UT Dallas 2024 Undergraduate Catalog

SOC4384 - Social Epidemiology

SOC 4384 Social Epidemiology (3 semester credit hours) Social epidemiology emphasizes that health, disease, and injury are influenced over the life course not only on an individual level, but on multiple levels, including social groups, communities, and policies. This course explores how socioeconomic status, discrimination, war, workplace policies, and other social determinants contribute to disparities in the distribution of disease and injury. (3-0) Y