Minor in Mental Health, Addiction and Society
MinorMinor in Mental Health, Addiction and Society
The minor in Mental Health and Addiction provides students with opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of the relationship between mental health, addiction, and society. It involves examining the links between mental health and wider social processes, including marginalization, the construction of deviance, and the social determinants of health. Students will also gain a solid understanding of mental illness and some of the ways in which social change and other non-biomedical interventions can be harnessed to address issues related to mental health and addiction and promote well-being.
Notes
- Students are responsible for ensuring that course prerequisites are fulfilled.
24 units total
3 units
from
3 units
from
- HLTHAGE 1AA3 – Introduction to Health and Society
- HLTHAGE 1BB3 - Introduction to Aging and Society
- HLTHAGE 1ZZ3 - Inquiry: Introduction to Health and Society
- SOCIOL 1C03 - Canadian Society: Social Problems, Social Policy, and the Law
- SOCPSY 1Z03 – An Introduction to Social Psychology
- SOCWORK 1AA3 - So You Think You Can Help? Introduction to Social Work I
- SOCWORK 1BB3 - Reimagining Help: Introduction to Social Work II
6 units
from
- HLTHAGE 2GG3 – Mental Health and Society
- HLTHAGE 2L03 - Drugs, Sex and Alcohol: Society and its Addictions
- HLTHAGE 2N03 - Treatment Within the World of Mental Illness: Desperation and Debate
12 units
from Course List
- ANTHROP 2HI3 - Medical Anthropology
- ANTHROP 3Y03 - Indigenous Community Health and Wellbeing
- ECON 2Q03 - Economics of Bad Behaviour
- HLTHAGE 2GG3 – Mental Health and Society
- HLTHAGE 2L03 - Drugs, Sex and Alcohol: Society and its Addictions
- HLTHAGE 2N03 - Treatment Within the World of Mental Illness: Desperation and Debate
- HLTHAGE 3D03 - Perspectives on Disability, Chronic Illness and Aging
- HLTHAGE 3M03 - Approaches to Mental Health and Resilience
- HLTHAGE 3N03 - Aging and Mental Health
- HLTHAGE 3R03 - Health Inequalities
- HLTHAGE 3YY3 - Indigenous Community Health and Well-Being
- HLTHAGE 4J03 - Narratives of Illness
- HLTHAGE 4Q03 - Representations of Mental Illness
- HTHSCI 3MH3 - Critical Examination of Mental Health
- INDIGST 2F03 - Residential Schools in Canada: History and Impact
- INDIGST 3H03 - Indigenous Medicine I: Philosophy
- POLSCI 2C03 - Force and Fear, Crime and Punishment
- PSYCH 2AP3 - Abnormal Psychology: Fundamentals and Major Disorders
- PSYCH 3BA3 - Positive Psychology
- PSYCH 3JJ3 - Socio-Emotional Development
- SCAR 2MT3 - Asian Meditation Traditions
- SOCIOL 2BB3 - Sociology of Deviance
- SOCIOL 2CC3 - Constructing Deviance
- SOCIOL 3GG3 - Special Topics in the Sociology of Deviance
- SOCIOL 3HH3 - Sociology of Health
- SOCIOL 4GG3 - Special Topics in the Sociology of Deviance
- SOCPSY 3A03 - Mental Health
- SOCPSY 3M03 - Counselling & Psychotherapy
- SOCPSY 3ZZ3 - Small Worlds: Children and Childhood
- SOCWORK 4Y03 - Critical Issues in Mental Health & Addiction: Mad & Critical Disability Studies Perspectives for SW
Completion of Level 1 + 24 units
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- For more information:
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Department of Health, Aging & Society
Kenneth Taylor Hall (KTH) Room 226
905-525-9140 ext. 27961
hasdept@mcmaster.ca
- Length:
- Minor may be declared when completing convocation information
- Required Credential:
- Enrolment in an Honours program
- Program Type:
- Course-based
- Program Options:
- Full-time, Part-time
- Typical Entry:
- January, September
- Current Deadline:
- April