Medical Sociology Minor

The Department of Sociology offers a minor in medical sociology, which emphasizes the understanding of the social context of health, health care, and the delivery of medical services. Medical sociologists study a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to): doctor-patient relationships, the social organization of heath 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 interests pursued by medical sociologists, the Department offers courses in social factors in health and illness, the social organization of health care, AIDS, disability, gender and health, death and dying, and sexuality. To complete the minor, students must complete two required courses, and three electives from the approved list, for a total of 15 credits.

Requirements for Medical Minor: 15 credit hours of sociology course work (6 of which must be completed at IU Indianapolis), with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

no more than one course may “double count” toward multiple minors.

  • SOC-R 100 – Introduction to Sociology (3 Cr.)

AND ONE of the following:

  • SOC-R 381 – Social Factors in Health and Illness (3 Cr.)
  • SOC-R 382 – Social Organizations of Health Care (3 Cr.)

AND

  • 9 additional credit hours**

**Additional courses for the medical minor must be selected from the following (or a course approved by Medical Minor Advisor):

  • SOC-R 300: Applied Topics: Aging & Society (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 320: Sexuality and Society (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 321: Women and Health (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 327: Sociology of Death and Dying (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 349: Victimology (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 381: Social Factors in Health and Illness (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 382: Social Organization of Health Care (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 385: AIDS and Society (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 410: Alcohol, Drugs and Society (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 415: Sociology of Disability (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 485: Sociology of Mental Illness (3 cr.)
  • SOC-R 495: Sociology of Food (3 cr.)