May 23, 2025  
2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog

SOC 4310 - Sociology of Health & Illness


3 Credits

This course examines the social meanings of health and illness. A sociological insight into illness reveals that infirmity is often a condition rather than a disease, is socially constructed and is aligned to different socio-economic parameters. Overall, this course provides a different perspective into how ideas of health and illness are interpreted, its sociological meaning and the overall implication of being in one of two states.