School of Health (SOH) Sponsored Course Sections In 2026-2027
The School of Health (SOH) financially supports the offering of courses in health-related topics which are transdisciplinary and straddle expertise across Concordia’s four Faculties (FAS, FoFA, GCS, JMSB). Such courses can bolster interactions between SOH members, provide additional sought-after skills on the job-market, and help foster knowledge transfer and innovation in health.
Fall 2026 - LOYC 498 / CATS 631 / MSCA 652
Topic: Environmental Health and Well-Being
Format: hybrid SGW (synchronous); Schedule: Fridays 2:45-5:30 PM
Description: The current environmental crisis has both direct and indirect effects on human health and well-being. Using a blended strategy of lectures and discussion, this course will take an interdisciplinary approach to these cross-cutting issues from a health and natural science, social science, and humanities perspective. Suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines, the course will involve guest lectures from multiple disciplinary perspectives and the opportunity for personal projects and will address issues such as ecoanxiety and other mental health issues; plastic and other pollution; fire, flood, and other natural disturbances and their impacts; biodiversity and zoonotic disease; agricultural practices and food systems; genetically-modified organisms; environmental cancers; AI and the digital world; resource extraction; and more. Guest lecturers will be drawn from the combined networks of the School of Health and the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability/Loyola Sustainability Research Centre.
Winter 2027 - POLI 316 / CATS 631 / MSCA 652
Topic: Introduction to Public Health in Québec
Format: online/remote (synchronous); Schedule: Wednesdays, 5:45PM - 8:30PM
Description: Public health is the science and practice of preventing disease, extending lifespan, and promoting health and wellbeing through coordinated efforts and informed decisions of society, organizations, communities and individuals. This course addresses how the public health approach unfolds in post-industrial societies. Topics include: (i) core functions and essential services of public health, (ii) stakeholder roles in the fields of public health, population health and health policy, and (iii) healthcare delivery in the health care system and communities in Québec and globally. In addition to learning the fundamental concepts, students will work on practical case studies and develop an applied understanding of how public health monitors various health inequalities and can intervene to tackle them. Students will learn to analyze these actions based on the social, cultural, political, and economic context in which they are implemented.
