Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Health and Social Impact

Graduation Requirements:

In order to graduate with the Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Health and Social Impact, students must obtain a minimum overall average of 60% on all courses presented for the diploma.

Program Requirements:

To graduate with a Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Health and Social Impact, students must complete 48 credits as follows:

36 cr. Post-Baccalaureate Core:

CHFS 2026/PSYC 2026	Methods in Behavioural & Social Sciences	3 cr
PSYC 2506	Health Psychology	3 cr.
SOCI 2127	Quantitative Research Methods	3 cr.
SWLF 2007	Poverty and Social Policy in Canada	3 cr.
CHFS 3036/PSYC 3036	Ethics in Practice	3 cr
GEOG 3316	Geography of Health and Healthcare	3 cr
INDG 3106	Indigenous Health and Wellness	3 cr.
POLI 3046	Strange Bedfellows: Politics and Healthcare	3 cr.
SOCI 3166	The Social Determinants of Health	3 cr.
SOCI 3186	Health and the Family	3 cr.
CHFS 4016/PSYC 4016	Program Evaluation and Outcomes Management	3 cr.
SWLF 3116 or CHFS 4306/PSYC 4306	Health Care and Health Policy Special Topics Human Development & Learning: Health Equity	3 cr.

12 cr. Electives

ACAD 1601	Academic Writing	3 cr.
ANTH 2056	The Anthropocene: Environment & Globalization	3 cr.
ANTH 3036	Qualitative Research Methods	3 cr.
ANTH 3026	Medican Anthropology	3 cr.
ANTH 3046	The Living and the Dead	3 cr.
BIOL 3227	Nutrition	3 cr.
BIOL 3557	Genetics & Society: Our Genes, Our Choices	3 cr.
CHFS 3017	Case Management in Health & Social Services Sectors	3 cr.
CHFS 4017	Practicum:Applied Research & Evaluation	3 cr.
CHFS 4306/PSYC 4306	Special Topics Human Development & Learning: Health Equity	3 cr.
CRJS 4466	Program & Policy Evaluation	3 cr.
GEND 2286	Contagion	3 cr.
GEND 3357	The Opioid Crisis	3 cr.
GEOG 3236	Geography of Environment and Health	3 cr.
GEOG 4237	Urban Health	3 cr.
GEOG 4777	Water Governance	3 cr.
HIST 2377	History of Nursing	3 cr.
INDG 3567/BIOL 3567	Ethnobotany	3 cr.
MATH 1267	Applied Health Statistics	3 cr.
PHIL 2716	Bio-Ethics	3 cr.
RLCT 2116	Health Healing and Religion	3 cr.
SOCI 2196	Sociology of Medicine	3 cr.
SOCI 2027	Sociology of Nursing	3 cr.
SOCI 2036	Gerontology: Aging and Society	3 cr.
SOCI 3226	Survey Research	3 cr.
SOCI 5217	Quantitative Analysis	3 cr.
SOCI 5417	Qualitative Analysis	3 cr.
SWLF 3166	Housing and Homelessness	3 cr.
SWLF 3116	Health Care and Health Policy	3 cr.
SWLF 3806	Family Violence	3 cr.
SWLF 3826	Addictions	3 cr.

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