西蒙弗雷泽大学

Students may opt for a Bachelor of Arts through the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or a Bachelor of Arts through the Faculty of Health Sciences. Faculty degree requirements will be governed by the faculty through which the student chooses to complete the degree.

You will be interested in the Health Sciences major program if you want to understand issues affecting health and disease, environmental issues that affect communities and global health, or multi-level health policy making.

TOPICS

Chronic and Infectious Disease: Study the issues of infectious diseases and their impact on world health: toxicology, pathophysiology and epidemiology.

Environmental and Occupational Health: Study genetics and how environments affect health.

Global Health: Learn about health, illness and disease in human communities: health promotion, disease prevention, care systems and policy.

Health Care Systems: Understand issues affecting health and disease, and environmental issues that affect communities and global health.

Mental Health and Addictions: Study the biological and social causes and impacts of legal and illegal drugs: addictions, mental illness and social determinants of health.

Population and Public Health: Investigate the health, illness and disease of communities from a global perspective. Study current topics in drugs and society, sexuality, disease and alternative medicine.

Social and Health Policy Sciences: Learn about environmental issues that affect communities and global health, or multi-level health policy making.

Social Inequities and Health: Learn about the health, illness and disease of communities with a focus on how social inequality impacts humanity. Study current topics in drugs and society, sexuality, disease and alternative medicine.

Health Sciences is a major program. Topics studied in the course of your degree program are Chronic and Infectious Disease, Environmental and Occupational Health, Global Health, Health Care Systems, Mental Health and Addictions, Population and Public Health, Social and Health Policy Sciences, and Social Inequities and Health.

You can start this program at the Surrey campus.

This bachelor of science (BSc) program incorporates basic science courses (biology, chemistry, molecular biology and statistics) with HSCI courses about health and disease. Building on a solid base of basic biomedical and applied health science, students will receive advanced training in pharmacology, toxicology, pathophysiology and epidemiology, as well as molecular biology and genetics.

Career possibilities

The world is changing rapidly and you have no way of knowing the full range of career opportunities available to you in the future. Graduates of this program may end up in a range of occupations, including these:

Health Promotions Coordinator
Non Profit Health Agency Fundraiser
Global Health Advocate
Humanitarian Worker
Food Inspector
Health & Safety Advisor
Nurse
Medical Scientist
Professor
Health Equity Strategist
Health & Wellness Coordinator
Health & Benefits Admin Assistant
Health & Addictions Case Manager
Health Care Industry Sales Rep