Health Care Delivery
Professor Weiss, Coordinator
The Health Care Delivery concentration is designed for students interested in a career involving the delivery of health care services. It is anticipated that these students will pursue their education in medical school, nursing school, pharmacy school, a school of public health, or a school of allied health, or will pursue a career (with the undergraduate degree) in a health setting such as a medical clinic, counseling center, voluntary health agency, nursing home, or insurance company.
Required Courses
| PSYC 210 or 211 or 212 | Child Development or Adolescent Development or Adult Development and Aging |
| PSYC 230 | Abnormal Psychology |
| SOCI, PHIL 223 | Ethics and Medicine |
| SOCI 323 | Health, Illness and Healing |
An internship (in any discipline) in a health care delivery setting.
One of the following courses:
| GST 400 | Senior Symposium-Perspectives on Death and Dying, or |
| PSYC 260 | Human Sexuality, or |
| ECON 227 | Health Care Economics, or |
| SOCI 241 | Introduction to Social Welfare |
Recommended: An Independent Study (in any discipline) on a health-related topic, a second Internship in a health care delivery setting, volunteer experience in a health-related setting, and additional courses related to the student's specific interests in health.
Students Volunteer at Substance Abuse Center
Hoffman dispels stereotypes about drug offenders through service learning. “By being involved with the project, students develop a sense of empathy that they cannot get from a textbook,” she says.
