Community Health
Chair: Dr. Richelle Monaghan, PhD, 519-756-8228 x5547, rmonaghan@wlu.ca
Undergraduate Program Officer: Dr. Katherine Rossiter, PhD, 519-756-8228 x5793 krossiter@wlu.ca
The Honours BA in Community Health, Honours Combination BA in Community Health and Minor in Community Health; Honours BASc in Community Health; Honours B.A. in Health Administration; and HS courses are only available at the Brantford Campus.
Community Health (BA):
The Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Community Health provides students with an opportunity to explore and recognize the wide range of social, biological, and institutional factors that influence the health and well-being of communities; as defined by geography, socioeconomic status, gender, cultural makeup, ability, and vulnerability. Students in the program will develop the capacity to identify the most significant health challenges in communities, to evaluate the factors that create health risks for members of those communities, and to study and make recommendations for program and policy interventions that will improve health status within their communities of concern. An area of concentration will be chosen from either Health Studies, Autism and Behavioural Science, or Addictions and Mental Health.
Health Administration (BA):
The Honours Bachelor of Arts in Health Administration program provides students with a broad understanding of the diverse factors affecting population health, with a focus on the provision, management, and utilization of health care. This program is developed around a core of Community Health courses, supplemented by key courses in leadership that provide a unique opportunity to develop the critical skills and knowledge necessary to become a capable manager and leader within the health and social services sector – one of Canada's largest and fastest-growing employment sectors.
Community Health (BASc):
The Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science in Community Health is concerned with understanding how physical and social factors influence health status, with the aim of identifying and promoting interventions that will reduce disease and injury, prolong life, and improve population health. Students in the program will examine the impacts of biology, environmental quality, social status, health care services and government policies on risks to the health of individuals and communities, and gain the research skills necessary to improve our understanding of these relationships.
- Kari Brozowski, PhD
- Timothy Gawley, PhD
- Rebecca Godderis, PhD
- James LeClair, PhD
- Janet Mclaughlin, PhD
- Richelle Monaghan, PhD, Chair, Community Health
- Katherine Rossiter, PhD, Undergraduate Program Officer
- Honours BA Community Health
- Honours BA Community Health in Combination with another Honours BA Program
- Honours BA Health Administration
- Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science in Community Health
- Community Health Minor
- Physical Forensics Specialization
- Physical Forensics Minor
Course # | Title | Credits |
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HS101 | Physical Determinants of Health | 0.5 |
HS102 | An Introduction to Public Health | 0.5 |
HS103 | Introduction to Forensic Science | 0.5 |
HS200 | Social Determinants of Health | 0.5 |
HS201 | Canadian Health Care Systems | 0.5 |
HS202 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I | 0.5 |
HS203 | Disease and Society | 0.5 |
HS204 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 0.5 |
HS206 | Genetics and the Human Genome | 0.5 |
HS208 | Autism: Individual and Social Issues across the Spectrum | 0.5 |
HS219 | Critical Disabilities Studies | 0.5 |
HS220 | Epidemiology and Public Health | 0.5 |
HS227 | Aging: Realities and Myths | 0.5 |
HS233 | Introduction to Social Science Research Methods | 0.5 |
HS250 | Medicalization | 0.5 |
HS266 | Health and Nutrition | 0.5 |
HS300 | Infection and Immunity | 0.5 |
HS301 | Occupational Health and Safety | 0.5 |
HS302 | Issues in Mental Health | 0.5 |
HS303 | Environment and Health | 0.5 |
HS304 | Nutrition and Metabolism | 0.5 |
HS305 | Development of the Health Professions | 0.5 |
HS307 | Child and Youth Health | 0.5 |
HS308 | Parasitology for Public Health | 0.5 |
HS312 | Mental Health and Justice | 0.5 |
HS314 | Health Promotion | 0.5 |
HS315 | Pathophysiology | 0.5 |
HS321 | Health Program Evaluation | 0.5 |
HS322 | Health Policy | 0.5 |
HS323 | Health Policy in the Welfare State | 0.5 |
HS324 | Biostatistics | 0.5 |
HS325 | Qualitative Methods in Health Research | 0.5 |
HS326 | Human Pharmacology | 0.5 |
HS329 | Global Health and Social Justice | 0.5 |
HS331 | Gerontology | 0.5 |
HS333 | Forensic Laboratory Methods I | 0.5 |
HS334 | Forensic Laboratory Methods II | 0.5 |
HS340 | Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology | 0.5 |
HS344 | Health and Gender | 0.5 |
HS347 | The Body | 0.5 |
HS401 | Current Developments in Health Studies | 1.0 |
HS402 | Health Studies Practicum | 1.0 |
HS405 | Special Topics in Health | 0.5 |
HS408 | Power, Politics and Health | 0.5 |
HS409 | Infection Control and Prevention | 0.5 |
HS410 | Death and Dying | 0.5 |
HS411 | Critical Perspectives on Sexuality, Health and Society | 0.5 |
HS412 | Directed Studies | 0.5 |