卫生与社会（HSOC）专业在社会背景下检查卫生与医学，为学生配备关键的学科和多学科技能，这将为他们在公共卫生，卫生服务和各种其他领域的职业做好准备。该计划建立在三个核心学科的基础上：人类学，历史学和社会学。来自其他学科和领域的方法和课程-包括流行病学，政治学，商业/经济学，法律，环境研究和生物伦理学-补充核心学科，并为专业提供必要的各种技能掌握塑造我们当代健康状况的力量。卫生与社会专业毕业生是多语种学者和公民，精通多种社会科学学科的方法和观点-从理论上讲授知识，但具有实践意识，具有全球视野和本地经验。<b
The Health and Societies (HSOC) major examines health and medicine in social context, equipping students with the critical faculties and multidisciplinary skills that will prepare them for careers in public health, health services, and a variety of other arenas. The program is built on the foundation of three core disciplines: anthropology, history, and sociology. Methods and courses from other disciplines and fieldsincluding epidemiology, political science, business/economics, law, environmental studies, and bioethics'supplement the core disciplines and provide majors with the variety of skills necessary to grasp the forces that have shaped our contemporary health landscapes. The Health and Societies graduate is a multilingual scholar and citizen, fluent in the methods and perspectives of several social science disciplines--- theoretically informed but practically minded, with a global outlook and local experience.