have changed over time, and their consequences for the quality, cost and accessibility of health care services. Finally, as a case study, the Affordable Care Act will be dissected for the purposes of illustrating the ways in which the U.S. health care system differs from those of other wealthy countries. No particular disciplinary background is assumed, nor is any special familiarity with the field of health care required.

Units: 1

Examines the history and functions of global health; the links between globalization and health; the social and environmental determinants of health; health and human rights; comparative health systems; global health agencies and organizations; the global burden of disease; and population health interventions.

Units: 1

Designed for students who are planning to enter the health care field. Provides an introduction to non-clinical aspects of medical practice that confront health care practitioners. Topics include medical ethics, cross-cultural medicine, the doctor-patient relationship, and death and dying.

HS 100 or HS 101.

Units: 1

Ethical and interpersonal aspects of healthcare within a larger sociopolitical context. Analytical and reflective skills in a scholarly approach to healthcare issues. Preparation for a broad range of careers and educational opportunities in healthcare.

HS 100 or HS 101.

Units: 1

Examines the roles of the various professionals involved in providing healthcare services, including diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitation services for inpatients and outpatients; the ways that patients from a diversity of racial/ethnic, sex/gender, age, rural/urban, and other backgrounds access and experience the healthcare system; and the ways that patients and practitioners understand health, healing, illness, disability, and death.

HS 100 or HS 101.

Units: 1

Examines the intersection of law and medicine, primarily in medical malpractice litigation and also by looking at other areas of medical jurisprudence including state and federal health care regulation.

HS 100.

Units: 1

Study of the distribution and determinants of population health status. Research process that includes identifying a study question, selecting a study approach, designing a study, collecting data, analyzing and interpreting data, and then reporting the findings. Examines quantitative and qualitative health research methods, with an emphasis on epidemiologic study designs (such as cross-sectional, case-control, cohort, and experimental studies) and epidemiological analysis.

HS 100 or HS 101.

Units: .25-1

Supervised community-based learning in the healthcare field. No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree units.

Health Studies major.

Units: .5-.5

Year-long engagement in an approved independent research project. Requires completion and presentation of a thesis.

Senior Standing, major in Healthcare Studies.

Units: .5-.5

Year-long engagement in an approved independent research project. Requires completion and presentation of a thesis.

Senior Standing, major in Healthcare Studies. HCS 390 as a pre-req for 391.

Units: .5-1

In-depth study of a health care topic under the supervision of a faculty member.

Units: 1

Covers subject matter not encountered in other healthcare studies courses.

HS 100 or HS 101.