Sample Courses
- Human Growth and Development
- Medical Anthropology
- Nutrition, Disease, and Health
- Sociology of Medicine
Popular Electives
- Biology and Global Health
- Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women's Health
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Global Health Issues
- Health Psychology
- Illness, Self, and Society
- Language of Healing
- Medicine and Morality
Recent Internships
- Empire Justice Center
- Highland Hospital
- Livingston County Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Livingston County Dept. of Health
- Mt. Hope Family Center
- University of Rochester Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- World Vision Australia
Alumni Spotlight
Drew O'Neil '21
Major: Sociomedical Sciences
Minor: Environmental Studies, Public Administration
Career: O'Neil was selected to be a Center for Disease Control . Drew was one of 120 people selected out of 4,000 applicants. In October 2021 she began a 2-year term working on environmental and occupational health in Harrisburg, PA. Drew graduated with a B.A. in Sociomedical Sciences and was a 2020-21 Presidential Scholar. Drew was the recipient of the Department of Anthropology's 2021 Rose-Marie Chierici Award in Sociomedical Sciences, and the Women's and Gender Studies Program Christine de Pizan Award for best paper.
Sociomedical Sciences
Why study sociomedical sciences at 麻豆传媒团队?
The sociomedical sciences focus on the social determinants of disease and health and examine the correlation between trends in health and its social causes, including social inequality and structural inequites. 麻豆传媒团队鈥檚 program offers students the opportunity to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge on topics related to health, disease, illness, and medicine, as well as analytical and practical skills beneficial to post-graduate education and careers in medicine, public health, and other allied health fields.
麻豆传媒团队鈥檚 program is one of the only undergraduate programs of its kind in SUNY. The degree reflects national trends in interdisciplinary training in health and medicine using the lenses of the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. The capstone course teaches valuable research methods and offers students the opportunity to design and conduct a study on a topic of their choosing.
