Race and Health
Study the links between social conditions, including racial discrimination, and objective indicators of health. Discover the new body of literature documenting how racism becomes embodied and requires new tools and vocabulary to explore such connections. Conduct a detailed survey of the interdisciplinary discrimination-health literature integrating sociological and biological understandings of discrimination exposure, stress physiology, and the links to morbidity and mortality over the life course. Only one of the following may be counted: Humanities, Health, and Medicine 385 (Topic: Race and Health), Sociology 395J (Topic: Race and Health), 395J (Topic 9).
Prerequisites & course information
Study the links between social conditions, including racial discrimination, and objective indicators of health. Discover the new body of literature documenting how racism becomes embodied and requires new tools and vocabulary to explore such connections. Conduct a detailed survey of the interdisciplinary discrimination-health literature integrating sociological and biological understandings of discrimination exposure, stress physiology, and the links to morbidity and mortality over the life course. Only one of the following may be counted: Humanities, Health, and Medicine 385 (Topic: Race and Health), Sociology 395J (Topic: Race and Health), 395J (Topic 9).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027