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May 09, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Hill Book
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HSC 350 - Understanding Health Disparities (WID)4 Credits
Offered Fall and Spring
This course involves an exploration of the social factors that influence the distribution and treatment of illness in society. The class will also include a critical examination of the U.S. health care system and the evolution of the doctor-patient relationship in our society. In addition, we will explore factors that increase an individual’s risk for health issues such as culture, gender, race and the environment. You will be presented with cross-cultural views on a variety of health problems, and you will be expected to come prepared to think critically about these problems and to participate fully in class discussions.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): Only open to junior and senior Health Science Majors.
Core Curriculum Attribute(s): Writing in the Disciplines
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