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Certificate in Social Research in Health and Medicine (SOCRHMACRT)Department of Sociology

Students on Summer 2020, Fall 2020, or Spring 2021 requirements.

Description

The certificate provides students with an in-depth exposure to social science approaches to health and health behavior. Students obtain basic training in social science, research methods, and statistics, and foster an interdisciplinary perspective in health that prepares them for the modern world of medicine, nursing, and health policy.

Certificate requirements

The certificate requires at least 24 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.

Basic Social Science. Two (2) courses:
- SOC-S 100 Introduction to Sociology
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Introduction to the concepts and methods of sociology with an emphasis on understanding of contemporary American society.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- (approved topic: "Medicine in America")
  SOC-S 101 Social Problems and Policies
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Introduces sociology through in-depth study of a major social problem; examines research on the problem; and explores alternative policies. Problems treated vary by section. Examples include the environment; women, men, and work; medicine in America; the sociology of sport; alcohol and drug use.
  
  Repeatability
  
  May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 15 credit hours. May be counted only once in the major toward departmental requirements.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- ANTH-E 260 Culture, Health, and Illness
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Across the world, ideas about and experiences of health, "disease," and medicine are profoundly shaped by culture. Introduction to cross-cultural approaches to understanding health and illness, covering topics such as ethnomedicine, ritual healing, gender and health, and international development and global health.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- PSY-P 101 Introductory Psychology I
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Introduction to psychology; its methods, data, and theoretical interpretations in areas of learning, sensory psychology, and psychophysiology.
  
  Repeatability
  
  Credit given for only one of PSY-P 101, PSY-P 106, PSY-P 151, or PSY-P 155. Equivalent to IUPUI PSY-B 105 and PSY-P 151.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
Research Methods in Sociology. One (1) course:
- SOC-S 370 Research Methods in Sociology
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  The logic of scientific work in sociology; theory construction; major research designs, including experiments, sample surveys, and ethnographic field studies. Methods of sampling; measurement of variables; and descriptive statistics. Commonly used rates and indices in social research; using software to produce graphical displays and descriptive statistics.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
Statistics. One (1) course:
- SOC-S 110 Understanding Social Data
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Introduces sociology by developing students' skills as consumers and producers of charts, graphs, and tables. Data displays are used to illustrate social trends in crime, divorce, and the economy; to assess political programs; and to test social science theories. Students will learn how to find information on the World Wide Web and in government documents; how to read, interpret, and evaluate the accuracy of graphical information, and how to present social trends and comparisons in interesting visual formats.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
- SOC-S 371 Statistics in Sociology
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Introduces the logic of statistical inference. Students will learn how to use sample data to reach conclusions about a population of interest by calculating confidence intervals and significance tests. Estimating the effects of multiple independent variables using cross-tabulations and/or regression.
  
  Repeatability
  
  Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
- PSY-K 300 Statistical Techniques
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  One of MATH-M 106, MATH-M 118, MATH-M 119, MATH-M 211, MATH-M 212, MATH-S 211, MATH-S 212, MATH-V 118, or, MATH-V 119
  
  Description
  
  Introduction to statistics; nature of statistical data; ordering and manipulation of data; measures of central tendency and dispersion; elementary probability. Concepts of statistical inference and decision: estimation and hypothesis testing. Special topics include regression and correlation, analysis of variance, non-parametric methods.
  
  Repeatability
  
  Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, STAT-S 303, or SPEA-K 300.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
- ECON-E 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  ECON-E 201 or ECON-S 201; and MATH-M 118 or consent of instructor
  
  Notes
  
  R: ECON-E 202 or ECON-S 202 and MATH-M 119
  
  Description
  
  Lectures emphasize the use of basic probability concepts and statistical theory in the estimation and testing of single parameter and multivariate relationships. In computer labs, using Microsoft Excel, each student calculates descriptive statistics, probabilities, and least squares regression coefficients in situations based on current business and economic events.
  
  Repeatability
  
  Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, STAT-S 303, or SPEA-K 300.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
- ECON-S 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics: Honors
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  ECON-E 201 or ECON-S 201; and MATH-M 118 or consent of instructor; Honors student
  
  Notes
  
  R: MATH-M 119 and ECON-E 202 or ECON-S 202
  
  Description
  
  Honors course. Designed for students of superior ability. Covers same core material as ECON-E 370 and substitutes for ECON-E 370 as a prerequisite for other courses.
  
  Repeatability
  
  Credit given for only one of ECON-E 370 or ECON-S 370; ANTH-A 306; CJUS-K 300; MATH-K 300 or MATH-K 310; POLS-Y 395; PSY-K 300 or PSY-K 310; SOC-S 371; STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303; or SPEA-K 300.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
- STAT-K 310 Statistical Techniques
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  MATH-M 119 or equivalent
  
  Description
  
  Introduction to probability and statistics. Elementary probability theory, conditional probability, independence, random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion. Concepts of statistical inference and decision: estimation, hypothesis testing, Bayesian inference, statistical decision theory. Special topics discussed may include regression and correlation, time series, analysis of variance, nonparametric methods.
  
  Repeatability
  
  Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, STAT-S 303, or SPEA-K 300.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
Advanced. Three (3) courses:
- ANTH-B 260 Biocultural Medical Anthropology
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  A survey of health and disease from a biocultural perspective, which incorporates the evolutionary, ecological, and sociocultural context of health and disease to answer such questions as why we get sick and why there is population variation in the risk of becoming sick. Topics include reproductive, infectious, and chronic diseases.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
- ANTH-B 312 Evolutionary Medicine
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  ANTH-B 200; or consent of instructor
  
  Description
  
  Incorporates principles from evolutionary theory into our understanding of various infectious and chronic diseases common to human populations both past and present. Although proximate mechanisms involving physiology and behavior will be discussed, the focus will be to determine why such mechanisms have evolved in the first place.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
- ANTH-B 340 Hormones and Human Behavior
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  At least junior standing
  
  Notes
  
  R: College-level introductory biology
  
  Description
  
  Reviews the roles of hormones in the evolution and expression of human and nonhuman animal behaviors. Emphasis placed on behaviors associated with aggression, stress, mating, and parenting. Particularly relevant for students interested in evolutionary psychology and human health.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
- ANTH-B 480 Human Growth and Development
  
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  ANTH-B 200 or ANTH-B 301
  
  Description
  
  Characteristics of normal growth and development from birth to maturity, establishment of constitutional qualities, and aging. Anthropology of the individual considered from standpoint of causal factors, patterns of expression, and methods of assessment.
- PSY-P 303 Health Psychology
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  PSY-P 101 and PSY-P 102; or PSY-P 155
  
  Description
  
  Focuses on the role of psychological factors in health and illness. Through readings, lecture, and discussion, students will become better consumers of research on behavior-health interactions and develop a broad base of knowledge concerning how behaviors and other psychological factors can affect health both positively and negatively.
  
  Fall 2020CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE NMcourse
- PSY-P 315 Developmental Psychology
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  PSY-P 101 and PSY-P 102; or PSY-P 155
  
  Description
  
  An introduction to how and why behavior changes over time. The theories and methods used to study behavioral change in both human and nonhuman models. Topics include development in perception, movement, language, cognition, and social/emotional behavior.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- PSY-P 324 Abnormal Psychology
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  PSY-P 101 and PSY-P 102; or PSY-P 155
  
  Description
  
  A first course in abnormal psychology with emphasis on forms of abnormal behavior, etiology, development, interpretation, and final manifestations.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- SOC-S 305 Population
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Population composition, fertility, mortality, natural increase, migration; historical growth and change of populations; population theories and policies; techniques in manipulation and use of population data; and the spatial organization of populations.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- SOC-S 324 Sociology of Mental Illness
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Social factors in mental illness: incidence and prevalence by social and cultural categories; variations in societal reaction; social organization of treatment institutions.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- SOC-S 358 Social Inequalities in Health and Health Care
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Examines the sociological aspects of health, illness, patienthood, medical professionals, and health care systems. What factors create inequalities in health and in medical treatment? Expands understanding of health and illness and of conventional medical and insurance practices, and explores ways to improve health care in America.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- SOC-S 365 Health and Society: Sociology for Health Professionals
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  None
  
  Description
  
  Designed for all students, this course is particularly relevant for those planning a career in health care. Explores current events and social problems, such as the re-emergence of childhood infectious diseases. Uses these examples to discuss sociological topics on the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- SPEA-H 322 Principles of Epidemiology
- SPEA-H 324 Health Policy
- SPEA-H 354 Health Economics
- SPEA-H 411 Chronic and Long-term Care Administration
- SPH-B 310 Hlth Care in Diverse Communities
- SPH-H 311
Capstone. One (1) course:
- (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
  SOC-S 410 Topics in Social Organization
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  At least junior standing
  
  Description
  
  Specific topics announced each semester, e.g., social stratification, formal organizations, urban social organization, education, religion, politics, demography, social power, social conflict, social change, comparative social systems.
  
  Repeatability
  
  May be repeated three times for credit with a different topic.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
- (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
  SOC-S 431 Topics in Social Psychology
  Credits
  
  3
  
  Prerequisites
  
  At least junior standing
  
  Description
  
  Specific topics announced each semester; e.g., socialization, personality development, small-group structures and processes, interpersonal relations, language and human behavior, attitude formation and change, collective behavior, public opinion.
  
  Repeatability
  
  May be repeated three times for credit with a different topic.
  
  Fall 2020CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2020CASE SHcourse
GPA and Hours Requirements.
1. Certificate Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
2. Certificate Upper Division Courses. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
3. Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
4. Certificate GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.

Certificate Area Courses

Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the certificate and will count toward certificate requirements as appropriate:

Any course contained on the course lists for the certificate requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception

This program of study cannot be combined with the following:

Bachelor of Arts in African American and African Diaspora Studies and Sociology (AAADSOCBA)
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (SOCBA)
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology - TSAP version (SOCTSBA)
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and African American and African Diaspora Studies (SOCAAADBA)
Minor in Social Science and Medicine (SSMEDMIN)
Minor in Sociology (SOCMIN)
Minor in Sociology of Work and Business (SOCWKBSMIN)

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Certificate in Social Research in Health and Medicine (SOCRHMACRT)Department of Sociology

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Certificate requirements

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Majors, minors + certificates

Certificate in Social Research in Health and Medicine (SOCRHMACRT)Department of Sociology

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Certificate requirements

Certificate hours and GPA

Restrictions on combining this certificate with other academic programs

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