Health Sciences
BA Health & Society
York University, Canada
- Degree
- Bachelor's
- Next intake
- Fall, Winter, Summer
Health Sciences
Global Health is the study of improving health and advancing health equity worldwide and is described as Canada's first undergraduate program of its kind. Students examine challenges that cross borders such as climate change, pandemics and chronic diseases, building multidisciplinary knowledge, leadership skills and an understanding of health equity. This is the BA degree.
Faculty: Faculty of Health | Intake: Fall (September) entry, first and upper year; Keele Campus | Study mode: full-time, part-time, co-op | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Topics include global health policy, chronic and communicable diseases and care, health care ethics and human rights, and anatomy and physiology. Students specialize through an area of concentration: Global eHealth, Global Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Global Health Law Policy and Governance, Global Health and the Environment, or Global Mental Health. Hands-on experience comes through courses, a fourth-year practicum or optional co-op.
Global health policy analyst or advisor, health researcher, community development (environmental health, sustainable water, housing); epidemiologist, medical doctor, nurse or lawyer with further postgraduate training.
Ontario high school applicants: Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U And five additional 4U or M courses - recommendation(s) below: SBI4U Applicants with averages in the mid-70s or higher may be considered for admission. Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 70%. Requirements for other curricula are listed on the programme page.
Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.
Undergraduate classes begin in Winter (January), Summer (May) and Fall (September); Fall 2027 (September) is the main intake with the January 2027 and May 2027 starts also listed.
Application deadlines for most programmes: Winter 2027 (January) entry November 18, 2026; Summer 2027 (May) entry April 1, 2027; Fall 2027 (September) entry January 15, 2027 for Ontario high school students and March 24, 2027 for out-of-province high school, international and university/college transfer and mature applicants. Applications are accepted until each programme is full.
Exceptions: Direct Entry Nursing and Nursing Second Entry apply by February 1; Nursing Post-RN for Internationally Educated Nurses by June 1; Schulich BBA and Social Work (BSW) accept no applications after January 15. Supplementary application deadlines for Fall 2027: Schulich BBA February 1, 2027; Creative Writing February 5, 2027; AMPD BFA/BDes programmes February 5, 2027; Concurrent Education March 19, 2027; Glendon International Studies & Business Administration March 31, 2027; Social Work February 16, 2027.
Applications are made through OUAC, or through the York University application for mature, international and transfer applicants, visiting students and certificate applicants; the York University application fee is $140 (non-refundable, Visa, Visa Debit or MasterCard). AMPD BFA/BDes programmes require a $20 supplementary application fee within the OUAC application.
Apply through the official page: https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/requirements/apply
Health Sciences
York University, Canada
Health Sciences
York University, Canada
Health Sciences
York University, Canada
Health Sciences
York University, Canada
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