University of Connecticut

College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

Department of Allied Health Sciences

Allied Health Sciences Major Suggested Related Cognate or Elective Courses*

*This document should be used as a guide in selecting relevant courses to complete a program of study and concentration.
This document includes suggested elective courses to fulfill requirements for this major. This list does not constitute all available courses that may be taken.
Courses may require prerequisites and departmental/Instructor consent. No permission of enrollment is implied by the course inclusion on this list.

Students should consult with their academic advisor when selecting relevant courses for their plan of study as course options may vary depending on career interests and
concentration. Students take final responsibility in meeting program and university requirements for graduation.

GENERAL 2000-LEVEL and higher RELATED COGNATE (Group B on the AHS Plan of Study) or ELECTIVE:
Courses on this list are not guaranteed. Students should meet with instructor/department advisor for permission and availability.
ASLN 3254 Women and Gender in the Deaf World
ANTH 2000 Social Anthropology
ANTH 3202W: Illness and Curing
ANTH 3251: Psychological Anthropology
ANTH 3300: Medical Anthropology
ANTH 3302: Medical Ecology
ANTH 3303 Parent-Child Relations in Cross-
Cultural Perspective
ANTH 3325 Introduction to Global Health
ANTH 3351: Sex and Gender
COMM 3100: Persuasion
COMM 3103: Motivation and Emotion
COMM 3200: Interpersonal Communication
COMM 3300: Effects of Mass Media
COMM 3450: Gender and Communication
COMM 4240: Marital and Family Communication
COMM 4700: Health Communication
EEB 2202: Evolution and Human Diversity
EPSY 3333: Introduction to Counseling and
Psychoeducation
HDFS 2001: Diversity Issues in Human
Development and Family Studies
HDFS 2300: Family Interaction Processes
HDFS 3240: Aging in American Society
HDFS 3249: Gender and Aging PSYC 2201: Drugs and Behavior
HDFS 3250: Disabilities: A Lifespan Perspective PSYC 3105: Health Psychology
HDFS 3251: Biotechnology, Disability and the Family PSYC 3200: Introduction to Behavioral Genetics
HDFS 3252: Death, Dying and Bereavement SOCI 2101: Sports and Society
HDFS 3261: Men & Masculinity: A Social Psychological Perspective SOCI 2271: The Social Construct of Happiness
HDFS 3268: Latinos: Sexuality and Gender SOCI 2705: Sociology of Food
HDFS 3277: Issues in Human Sexuality SOCI 3307: Drugs and Society
HDFS 3311: Parenthood SOCI 3311: Deviant Behavior
HDFS 3420: Abuse and Violence in Families SOCI 3429: Sociological Perspectives of Poverty
HDFS 3421: Low Income Families SOCI 3451: Sociology of Health
HDFS 3442: Latino Health and Healthcare SOCI 3453: Women and Health
HDFS 4255: Living with Chronic or Life-threatening Illness SOCI 3457: Sociology of Mental Illness
HIST 2206: History of Science SOCI 3459: Aging in American Society
HIST 3204: History and Social Science in the Modern World SOCI 3621: Sociology of Sexualities
LING 2010Q: The Science of Linguistics SOCI 3651: Sociology of the Family
LING 2850: Introduction to Sociolinguistics of the Deaf Community WGSS 2105: Gender and Science
NURS 2175: Global Politics of Childbearing and Reproduction WGSS 3102: Psychology of Women
PHIL 2170W: Bioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural WGSS 3252: Genders and Sexualities
Perspective WGSS 3268: Gender and Communication
PHIL 2212: Philosophy of Science WGSS 3350: Anthropological Perspectives on
PNB 2250: Animal Physiology Women
PNB 3278: Patient and the Healer WGSS 3453: Women and Health
PNB 3279: Insights into Dental Science & Clinical Medicine
PSYC 2110: Psychology of Human Sexuality
PSYC 2200: Physiological Psychology

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2000-LEVEL or higher RELATED COGNATE (Group B on the AHS Plan of Study) or ELECTIVE SUGGESTIONS:
Courses on this list are not guaranteed. Students should meet with instructor/department advisor for permission and availability.
Relating to:
Cultural Studies
COMM 4460: Cross-Cultural
Communication
HIST 3202: International Human
Rights
PSYC 2101: Introduction of
Multicultural Psychology
PSYC 2701: Social Psychology of
Multiculturalism
ASLN 3254 Women and Gender
in the Deaf World
Latino
PRLS 3250/HDFS 3442: Latino
Health and Healthcare
PRLS 3251: Latino Sexuality and
Gender
African/American
AFAM/PSYC 3106: Black
Psychology
Asian/American
AASI/SOCI 3221: Sociological
Perspectives of Asian American
Women
Relating to:
Society and family
Infancy
HDFS 2100: Human Development:
Infancy through Adolescence
HDFS 3101: Infant and Toddler
Development
HDFS 3102: Early and Middle
Childhood Development
Adolescence
COMM 4330: Children and Mass
Media
HDFS 2100: Human Development:
Infancy through Adolescence
HDFS 3103: Adolescent Development
PSYC 2201: Drugs and Behavior
PSYC 2700: Social Psychology
PSYC 3300: Emotional/Behavioral
Disorders of childhood
Gerontology
HDFS 2200: Human Development:
Adulthood and Aging
HDFS 3240/ SOCI 3459: Aging in
American Society
HDFS 3249: Gender and Aging
HDFS 3252: Death, Dying and
Bereavement
HDFS 4255: Living with Chronic or
Life-threatening Illness
Women’s Health
HDFS 3260: Women: A Developmental
Perspective
PSYC 3102/WGSS 3102: Psychology
of Women
SOCI 3221: Sociological Perspectives
of Asian American Women
SOCI 3453/ WGSS 3453: Women and
Health
WGSS 2267: Women and Poverty
WGSS 3350: Anthropological
Perspectives on Women
Relating to:
Politics/ Human Rights
ANTH 3151 Economic
Anthropology
ANTH 3309 Violence and
Human Rights
COMM 4700: Health
communication
ECON 2456: Economics of Poverty
ECON 3451: Health Economics
GEOG 3240: Medical and Health
Care Geography
HIST 3201: History of Human
Rights
HIST 3202: International Human
Rights
HDFS 3530: Public Policy and the
Family
HRTS 3042/POLS 3042: The
Theory of Human Rights
HRTS 3212/POLS 3212:
Comparative Perspectives on
Human Rights
POLS 3842: Public Administration
Relating to:
Management / Workplace
Management:
HCMI 3240: Introduction to Health
Care Management
HCMI 3243: Health Care Analysis
HCMI 4448: Clinical and Social
Issues in Health Care
Workplace issues:
PSYC 2600: Industrial/
Organizational Psychology
PSYC 3600: Social-Organizational
Psychology
PSYC 3670: Current Topics in
Industrial/Organizational
Psychology
Relating to:
Environmental influences
ANTH 3200: Human Behavioral
Ecology
ANTH 3302: Medical Ecology
ANTH 3325 Introduction to Global
Health
EEB 2244: General Ecology
EEB 4251/W: Medical Entomology
EVST/POLS 3412: Global
Environmental Politics
GEOG 2200: Introduction to Human
Geography
GEOG 3240: Medical and Health
Care Geography
GEOG 3410: Human Modifications
of Natural Environments
HIST 3540: American
Environmental History
PSYC 3104: Environmental
Psychology
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2000-LEVEL or higher RELATED COGNATE (Group B on the AHS Plan of Study) or ELECTIVE SUGGESTIONS:
Courses on this list are not guaranteed. Students should meet with instructor/department advisor for permission and availability.
ANTH 2502: Human Evolution PHAR 2002: Human Physiology and Anatomy I** **No lab with these courses – may not meet
CHEM 2443, 2444 & 2445: Organic Chemistry PHAR 2003: Human Physiology and Anatomy II ** graduate program requirements
EEB 2244/W: General Ecology PNB 2264 & 2265: Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II
EEB 3260: Medical Botany PNB 2274 & 2275: Enhanced Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II
EEB 4251/W: Medical Entomology PNB 3230: Hormones and Behavior
MCB 2000: Introduction to Biochemistry PNB 3251: Biology of the Brain
MCB 2210: Cell Biology PNB 3262: Mammalian Endocrinology
MCB 2211: Gene Expression PNB 3276: Molecular Neuroanatomy
MCB 2400: Heredity and Society * Cannot take both MCB 2400 and 2410 for credit* PNB 3278: Molecular Physiology of the Heart
MCB 2410: Genetics PSYC 2200: Physiological Psychology
MCB 2610: Fundamentals of Microbiology PSYC 3200: Introduction to Behavioral Genetics
MCB 3006: Fundamentals of Structural Biology PUBH 3001: Introduction to Epidemiology
MCB 3007: Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry
MCB 3010: Biochemistry
MCB 3011: Human Metabolism and Disease
MCB 3022W: Human Disease and the Development of Therapeutic Agents
MCB 3212: Basic Immunology
MCB 3246: Virology
MCB 3421: Introduction to Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics
MCB 3633: Pathogenic Microbiology
MCB 3635: Applied Microbiology
MCB 3640W: Bacterial Diversity and Ecology
MCB 4009: Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules
MCB 4219: Developmental Biology

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