Program Overview

Interdisciplinary Health Science

Program Overview & Highlights

The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences program provides an exciting opportunity to combine a Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences and Psychology degree with unique interdisciplinary concentrations. This program allows students to explore global challenges and grow as thought leaders who can tackle issues in areas like global health, the environment and climate change, and sustainable development.

The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Science program provides substantial education in the disciplines of both arts and sciences, and it puts an emphasis on critical thinking and argument. Throughout, students will take course designed to foster the skills of inquiry and, in the third and fourth years, they will take courses in the methods of inquiry and applied inquiry. In addition to developing students’ research skills and involving them with topics of public concern, these courses develop their abilities and confidence as writers and speakers.

Multiple Concentrations

• Healthcare Economics
• Healthcare Informatics
• Health and Aging
• Health and Society
• Health and Gender Studies
• Indigenous Health
• Healthy Spaces and Place
• Medical Humanities
• One Health (Environmental Health)
• Biostatistics

Faculty & Staff

• Selena Randhawa, Recruiter - Business, FAHSS, Law, Education
• Sheri Lowrie, FAHSS Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

• Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
• Minimum Average: 70%
• Mean Average: 79%

Course Sequencing

First Year

• Students must select a Major and a Minor Concentration at the start of Year 2.
• Consultation is available from the Director of the program.
• The selection of electives in Years 2, 3 and 4 must satisfy the requirements for the Major and the Minor concentrations, and the general program requirement that students must complete at least 15 courses in each of the two Faculties.

Required Courses

• ARSC-1000
• MATH-1720 (or MATH-1760)
• MATH-1730 if requirement for major or minor concentration
• One of: GRST-1100, HIST-1130, HIST-1140, PHIL-1100, POLS-2510, POLS-2520, INCS-2030, INCS-2200
• Two courses selected as needed to satisfy major or minor requirements in Arts, Humanities, and Social Science
• Four courses consisting of any two of the following pairs:
  • BIOL-1111 and BIOL-1101
  • MATH-1720 and MATH-1730
  • CHEM-1100 and CHEM-1110
  • COMP-1400 and COMP-1410
  • ESCI-1111 and ESCI-1100
  • MATH-1720 and MATH-1730
  • PHYS-1300 and PHYS-1310
  • PHYS-1400 and PHYS-1410
  • ECON-1100 and ECON-1110

Course Descriptions

• ARSC 1000: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Arts and Science
• MATH 1720: Differential Calculus
• MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus
• MATH 1730: Integral Calculus
• GRST 1100: Introduction to Greek Civilization
• HIST 1130: Europe Encounters the World: Facing Islam, 8th-15th Century
• HIST 1140: Europe Encounters the World: The Age of Discovery, 15th-18th Century
• PHIL 1100: Introduction to Western Philosophy
• POLS 2510: Classical Political Thought
• POLS 2520: Modern Political Thought
• INCS 2030: Culture and Ideas: From the French Revolution to the Present
• LING 2200: Language and Society
• BIOL 1111: Biological Diversity
• BIOL 1101: Cell Biology
• CHEM 1100: General Chemistry I
• CHEM 1110: General Chemistry II
• COMP 1400: Introduction to Algorithms and Programming I
• COMP 1410: Introduction to Algorithms and Programming II
• ESCI 1111: Introduction to Earth Science
• ESCI 1100: Environmental Systems – An Introduction to Environmental Science
• PHYS 1300: Introductory Physics for Life Sciences I
• PHYS 1310: Introductory Physics for Life Sciences II
• PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I
• PHYS 1410: Introductory Physics II
• ECON 1100: Introduction to Economics I
• ECON 1110: Introduction to Economics II

Second Year

• STAT-2910 or SOSC-2500; plus any nine additional courses, at least 2 from each of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science, and consistent with satisfying the requirements for the Major and the Minor concentrations.

Third Year

• PHIL-2210, ARSC-3100, ARSC-3010; plus any seven additional courses, at least 2 from each of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science, and consistent with satisfying the requirements for the Major and the Minor concentrations.

Fourth Year

• ARSC-4210, ARSC-4100, ARSC-4990 (or other departmental requirement for the student’s Major concentration); plus any seven additional courses as needed to satisfying the remaining requirements for the Major concentration, the Minor concentration and/or the Program.

Career Tracks

• Professional schools (medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine)
• Conservation officer
• Ecologist
• Entomologist
• Agricultural scientist
• Animal care specialist
• Laboratory supervisor
• Industrial and government research and development
• Health and biomedical research in graduate studies
• Clinical researcher

Related Programs

• Psychology
• Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences

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