Public Health (C065)
Concentration Coordinator: Heidi Taylor
This concentration explores public and community health from interdisciplinary perspectives, looking at such issues as medical practice; public policy concerning health care; sociology of race, class, and gender; and cultural constructions of health and sickness. It aims to expose students to public health issues at global, national, and local levels. It may include community-engaged learning, courses from abroad, community-based research, and internships.
Concentration Requirements
Complete four courses designated with the (C065) concentration attribute, including at least one from List A (foregrounding science) and at least one from List B (foregrounding the social sciences and the humanities). No more than two courses can come from any single department or program.
List A: Science
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 195K | Lab-Based Biological Inquiry: Poisons |
| BIO 255A | Mathematical Models in Biology |
| BIO 301 | Pathophysiology |
| BIO 315 | Microbiology/Lab |
| BIO 321 | Cellular Biochemistry |
| BIO 331 | Molecular Biology |
| BIO 334 | Medical Genetics |
| CHEM 125 | Bioenergetics and Nutrition |
| CHEM 304 | Biochemistry of Virus Replication and Host Cell Defense Systems |
| CHEM 321 | Biological Chemistry I/Lab |
| ENVR 203 | Scientific Approaches to Environmental Issues/Lab |
| MATH 255A | Mathematical Models in Biology |
| NRSC 334 | Medical Genetics |
List B: Social Sciences and Humanities
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| AFR 236 | Race Matters: Tobacco in North America |
| AFR 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| AFR 303 | Birthing while Black |
| AFR S13 | Future Physicians' Training: Race, Medicine, and Narrative |
| AMST 236 | Race Matters: Tobacco in North America |
| AMST 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| AMST S13 | Future Physicians' Training: Race, Medicine, and Narrative |
| ANTH 108 | Medical Anthropology |
| ECON 325 | Prices, Property, and the Problem of the Commons |
| ENG 263 | Literature, Medicine, Empathy |
| EXDS 120 | Designing Behavioral Interventions with Public Health Frameworks |
| GSS 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| GSS 303 | Birthing while Black |
| GSS 400C | Understanding Disease |
| HIST 236 | Race Matters: Tobacco in North America |
| HIST 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| NRSC 363 | Physiological Psychology/Lab |
| PHIL 213 | Biomedical Ethics |
| PSYC 303 | Health Psychology |
| PSYC 363 | Physiological Psychology/Lab |
| REL 282 | Religion, Disability, and Medicine |
| SOC 230 | Sociology of Health and Illness |
| SOC 235 | Global Health: Sociological Perspectives |
| SOC 330 | Sociology of Health Professions |
Courses Taken Outside of Bates
Up to two non-Bates courses may be counted if judged equivalent to the courses listed below, or if they contain substantial public health content and have been approved beforehand by the concentration coordinator.
Declaration Restrictions
Students who declare the Public Health C065 concentration may not declare the following:
- The Human Body C027 concentration
Other Considerations
One independent study, pre-approved by the coordinator, may also count towards the concentration. A co-curricular experience may substitute for one concentration requirement when the experience has a significant academic component, is supervised by the concentration coordinator, and is pre-approved by the concentration coordinator and the Harward Center for Community Partnerships.