Health Related Majors
IMJR Info Sheet
Health Related Majors
Recent Majors
Students have designed health-themed individualized majors through the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences (B.A. or B.S.) and the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (B.S.). Recent titles
include:
Health and Social Inequality
Global Health
Community Health and Wellness
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Health
Food, Culture, and Health
Child Health and Development
Required Courses
Your individualized major plan of study will consist of at least 36 credits of 2000-level or higher courses,
18 of which must be from the college granting your degree, and must include the following:
Research Methods Course
A research methods course will introduce you to how knowledge is produced and evaluated in a
particular discipline. Choose one from an academic department that is integral to your major.
Some examples include: ANTH 3003, ANTH 3004, HDFS 2004W, PSYC 2100WQ, or SOCI 3201.
Capstone
UNIV 4600W Capstone Course, UNIV 4697W Senior Thesis, or an approved alternative.
Writing Intensive Course
A writing intensive course that is relevant to the major theme. This will normally be designated
“W” in the course catalog and is in addition to the capstone.
We strongly recommend that you include an experiential learning component, such as an internship,
research, or study abroad, in your plan of study.
Bachelor of Science in CLAS
Students intending to complete a Bachelor of Science IMJR in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
must include 24 credits of science in their individualized major plan of study and fulfill the CLAS general
education requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree.
Prerequisites
Check the catalog to be sure that you will be able to meet all of the prerequisites for the courses that
you include in your plan of study. Upper-level courses in Chemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology,
Physiology and Neurobiology, Nutritional Sciences, Pathobiology, Statistics, and Allied Health often have
prerequisites. Some advanced courses in the social sciences also have prerequisites.
Individualized & Interdisciplinary Studies Program (www.iisp.uconn.edu)
Health Related Majors
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Frequently Included Courses
Please note that this is not a complete list; you may find other relevant courses in the catalog. Please
check Student Admin and consult with your faculty advisors to be sure that the courses you would like
to include in your major will be taught in the upcoming semesters.
AH
Consult with Allied Health Academic Advising
Office regarding access to these courses.
2330 Italy’s Mediterranean Food and Our
Health
3000 U.S. Healthcare Systems and Professional
Practice
3005 Biostatistics for the Health Professions
3021 Environment, Genetics and Cancer
3101 Health and Wellness for Life
3133 Cancer and Your Health
3175 Environmental Health
3203 Aging: Implications for Health
Professionals
3231 Program Planning for Health Promotion
3234 Fitness for Health
4241 Research for the Health Professional
4242 Counseling & Teaching for the Health
Professional
4243 Current Issues in Health
4244 Management for the Health Professional
4503 Poverty and Public Health
ANTH
3098 Variable Topics
3202W Illness and Curing
3251 Psychological Anthropology
3300 Medical Anthropology
3302 Medical Ecology
3304 Anthropology of Drug Use
3325 Intro to Global Health
CHEM
2443-2445 Organic Chemistry & Lab
COMM
4700 Health Communication
ECON
3451 Health Economics
GEOG
3240 Medical and Health Care Geography
HCMI
Please see the Guidelines on Inclusion of School
of Business courses in an IMJR
3240 Introduction to Health Care Management
3243 Health Care Industry Analysis
4225 Health and Social Insurance
4243 Health Law and Policy
4250 Healthcare Financial and Human Resource
Management
4448 Clinical and Social Issues in Health Care
HDFS
2100 Human Development: Infancy through
Adolescence
2200 Human Development: Adulthood and
Aging
2300 Family Interaction Processes
3101 Infant and Toddler Development
3103 Adolescent Development
3240/W Aging in American Society
3249 Gender and Aging
3250 Disabilities: A Lifespan Perspective
3251 Biotechnology, Disability and the Family
3252 Death, Dying, and Bereavement
3277 Issues in Human Sexuality
3442 Latino Health and Health Care
3530 Public Policy and the Family
3550 Comparative Family Policy
4255 Living with Chronic or Life-threatening
Illness
MCB
2000 Introduction to Biochemistry
2210 Cell Biology
2400 Human Genetics
2410 Genetics
2610 Fundamentals of Microbiology
3010 Biochemistry
3011 Human Metabolism and Disease
Individualized & Interdisciplinary Studies Program (www.iisp.uconn.edu)
Health Related Majors
3022W Human Disease & Development of
Therapeutic Agents
3100 Intro to Translational Research
3211 Cancer Cell Biology and Genetics
3246 Virology
3412 Genetic Engineering and Functional
Genomics
3633 Pathogenic Microbiology
4211 Basic Immunology
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3453/W Women and Health
3457/W Sociology of Mental Illness
3459/W Aging in American Society
STAT
3005 Biostatistics for the Health Professional
4625 Introduction to Biostatistics
WGSS
3105/W The Politics of Reproduction
NURS
2175 Global Politics of Childbearing and
Reproduction
NUSC
2200 Nutrition and Human Development
3180 Experience in Community Nutrition
3230 Community Nutrition
4236 Metabolism and Function of Nutrients
PVS
4203 Principles of Antibacterial Development
4300 Principles of Pathobiology
PNB
2264-2265 Human Physiology and Anatomy
2274-2275 Enhanced Human Physiology and
Anatomy
3278 Patient and the Healer
4400 Biology of Nervous System Diseases
PSYC
2101 Introduction to Multicultural Psychology
2200 Physiological Psychology
2201 Drugs and Behavior
2300/W Abnormal Psychology
2400 Developmental Psychology
3105 Health Psychology
3252 Drugs and Behavior Laboratory
PUBH
PUBH 3001 Introduction to Epidemiology
SOCI
2705 Sociology of Food
3307/W Drugs and Society
3451 Sociology of Health
Individualized & Interdisciplinary Studies Program (www.iisp.uconn.edu)