Just wondering what courses people have taken to fulfill the humanities/ social science requirement for medical school?

Also, what courses fall into this category, for example, does health and aging count as a social science course?

Majority of medical schools do not require any humanities/social science courses. I believe UFT is the only one that does require it.

That's not true, there are other schools that require one full course equivalent from humanities/ social sciences.

Medical school prerequisites aside, I was just curious what are some humanities/ social science courses that other science students have taken and found to be interesting and not overly time consuming?

barely any in ontario have that requirement.

Some of these might be of interest to you. At least one of them is cross-listed as health and aging.

Anthro 2U03 Plagues and People: A consideration of the role played by infectious disease in human evolution. The social and biological outcomes of major epidemics and pandemics, past and present, will be explored.

Anthro 3C03 Health and Environment: Examination of the ways in which humans alter and cope with their environment. Topics include: health inequalities, nutrition, population, urbanization, resource utilization and industrial pollution.

Anthro 3HI3 Health, Illness & Healing: This course examines health, illness and healing in cross-cultural perspective and introduces students to medical anthropology concepts, including the cultural construction of illness and health.

Originally Posted by Silver

barely any in ontario have that requirement.

Ottawa and UofT require it. That's enough to make it worth doing.

Mhm. Does anyone know if anthropology courses count as humanity courses? Also, as you said Ottawa and U of T require social sciences/ humanities courses. Does anyone know how many credits need to be completed in these areas?

Aren't examples of humanities/soc science courses like:

-Sociology 1A06?
-(any language courses like) French 1Z06, German, Russian, etc.?
-Linguistics 1A03, 1AA3

Originally Posted by coeurdepirate

Mhm. Does anyone know if anthropology courses count as humanity courses? Also, as you said Ottawa and U of T require social sciences/ humanities courses. Does anyone know how many credits need to be completed in these areas?

Yes, anthropology typically counts as a social science. You should double-check about psych though because sometimes they'll accept first-year psych (rarely upper-level psych though) as a social science. So, you might already have that requirement taken care of. You should be able to find the requirements on their websites or on the OMSAS website.

Originally Posted by Bigmacfatpack

Aren't examples of humanities/soc science courses like:

-Sociology 1A06?
-(any language courses like) French 1Z06, German, Russian, etc.?
-Linguistics 1A03, 1AA3

Those are some examples, but that doesn't mean anthro isn't another example. Sociology is a social science and the other two are humanities (I think).

I took Classics 2MT3 (Ancient Roots in Medical Terminology) this past year and it was super easy! It was also very helpful as you learn the root words for all major medical terms. I also really liked the prof, as he was very helpful

Originally Posted by AESCheer

I took Classics 2MT3 (Ancient Roots in Medical Terminology) this past year and it was super easy! It was also very helpful as you learn the root words for all major medical terms. I also really liked the prof, as he was very helpful

Hey AESCheer, I was thinking of taking 2MT3 this year but when I looked through the course outline it said that each class, students will learn 100 new roots and their meanings. I had heard from people that the course was easy but this seemed quite intensive to me. Do you have any feedback, is this actually how the course proceeds?

I really like english so if you are decent at it or like it then it's a good way to fulfill the requirement. Also, religion 1B06 is a social science course and it's really easy but boring af. They're supposedly making it better this year though.