INDS: Concentration in Integrative Health

At the undergraduate level, students interested in studying health have a variety of majors to choose from at UMBC. Students typically acquire a background in biology, chemistry, psychology, public health, emergency health and sociology while also meeting the pre-requisites for an Allied Health plan or Pre-Med/Pre-Dental pathway. Internships and research are recommended to supplement and extend in-class learning. Alternative and complementary practices may also be considered within the Integrative Health concentration. Students who graduate with an Individualized Study BA or BS with a concentration in Integrative Health may pursue professional schools related to healthcare or a career in healthcare.

You can also consider these majors offered at UMBC:
Public Health
Biology
Emergency and Disaster Health Systems
Sociology

Examples of Students with INDS degrees related to Health:
Abby Brenowitz – INDS B.S.: The Patient-centered Approaches to Physical Therapy **Attending Emory University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program

Katie Ataviado – INDS B.A.: Child Development and Communication Studies **Attending University of Delaware’s Speech-Language Pathology Masters program

Cortney Elick – INDS B.A.: Rehabilitation in Persons with Limb Loss **Currently an Occupational Therapist for Harford County Public Schools

Erin Kosloski – INDS B.A.: Psycholinguistics Applied to Autism **Currently a PhD Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Candidate at The University of Texas at Dallas

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All students are required to take the INDS core curriculum as part of their self designed degree.

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  • INDS 330 Ways of Knowing
  • INDS 335 Degree Plan Writing Seminar
  • INDS 430 Special Topics or INDS 410 Internship
  • INDS 480 Capstone Project Seminar
  • INDS 490 Capstone Project
  • Research Methods Course

Other course work in your self designed degree may be drawn from the following. You are not limited to these courses. Your INDS degree theme could include courses from other disciplines. Be sure to check the prerequisites for any course you want to take. It is recommended that you work with your INDS advisor as you develop your own list and timeline which will be formalized in INDS 335. Use the INDS Course Idea and Timeline worksheets to help you create a list of courses and tentative timeline.

Other courses to consider

  • AFST 390 – American Health Care System and the Black Community
  • AFST 430 – Health Care in Africa
  • ANTH 211 – Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 312 – Medical Anthropology
  • BIOL 233 – Nutrition and Health
  • BIOL 251 – Human Anatomy and Physiology I
  • BIOL 251L – Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory
  • BIOL 252 – Human Anatomy and Physiology II
  • BIOL 252L – Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory
  • BIOL 302 – Molecular and General Genetics
  • BIOL 303 – Cell Biology
  • CHEM 351 – Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 351L – Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
  • CHEM 352 – Organic Chemistry II
  • CHEM 352L – Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
  • EDHS 200 – Introduction to Emergency and Disaster Health Systems
  • EDHS 230 – Community Lifelines
  • EDHS 311 – Stress and Burnout: Personal and Professional Issues
  • EDHS 340 – Cultural Diversity in Healthcare
  • EDHS 345 – Death and Dying
  • EDHS 350 – Supervision and Operations in Emergency Health Service Systems
  • EDHS 423 – Public Health Emergency Preparedness
  • EDHS 426 – Health System Resilience
  • EDHS 431 – Leadership, Crisis, and Risk Communication
  • EDHS 432 – Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Law and Policy
  • HIST 350 – History of Medicine
  • HIST 450 – Social History of American Medicine
  • MLL 305 – Introduction to Intercultural Communication
  • PBHL 200 – Human Health and Disease
  • PBHL 202 – Introduction to Environmental Health
  • PBHL 280 – Global Health and Disease
  • PBHL 310 – Population and Reproductive Health
  • PBHL 316 – Introduction to Health Policy and Services
  • PBHL 329 – Geography of Disease and Health
  • PBHL 340 – Health Communication
  • PBHL 350 – Public Health Ethics
  • PBHL 355 – Public Health Justice and Advocacy
  • PBHL 357 – History of Public Health in the United States
  • PBHL 398 – Selected Topics in Public Health
  • PBHL 401 – Occupational Health Policy and Practice
  • PBHL 405 – Contemporary Issues in Long Term Care
  • PBHL 409 – Migration, Health, and Human Rights
  • PBHL 411 – Health Regulation
  • PBHL 497 – Health Planning and Administration
  • PHIL 358 – Bioethics
  • PHIL 375 – Philosophy of Medicine
  • POLI 436 – Health Law
  • POLI 452 – Politics of Health
  • PSYC 304 – Adolescent Psychology
  • PSYC 306 – Lifespan Human Development
  • PSYC 335 – Physiological Psychology
  • PSYC 385 – Health Psychology
  • SOCY 321 – Race and Ethnic Relations
  • SOCY 332 – Sex and Society
  • SOCY 351 – Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine
  • SOCY 352 – Issues in Health Care
  • SOCY 354 – Social Bases of Public and Community Health
  • SOCY 374 – Drugs and Alcohol in Society
  • SOCY 420 – Epidemiology
  • SOCY 430 – Sociology of Aging
  • SOCY 431 – Family and Aging in Society
  • SOCY 451 – Sociology of Health and Illness Behavior
  • SOCY 452 – Health Care Organization and Delivery
  • SOCY 454 – Comparative Health Systems
  • SOCY 455 – Disability and Rehabilitation
  • SOCY 458 – Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
  • SOWK 388 – Human Behavior and the Social Environment