Medical Sociology
The Indiana University Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology degree program at IU Columbus includes a concentration in Medical Sociology along with a minor in Medical Sociology.
As a student majoring in Medical Sociology, you will explore the social context of health, health care, and the delivery of medical services.
Medical sociologists study a range of topics, such as doctor-patient relationships, the social organization of health care, epidemiology (the study of how illness, disability, and death are distributed within a population), professional education, and acute and chronic illnesses.
Reflecting and recognizing the wide range of information pursued by medical sociologists, the course offerings include social factors in health and illness, the social organization of health care, AIDS, disability, gender and health, death and dying, and sexuality.
Major in Sociology with Concentration in Medical Sociology
To earn the concentration in Medical Sociology, students must fufill the requirments of the Bacholor of Arts Degree in Sociology and complete 15 credit hours in this concentration with grade of C or higher:
SOC R381: Social Factors in Health and Illness or
SOC R382: Social Organization of Health Care (available at IU Indianapolis)
Three additional Sociology electives from:
- SOC R320 Sexuality and Society
- SOC R321 Women and Health
- SOC R349 Victimology (available at IU Indianapolis)
- SOC R381 Social Factors in Health and Illness (if R382 was taken above)
- SOC R382 Social Organization of Health Care - available at IU Indianapolis (if R381 was taken above)
- SOC R327 Sociology of Death and Dying
- SOC R385 AIDS and Society
- SOC R410 Alcohol, Drugs and Society
- SOC R485 Sociology of Mental Illness
- SOC R415 Sociology of Disability
- SOC R495 Topics in Medical Sociology
Additional sociology electives to total 15 credit hours.
Minor in Medical Sociology
To earn a minor in Medical Sociology, students must complete15 credit hours of sociology course work, with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
R100 - Introduction to Sociology and R381 - Social Factors in Health and Illness
9 additional credit hours selected from the following:
R385 AIDS and Society
R320 Sexuality and Society
R321 Women and Health
R327 Sociology of Death & Dying
R410 Alcohol, Drugs and Society
R415 Sociology of Disability
R485 Sociology of Mental Illness
To declare a minor in Medical Sociology, please review the course requirements and:
- Contact Maggie Evans for an application form.
- The completed application should be submitted when you are enrolled in your final Sociology class but before you graduate.
