Health Administration (HADM) 326 |
Delivery mode: | Individualized study or grouped study with video component |
Credits: | 3 - Social Science |
Prerequisite: | None |
Precluded course: | HADM 326 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for NTST 326. |
Centre: | Centre for State and Legal Studies |
Challenge for Credit: | HADM 326has a Challenge for Credit option |
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This three-credit, university-level course is designed to introduce the conceptual tools of medical anthropology. It will give students the opportunity to apply these tools to a consideration of the health status of First Nations people in Canada and of the role of medical pluralism in a culturally diverse nation state.
To receive credit for HADM 326, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least "D" (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
Quiz 1 (after Unit 3) 10%
Quiz 2 (after Unit 6) 10%
Quiz 3 (after Unit 10) 10%
Term Paper (after Unit 10) 30%
Final Exam (after Unit 10) 40%
Total 100%
McElroy, Ann and Patricia K. Townsend. 1996. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective. 3 rd. ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Waldram, James B., D. Anne Herring, and T. Kue Young. 1995. Aboriginal Health in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
The course materials also include a student manual, study guide, and a reading file.
HADM 326 also uses videos that must be ordered from Athabasca University Library.