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:

American Studies 235a, Language, Disability, Fiction

Anthropology 011a, Reproductive Technologies

Anthropology 114a, Introduction to Medical Anthropology

Anthropology 234b, Disability and Culture

Anthropology 357a, Anthropology of the Body

Anthropology 451a, Intersectionality and Women’s Health

Child Study Center 350a, Autism and Related Disorders

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 235a, Evolution and Medicine

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 460b, Studies in Evolutionary Medicine I

Economics 170a, Health Economics and Public Policy

Economics 461b, Economics, Addiction, and Public Policy

Economics 464b, Incentives and Information in Health Care

Economics 467a, Issues in Health Economics

Ethics, Politics and Economics 319a, Issues in Health Economics

Ethics, Politics, and Economics 380a, Bioethics, Politics, and Economics

Ethics, Politics and Economics 343b, Bioethics and Law

Ethics, Politics and Economics 365a, The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa

Environmental Studies 255b, Environmental Politics and Law

Health Studies 170b, Media and Medicine in Modern America

Health Studies 215b, Health Psychology

Health Studies 230b, Global Health: Challenges and Promises

Health Studies 325a, Methods and Ethics in Global Health Research

History 006a, Medicine and Society in American History

History 208b, Food and Diet in Greco-Roman Antiquity

History 213Ja, A History of Ancient Greek Medicine

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

History of Science, History of Medicine 005a, Medicine and Society in American History

History of Science, History of Medicine 235b, Epidemics and Society in the West since 1600

History of Science, History of Medicine 277a, Genetics, Reproduction, and Society 

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

Humanities 076a, Epidemics in Global Perspective

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

Political Science 257b, Bioethics and Law

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

Political Science 313a, Bioethics, Politics, and Economics

Political Science 319b, Theory and Practice in Recent Bioethics

Political Science 446b, Welfare States across Nations

Psychology 355a/356b, Clinical Psychology in the Community

Psychology 395b, Food & Nutrition: Research & Policy

Sociology 206b, Public Health in India

Sociology 211a, Health and Inequality in India

Sociology 369b, Welfare States across Nations

South Asian Studies 276b, Public Health in India

South Asian Studies 376a, Health & Inequality in India

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

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 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 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 588b, Health and Human Rights

Health Policy and Administration 591b Global Health Systems

Health Policy and Administration 594b Qualitative and Mixed Methods

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