Course Offerings
Princeton offers health-related courses representing more than 20 departments, for graduate and undergraduate students. Below is a sample listing of current and recent health courses.
Anthropology Courses
- AAS 403 / ANT 403 Race and Medicine
- ANT 206 / EEB 306 / GEO 208 Human Evolution
- ANT 218 / REL 218 Religion and Medicine
- ANT 223 / HLS 223 Anthropology of the Psyche
- ANT 270 Anthropology of Mental Illness
- ANT 335 Medical Anthropology
- ANT 431 Biomedical Anthropology
- EAS 312 / ANT 312 Mind, Body, and Bioethics in Japan and Beyond
- EAS 583 / ANT 583 Modernity and China (II): Medicine
- GHP 350 / WWS 380 / ANT 380 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Health Policy
- GHP 401 / ANT 480 / AFS 401
- GHP 403 / ANT 383 Health and the Social Markers of Difference
Chemistry Courses
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Courses
- ANT 206 / EEB 306 / GEO 208 Human Evolution
- EEB 325 Mathematical Modeling in Biology and Medicine
- EEB 327 / MOL 327 Immune Systems: From Molecules to Population
- EEB 328 / WWS 490 Ecology and Epidemiology of Parasites and Infectious Diseases
- EEB 414 / MOL 414 Genetics of Human Populations
- ENV 304 / ECO 328 / EEB 304 / WWS 496 Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy
- GHP 400 / WWS 382 / MOL 499 / EEB 400 Seminar in Global Health & Health Policy
Economics Courses
Engineering Courses
- CBE 439 Quantitative Physiology & Tissue Design
- CBE 440 The Physical Basis of Human Disease
- CBE 540 Physical Basis of Human Disease
- EGR 498 / GHP 498 Social Entrepreneurship: Ventures to Address Global Challenges
- ELE 404 Electronic Circuits for Biomedical Application
- ELE 455 / CEE 455 / MAE 455 / MSE 455 Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment
- MAE 244 / EGR 244 Introduction to Biomedical Innovation and Global Health
- MAE 344 Introduction to Bioengineering and Medical Devices
Global Health and Health Policy Courses
- EGR 498 / GHP 498 Social Entrepreneurship: Ventures to Address Global Challenges
- GHP 350 / WWS 380 / ANT 380 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Health Policy
- GHP 351 / WWS 381 Epidemiology
- GHP 400 / WWS 382 / MOL 499 / EEB 400 Seminar in Global Health & Health Policy
- GHP 401 / ANT 480 / AFS 401 Global Health in Africa
- GHP 402 / MOL 402 Health Innovation and Policy
- GHP 403 / ANT 383 Health and the Social Markers of Difference
History / History of Science Courses
- HIS 393 / AAS 364 / WWS 389 Race, Drugs, and Drug Policy in America
- HIS 395 History of Medicine and the Body
- HIS 494 Broken Brains, Shattered Minds: Disease and Experience in the History of Neuroscience
- HOS 594 History of Medicine - The Cultural Politics of Medicine, Disease and Health
- HOS 596 History of the Life Sciences - Biomedicine
Humanities Courses
Interdisciplinary Program Courses
- ENV 304 / ECO 328 / EEB 304 / WWS 496 Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy
- FRS 124 When Cows Go Crazy: The Inextricable Links between Human and Animal Health
- FRS 141 Health Concerns in the 21st Century
- GSS 420 / SOC 420 Born in the U.S.A.: Culture and Reproduction in Modern America
- Global Health and Health Policy courses
- MOL 460 / STC 460 Diseases in Children: Causes, Costs, and Choices
- STC 349 Science Journalism
- STC 398 Health and Human Rights in the World Community
Molecular Biology Courses
- EEB 327 / MOL 327 Immune Systems: From Molecules to Populations
- EEB 414 / MOL 414 Genetics of Human Populations
- GHP 400 / WWS 382 / MOL 499 / EEB 400 Seminar in Global Health & Health Policy
- GHP 400 / WWS 382 / MOL 499 / EEB 400 Seminar in Global Health and Health Policy
- GHP 402 / MOL 402 Health Innovation and Policy
- MOL 101B From DNA to Human Complexity
- MOL 205 Genes, Health and Society
- MOL 328 / WWS 399 U.S. Medical Research and Researchers: Preeminence, Problems, Policies
- MOL 340 Molecular and Cellular Immunology
- MOL 342 Genetics
- MOL 380A Modern Microbiology and Disease
- MOL 380B Modern Microbiology and Disease
- MOL 425 / WWS 474 Infection: Biology, Burden, Policy
- MOL 430 The Power and Peril of Cycling Cells
- MOL 433 Biotechnology
- MOL 440 Genome Integrity & Human Disease
- MOL 451 / NEU 451 Genes, Brain, and the Human Mind
- MOL 459 Viruses: Strategy and Tactics
- MOL 460 / STC 460 Diseases in Children: Causes, Costs, and Choices
- MOL 470 Advanced Topics in Genetic Analysis
- MOL 523 Molecular Basis of Cancer
- MOL 548 Special Topics in Molecular Biology - Neurodegenerative Diseases
- MOL 559 Viruses: Strategy and Tactics
- WWS 320 / MOL 320 Human Genetics, Reproduction, and Public Policy
Psychology Courses
- PSY 207 Abnormal Psychology
- PSY 317 Health Psychology
- PSY 319 Childhood Psychopathology
- PSY 320 Theories of Psychotherapy
- PSY 402 Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology: Case Studies in Cognitive Neuroscience
- PSY 410 / NEU 410 Depression: From Neuron to Clinic
- PSY 420 Controversies in Clinical Psychology
Social Science Courses
Woodrow Wilson School Courses
- CHV 331 / WWS 372 Ethics and Public Health
- EEB 328 / WWS 490 Ecology and Epidemiology of Parasites and Infectious Diseases
- ENV 304 / ECO 328 / EEB 304 / WWS 496 Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy
- GHP 350 / WWS 380 / ANT 380 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Health Policy
- GHP 351 / WWS 381 Epidemiology
- GHP 400 / WWS 382 / MOL 499 / EEB 400 Seminar in Global Health & Health Policy
- HIS 393 / AAS 364 / WWS 492 Race, Drugs, and Drug Policy in America
- MOL 328 / WWS 399 U.S. Medical Research and Researchers: Preeminence, Problems, Policies
- MOL 425 / WWS 474 Infection: Biology, Burden, Policy
- WWS 315 Bioethics and Public Policy
- WWS 320 / MOL 320 Human Genetics, Reproduction, and Public Policy
- WWS 354 Modern Genetics and Public Policy
- WWS 476 / ECO 354 Special Topics in Public Affairs - The Economics of Health Policy in Developing Countries
- WWS 528C Topics in Domestic Policy Analysis - Health Policy Reform
- WWS 564 / POP 504 Poverty, Inequality and Health in the World
- WWS 568 / POP 502 Economics of Health in Developing Countries
- WWS 571C Topics in Development - Global Challenges of Infection, Burden & Control
- WWS 591E Policy Workshop: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
- WWS 591H Policy Workshop - Government Policies & Health Status in West Bengal (India)
- WWS 593B / POP 504B Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term) - Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights
- WWS 593G Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term) - AIDS in Africa: Causes and Consequences
- WWS 593O / POP 504O Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term) - Health and Aging
- WWS 594J Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term) - Health and Nutrition in Developing Countries
- WWS 594K Topics in Policy Analysis (Half Term) - The Development Challenge of HIV/AIDS
- WWS 594T Topics of Policy Analysis (Half-Term) - Health Reform Implementation
- WWS 596 Controversies in Health Policy: Historical Perspectives
- WWS 597 The Political Economy of Health Systems
- WWS 598 / POP 508 Epidemiology