HLTH Course Summaries

Course summaries expand on the official course descriptions by including additional information on textbooks, course objectives, course evaluation methods, the main topics in the course outline and they provide the name of the course instructor. The summaries posted below are based on the most recent offering of the specific course.

See also the Courses of Instructions section in the Arts and Science Calendar.
Access to all HLTH courses by degree plan can be found in the Draft Timetable (see Registration).

HLTH 101 – Social Determinants of Health

HLTH 101 – Social Determinants of Health offered at the BISC

HLTH 102 – Physical Determinants of Health

HLTH 102 – Physical Determinants of Health offered at the BISC

HLTH 200 – Physical Fitness and Wellness

HLTH 205 – Introduction to Health Promotion

HLTH 230 – Basic Human Nutrition

HLTH 235 – Food Systems

HLTH 237 – Introduction to The Study of Alcohol and Drug Problems

HLTH 252 – Introduction to Research Methods

HLTH 270 – Movement Behaviours and Health

HLTH 300 – Community-Based Intership

HLTH 305 – Fundamentals of Health Policy

HLTH 315 – Theory and Practice of Health Behaviour Change

HLTH 323 – Introduction to Epidemiology

HLTH 331 – Advanced Human Nutrition

HLTH 332 – Foundations for Understanding Disability: A Health Perspective

HLTH 332 – Foundations for Understanding Disability: A Health Perspective offered at the BISC

HLTH 333 – Contemporary Issues in Human Sexuality

HLTH 334 – The Politics of Health and Illness

HLTH 350 – Topics in Global Health

HLTH 350 – Topics in Global Health offered at the BISC

HLTH 351 – Health in Humanitarian Crises

HLTH 352 – Research Skills Development Internship

HLTH 397 – Special Topics in Health Studies

HLTH 416 – Program Planning and Evaluation

HLTH 417 – Community-Based Programming and Evaluation

HLTH 430 – Critical Weight Studies

HLTH 434 – Social Movements in Health

HLTH 435 – Seminar on HIV/AIDS Prevention

HLTH 437 – Seminar on Harm Reduction

HLTH 445 – Critical Health Promotion

HLTH 455 – Health and Built Environment

HLTH 456 – Survey of Research and Literature in Health Studies

HLTH 491 – Special Project in Health Studies

HLTH 493 – Advanced Topics in Health Studies I

HLTH 493 – Topic ID: Seminar on Harm Reduction as a Health Promotion Strategy (Winter 2020)

HLTH 495 – Advanced Topics in Health Studies II

HLTH 495 – Topic ID: Intersectional Justice: Sport, Health and the Environment (Winter 2021)

HLTH 497 – Special Topics in Health Studies I

HLTH 595 – Honours Thesis in Health Studies

Archive

HLTH 405 – Canadian Health Policy [PDF] (Last offered 2013-14)

HLTH 415 – Program Design and Evaluation (Last offered 2018-19)

HLTH 432 – Disease, Disability and Quality of Life (Discontinued 2015-16)

HLTH 493 – Topic ID: Critical Health Promotion (Winter Term 2018)

HLTH 495 – Topic ID: Food Insecurity (Fall Term 2019)

HLTH 495 – Topic ID: Animals, Health and Society (Fall Term 2016)

HLTH 497 – Topic ID: Cultural Embodiment in Powwow (Winter Term 2019)

HLTH 497 – Topic ID: Health and the Built Environment (Winter Term 2015)