Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

SOSC 430 - THE SHAPING OF HEALTH POLICY

Long Title: THE SHAPING OF HEALTH POLICY
Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Study of how health-care policy decisions are made and implemented, using an interdisciplinary approach involving government, law, ethics, economics, and history. Includes case discussions of major policy problems by faculty experts in these disciplines and guest speakers who are leading national figures in the shaping of public policy. Class meets at an off-campus location. For information, call (713) 500-9491.