Health Studies

Students who are interested in health will find a wide range of relevant offerings in Yale College and the professional schools. Following is a list of courses of direct relevance to the study of health. In addition, there is a wide range of other offerings in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences that provide a valuable foundation for understanding various aspects of health.

Yale College Courses:

African American Studies 229b, Health Social Movements

American Studies 406b, The Spectacle of Disability

Anthropology 114a, Introduction to Medical Anthropology

Anthropology 234b, Disability and Culture

Anthropology 265b, Global Health: Anthropological Perspectives

Anthropology 357a, Anthropology of the Body

Child Study Center 350a, Autism and Related Disorders

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 118a, Human Genetic Variation and Evolution

Economics 170a, Health Economics and Public Policy

Economics 464b, Incentives and Information in Health Care

Economics 467a, Issues in Health Economics

Ethics, Politics, and Economics 380b, Bioethics, Politics, and Economics

Environmental Studies 255b, Environmental Politics and Law

Geology and Geophysics 304a, Minerals and Human Health

Health Studies 215b, Health Psychology

Health Studies 230a, Global Health: Challenges and Promises

History 006a, Medicine and Society in American History

History 234b, Epidemics and Society in the West since 1600

History of Science, History of Medicine 201b, The Cultures of Western Medicine

History of Science, History of Medicine 215a, Public Health in America, 1793-2000

History of Science, History of Medicine 242a, Molecules, Life, and Disease: Twentieth Century

History of Science, History of Medicine 413b, X-Ray Visions: Medical Imaging since 1895

Humanities 076a, Epidemics in Global Perspective

Modern Middle East Studies 330a, Health, Conflict, and Society in the Arab World

Modern Middle East Studies 331b, Health in Conflict: The Case of the Palestinian Population

Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry 449a, Medical Impact of Basic Science

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology 107a, Human Biology

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology 109b, Immunology and Microorganisms

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology 150b, Global Problems of Population Growth

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology 240b, Biology of Reproduction

Philosophy 458b, Philosophy and Politics: Global Health

Political Science 248b, The Political Economy of Health Care

Political Science 257a, Bioethics and Law

Political Science 281a, Moral, Religious and Social Issues in Bioethics

Political Science 446b, Welfare States across Nations

Psychology 123a, The Psychology, Biology, and Politics of Food

Psychology 355, Clinical Psychology in the Community

Psychology 411b, What We Eat and Why

Sociology 025b, Reproduction in Global Contexts

South Asian Studies 276, Public Health in India

South Asian Studies 376, Health & Inequality in India

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 120b, Women, Food and Culture

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 253b, Women's Health: Global Issues

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 323b, HIV and AIDS in Africa

Graduate and Professional School Courses

Subject to the regulations in Chapter III, Section K of the Yale College Programs of Study, Yale College students may enroll in courses in the graduate and professional schools. Health-related offerings of potential interest to Yale College students include the following.

Chronic Disease Epidemiology 505a, Social and Behavioral Influences on Health

Chronic Disease Epidemiology 508a, Principles of Epidemiology

Chronic Disease Epidemiology 543a, Global Aspects of Food and Nutrition

Chronic Disease Epidemiology 562a, Nutrition and Chronic Disease (not offered this year)

Chronic Disease Epidemiology 571b, Psychosocial and Behavioral Epidemiology

Chronic Disease Epidemiology 575b, Religion, Health, and Society

Chronic Disease Epidemiology 580b, Mental Health and Psychosocial Issues in Public Health Disasters

Chronic Disease Epidemiology 588a, Geography of Health and Disease in Global Context

Environmental Health Sciences 502a, Physiology for Public Health

Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases 557b, Public Health Issues in HIV/AIDS

Health Policy and Administration 510a, Health Policy and Health Systems

Health Policy and Administration 514b, Health Politics and Policy

Health Policy and Administration 533b, Aging and Health Policy

Health Policy and Administration 542b, Health of Women and Children

Health Policy and Administration 546a, Ethical Issues in Public Health

Health Policy and Administration 547a, Law and Ethics of Health Care Organizations

Health Policy and Administration 560b, Health Care Finance and Delivery

Health Policy and Administration 570a, Cost Effectiveness Analysis and Decision Making

Health Policy and Administration 585a, Comparative Health Care Systems

Health Policy and Administration 588b, Health and Human Rights

Health Policy and Administration 595b, Economic, Social, and Political Dimensions of Development