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Introduction
The course will cover some of the most dominant theories in the field of medical sociology. Theories covered in the course include, but not limited to fundamental cause theory, gender theory, cumulative disadvantages theory, stress process theory, labeling theory, social capital theory. Course materials will deal with theoretical views about social patterns, processes, and outcomes, as well as the relevance of social contexts for contributing to health outcomes. The course will also examine how these theories are used and applied in research on medical sociology. Thus, this course may equip students with theoretical tools to understand the dynamics of health and society, and at the same time, enhance the ability of students to conduct their own research on medical sociology.
The course is part of:
- Graduate Certificate in Health and Ageing
- FlexiMasters in Health and Ageing
- Graduate Certificate in Social Sciences
- FlexiMasters in Social Sciences
Download Learning Pathway e-Guide
- Understand the concepts and theories of medical sociology
- Evaluate and critique the major theoretical perspectives in sociology of health
- Apply theoretical research from the sociology of health in order to devise solutions designed at addressing health issues in society
- Fundamental cause theory
- Gender theory
- Weathering hypothesis/Latino health paradox
- Healthy immigrant effect hypothesis
- Cumulative (dis)advantages theory
- Social capital theory
- Stress process theory
- Labeling theory
- Identity theory
- Healthy lifestyle theory
- Inequality theory
Standard Course Fee: S$10900.00
SSG Funding Support | Course fee | Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes | |
BEFORE funding & GST | AFTER funding & 9% GST | ||
Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding) | S$1,000 | S$327 | |
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) | S$127 | ||
SCs aged ≥ 40 years old | |||
- Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
- NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.
| COURSE TITLE | ACADEMIC UNIT |
| CET125 Perspectives on Ageing | 1.5 |
| CET126 Ageing and Public Policy | 1.5 |
| CET127 Ageing and the End of Life | 1.5 |
| CET128 Mental Health and Ageing | 1.5 |
| CET129 Counselling Older Persons | 1.5 |
| CET130 Traditional Chinese Medicine for Older Adults | 1.5 |
| CET131 Research Methods for Ageing | 1.5 |
| CET133 Work, Stress, and Health | 1 |
| CET134 Religion and Public Health | 1 |
| CET135 Communicating Complexity Part 1: Tackling communication barriers | 1 |
| CET136 Communicating Complexity Part 2: Data Visualization | 1 |
| CET137 Communicating Complexity Part 3: Communicating for different audiences | 1 |
| CET138 Big Data and Computational Social Science | 1 |
| CET139 Qualitative interviewing | 1 |
| CET140 Applied Research Methods in Social Sciences | 1 |
| CET141 Social Psychology | 1 |
| CET142 Hip-Hop and Islam: A Sociology of Generations Perspective | 1 |
| CET143 Politics of Science and Technology | 1 |
| CET144 Governing Social Resilience | 1 |
| CET145 Singapore in the International System | 1 |
| CET146 Crisis Diplomacy | 1 |
| CET147 Agent-based modeling: Connecting individual behaviors to macro-level phenomena | 1 |
| CET148 The Psychology of Everyday Design | 1 |
| CET149 Intergroup processes and social inequality | 1 |
- Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Health and Ageing (total 9AUs), FlexiMasters in Health and Ageing (total 15AUs), Graduate Certificate in Social Sciences (total 9AUs) and FlexiMasters in Social Sciences (total 15AUs).
- SSG funded and SkillsFuture Credit approved
