Health Care Delivery
Professor Weiss, Coordinator
The Health Care Delivery concentration is designed for students interested in a career involving the delivery of health care services. It is anticipated that these students will pursue their education in medical school, nursing school, pharmacy school, a school of public health, or a school of allied health, or will pursue a career (with the undergraduate degree) in a health setting such as a medical clinic, counseling center, voluntary health agency, nursing home, or insurance company.
Required Courses
| PSYC 210 or 211 or 212 | Child Development or Adolescent Development or Adult Development and Aging |
| PSYC 230 | Abnormal Psychology |
| SOCI, PHIL 223 | Ethics and Medicine |
| SOCI 323 | Health, Illness and Healing |
An internship (in any discipline) in a health care delivery setting.
One of the following courses:
| GST 400 | Senior Symposium-Perspectives on Death and Dying, or |
| PSYC 260 | Human Sexuality, or |
| ECON 227 | Health Care Economics, or |
| SOCI 241 | Introduction to Social Welfare |
Recommended: An Independent Study (in any discipline) on a health-related topic, a second Internship in a health care delivery setting, volunteer experience in a health-related setting, and additional courses related to the student's specific interests in health.
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