The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences program provides an exciting opportunity to combine a Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences and Psychology degree with unique interdisciplinary concentrations. This program allows students to explore global challenges and grow as thought leaders who can tackle issues in areas like global health, the environment and climate change, and sustainable development.
Multiple concentrations: Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Informatics, Health and Aging, Health and Society, Health and Gender Studies, Indigenous Health, Healthy Spaces and Place, Medical Humanities, One Health (Environmental Health) and Biostatistics.
Course Requirements:English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60% [70% for Fall 2026])
Minimum Average: 70%
Mean Average: 79%
This course will introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of health sciences, including definitions of heath, wellness, and illness from multiple perspectives (e.g., biological, behavioural, social, environmental). Students will be exposed to various areas of specialization including: healthcare economics, healthcare informatics, health and aging, health and society, Indigenous health, healthy spaces and places, medical humanities, environmental health, and one health. Current health science issues within the community and media will be presented. (This course is restricted to students enrolled in an Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Stream.)
Introduction to selected areas in psychology including learning, perception, physiological psychology, emotion, and motivation.
An introduction to the fundamentals of effective writing in academic contexts. Topics may include language, essay writing conventions, critical thinking, research, editing and revising, and academic integrity. (1.5 lecture, 1.5 laboratory hours per week.) (Arts elective only; does not count for credit in the major or minor Fall 2025 Undergraduate Calendar 104 course requirements of any English or English and Creative Writing degree programs.) (Credit cannot be obtained for both ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1001 or GART 1510.)