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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2026
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SOCI 335 001 (CRN: 23873)
RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND HEALTH
Long Title: RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND HEALTH: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH
Department: Sociology
Instructor: Ecklund, Elaine Howard
Meeting: 2:00PM - 3:15PM MW (12-JAN-2026 - 24-APR-2026)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Section Max Enrollment: 30
Section Enrolled: 17
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 25-NOV-2025 4:03AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This course uses sociological methods to understand the intersections among science, religion, and health. We will tackle some of the most difficult and important issues of our time, including religion and AI; how religion and medicine intersect in human reproductive genetic technologies; religion, meaning, and mental health and illness; religious approaches to vaccinations, among several others. We will also analyze how sociological approaches to these topics compliment and are different from biological and physical science approaches, as well as those from philosophy and religious studies approaches.