This certificate is designed for college graduates who wish to understand the role of social dimensions on health outcomes. It will provide an understanding of health and health disparities based on systematically examining relationships with social dimensions.
The certificate is open to students with a bachelor’s degree in any undergraduate major. Courses may be applied to the Master’s Program in Applied Sociology, if admitted.
This academic program is a participant in the U.S. Department of Education Gainful Employment program.
Admissions Requirements
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate application
- Goal statement: Discuss why you are interested in the Social Dimensions of Health certificate and how you think it will benefit your studies
- Official transcript showing:
- Conferral of Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0
Required Courses
Student must earn a grade of B or higher for classes to count toward their certificate.
Courses are typically offered once per year in the fall OR spring semester.
TWO required classes:
- SOCY 651 Social Dimensions of Health and Illness (3.00)
- SOCY 658 Sociology of Mental Health & Illness (3.00)
ONE three-credit graduate course in social research methods (choose one):
- SOCY 600: Research Methodology (3.00)
Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in statistics in any department in any college. - SOCY 619: Qualitative Methods in Social Research (3.00)
Additional Course Requirements
ONE three-credit graduate course in social inequality (choose one):
- SOCY 606: Social Inequality and Social Policy (3.00) (summer offering too).
- SOCY 611: Constructing Race, Class, and Gender (3.00)