General Information

The Faculty offers a range of perspectives on health drawn from natural science, social science, nursing, humanities, management and administration. The Faculty’s vision is driven by the following principals and goals:

• to promote York’s expertise in teaching, research, and practice in health by bringing it together in one Faculty;
• to foster the development of new academic programs in health at York that capitalize on existing strengths among faculty members across the University; and
• to create an academic environment and culture that will support the continual development of novel, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to health and health care.

This multidisciplinary approach creates opportunities to explore a wide variety of health issues ranging from public policy decisions to the search for better clinical interventions.

A variety of methods for studying health and social phenomena is used in the Faculty, ranging from experimental and epidemiological techniques to clinical case studies, oral histories and ethnographic observation. Research focuses not only on hospitals and clinics but communities, homes, farms, schools, factories and the global economic environment.

Faculty of Health Programs

• Bachelor of Arts with Honours, majoring in kinesiology and health science
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Arts with Honours, majoring in psychology
• Bachelor of Health Studies and Bachelor of Health Studies with Honours, all majors
• Bachelor of Science with Honours, majoring in kinesiology and health science
• Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science with Honours, majoring in psychology
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honours, all streams