Health and Society Minor
The minor in health and society provides students with an opportunity to examine contemporary health patterns and trends characterizing U.S. society and societies around the world, as well as sociologically based explanations for those patterns and trends. It also provides students with an understanding of the social construction of health and illness in modern societies. The minor brings together courses focused specifically on linkages between health and society, along with courses focused on social organization and social stratification, to provide students with insights into the ways that societies define health and illness and how social organization and stratification influence population health.
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:
- take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| SOCI 101 |  Sociological Perspectives H | 3 |
| SOCI 172 | Introduction to Population Health in the United States | 3 |
| or SOCI 180 | Introduction to Global Population Health | |
| SOCI 422 | Sociology of Mental Health and Illness | 3 |
| SOCI 469 | Health and Society | 3 |
| One elective course chosen from the following list: | 3 | |
| Population Problems | ||
| Race and Ethnicity | ||
| Crime and Criminal Justice | ||
| Sex and Gender in Society | ||
| Sociology of Sexualities | ||
| Sociology of Adolescence | ||
| Sociology of Religion | ||
| Family and Society | ||
or SOCI 425 | Family and Society, Junior/Senior Section | |
| Social and Economic Justice | ||
| Societies and Genomics | ||
| Formal Organizations and Bureaucracy | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Social Stratification | ||
| The City and Urbanization | ||
| Economy and Society | ||
| Political Sociology | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Law and Society | ||
| Religion and Society | ||
| Sociology of Food and Food Justice | ||
| Aging | ||
| Immigration in Contemporary America | ||
| Race, Class, and Gender | ||
| United States Poverty and Public Policy | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
This minor is open to all undergraduate students. For sociology majors and management and society majors, no more than 45 hours of SOCI course credit may be used toward fulfilling the B.A. graduation requirement in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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