Special Topics

Special Topics

Special Topics are courses where the topic of the course changes from semester to semester. Be sure to double check the topic before enrolling!


To find courses offered this semester, go the A&S Course Explorer and use the filters for "Search by A&S Program of Study" and "Filter by Academic Period."


Because of limitations within Workday, you will need to ask your Public Health & Society advisor to use an “academic override” for these courses to be counted toward a Public Health & Society degree.

ANTHRO 3105 - Topics in Anthropology: Anthropology of Drugs

ANTHRO 4104 - Topics in Anthropology: Tech and Health: Minds, Bodies, Societies

FRENCH 3220 - Topics II: Contagions

FRENCH 3600 - Thinking-It-Through: Well-Being

FRENCH 3750 - In Depth: Medical Narratives, Narrative Medicine

FRENCH 3760 - Cinema and Society: (Screening Health)

FRENCH 4680 - Topics in French Literature: Disability Studies, Before "Disability"*

HISTORY 3027 - Topics in the History of Medicine: History of Madness

PHIL 4230 - Topics in Ethics: Race and Medicine in St. Louis: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

POLSCI 4271 - Topics in Politics: Trust and Public Health


You do NOT need to ask a Public Health & Society advisor to use an "academic override" for PUBHLTHSOC topics courses.

PUBHLTHSOC 3010 - Topics in PH&S: Climate for All: A Solutions-Based Investigation of the Climate Crisis and PH Impact

PUBHLTHSOC 3010 - Topics in Public Health & Society: Health Communication and the Misinformation Crisis

PUBHLTHSOC 3010 - Topics in Public Health & Society (Refugee Youth, Schools, and Public Health)

PUBHLTHSOC 3010 - Topics in Public Health & Society (Food Policy)

PUBHLTHSOC 3020 - Topics in Public Health & Society (Violence and Public Health)

PUBHLTHSOC 4010 - Topics in Public Health & Society (Careers in Public Health)

PUBHLTHSOC 4010 - Topics in Public Health & Society (Epidemics, Pandemics, and Society)

PUBHLTHSOC 4020 - Topics in Public Health & Society: Food, Public Health, and Culture

PUBHLTHSOC 4020 - Topics in Public Health & Society (Black Women’s Health and the Future of Care)

PUBHLTHSOC 4020 - Topics in Public Health & Society (Race: Science, Power, and Health)

PUBHLTHSOC 4030 - Topics in Public Health & Society (Health, Human Rights, and International Justice)