Bachelor of One Health (MAJOR)
College of Biological Science, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College and Ontario Agricultural College. Department of Integrative Biology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Geography and Environmental Geomatics, Department of Pathobiology, Department of Population Medicine, School of Environmental Sciences.
The One Health degree offers student the opportunity to explore animal, environmental and human health from both the scientific and socio-cultural perspective. One Health is an approach to research and problem-solving that brings together different knowledge systems and perspectives in order to find solutions that ensure people, animals and our environment stay healthy.
Students in the One Health degree are required to complete a One Health core, comprising required courses and restricted electives. Students will also be required to declare one of four areas of emphasis (AoE) by the end of the first year of their program. As part of the OH core, students will complete a set of preparation courses, in year 1 and 2, for their preferred Area of Emphasis. These courses are listed as part of the restricted electives in semesters 1 – 4. Students are advised to review the area of emphasis required courses to ensure that they choose the appropriate restricted electives to meet all pre-requisite requirements for the area of emphasis and professional programs following this degree.
Please note that not all courses are offered in all semesters. Some of the restricted elective courses are listed below in the semester that they are offered. It is suggested that students complete these courses in the suggested semester. Please note though that priority access restrictions could apply in certain semester.
The One Health degree offers four areas of emphasis. Students must declare and complete all requirements for one of the areas of emphasis to graduate with the degree. The areas of emphasis include:
- Disease, Complexity and Health (DCH)
- Environment, Food and Health (EFH)
- Policy, Economics and Health (PEH)
- Culture, Society and Health (CSH)
Semester 1 Fall
ANTH*1120 [0.50] Biological Anthropology
BIOL*1080 [0.50] Biological Concepts of Health
BIOL*1090 [0.50] Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology
GEOG*1220 [0.50] Explaining Environmental Change (Previously known as Human Impact on the Environment)
For DCH and EFH
CHEM*1040 [0.50] General Chemistry I
For PEH and CSH
One of:
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
PSYC*1000 [0.50] Introduction to Psychology
Semester 2 Winter
ANTH*1150 [0.50] Introduction to Anthropology
BIOL*1070 [0.50] Discovering Biodiversity
ONEH*1000 [0.50] Introduction to One Health
0.50 Elective or MATH*1080 [0.50] Elements of Calculus I*
For DCH and EFH
CHEM*1050 [0.50] General Chemistry II
For PEH and CSH
One of:
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
PSYC*1000 [0.50] Introduction to Psychology
*For those interested in ECON*3300 or completing STAT*2040, MATH*1080 is also recommended in the first year.
Semester 3 Fall
BIOL*2400 [0.50] Evolution
ONEH*2000 [0.50] Case Studies in One Health
SOC*2280 [0.50] Society, Knowledge Systems, and Environment
0.50 Elective or AOE Restricted Elective
For DCH and EFH
0.50 AOE Restricted Elective
For PEH and CSH
One of:
ANTH*2230 [0.50] Regional Ethnography
PSYC*2310 [0.50] Social Psychology
Semester 4 Winter
BIOL*2060 [0.50] Ecology
One of:
SOAN*2120 [0.50] Introductory Methods
STAT*2040 [0.50] Statistics I
STAT*2230 [0.50] Biostatistics for Integrative Biology
For DCH and EFH
BIOC*2580 [0.50] Introduction to Biochemistry
MBG*2040 [0.50] Foundations of Molecular Biology and Genetics
0.50 Elective or AOE Restricted Elective
For PEH and CSH
1.00 Elective or AOE Restricted Elective
One of:
POLS*2100 [0.50] Comparative Politics
POLS*2230 [0.50] Public Policy
Semester 5 Fall
POPM*3240 [0.50] Epidemiology
One of:
GEOG*3020 [0.50] Global Environmental Change
ENVS*3010 [0.50] Climate Change Biology
One of:
BIOM*2000** [0.50] Concepts in Physiology
BIOM*3200 [1.00] Biomedical Physiology
BOT*2100 [0.50] Life Strategies of Plants
HK*2810 [0.50] Human Physiology – winter only
ZOO*3600 [0.50] Comparative Animal Physiology
1.00 Electives or AOE Restricted Elective***
**Restricted to students in the PEH or CSH, students pursuing the Disease, Complexity and Health or Environment, Food and Health areas of emphasis cannot complete BIOM*2000. BIOM*2000 will not be an acceptable pre-requisite for courses within the DCH or EFH area of emphasis.
***Students who enroll in BIOM*3200 only require 0.50 Elective or AoE restricted elective
Semester 6 Winter
ONEH*3000 [0.50] Topics in One Health
SOAN*3070 [0.50] Qualitative and Observational Methods
One of:
BIOL*3060 [0.50] Populations, Communities and Ecosystems
SOAN*3380 [0.50] Contemporary Issues in Culture, Society, Nature
1.00 Electives or AOE Restricted Electives
Semester 7 Fall
ONEH*4000** [1.00] Applications of One Health
Electives or AOE Restricted Electives up to 2.50 credits
** students can only complete ONEH 4000 in one semester
Semester 8 Winter
ONEH*4000** [1.00] Applications of One Health
Electives or AOE Restricted Electives up to 2.50 credits
** students can only complete ONEH 4000 in one semester
Areas of Emphasis (AoE) Requirements
The associated areas of emphasis will support mastery of key societal challenges that would benefit from a OH skill set. Students are required to declare an area of emphasis by the end of first year to ensure that all course requirements can be met. Students must complete an area of emphasis in order to graduate with the degree. The requirements for each area of emphasis contains a combination of required and restricted elective courses organized to ensure students develop strength in areas of context and application.
If a course is completed to fulfill a core requirement of the degree it cannot be double counted to fulfill an area of emphasis requirement. An additional course from the list of options must be completed.
The areas of emphasis include:
- Disease, Complexity and Health (DCH)
- Environment, Food and Health (EFH)
- Policy, Economics and Health (PEH)
- Culture, Society and Health (CSH)
Requirements of each area of emphasis are listed below.
Student interested in Disease, Complexity and Health or Environment, Food and Health will need to select the following courses in semesters within the first two years of the program:
CHEM*1040 General Chemistry I
CHEM*1050 General Chemistry II
MBG*2040 Foundations of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BIOC*2580 Introduction to Biochemistry
Students interested in Policy, Economics and Health or Culture, Society and Health will need to select the following courses within the first two years of the program:
ECON*1050 Introductory Microeconomics
PSYC*1000 Introductory Psychology
1 of POLS*2100 Comparative Politics or POLS*2230 Public Policy
1 of ANTH*2230 Regional Ethnology or PSYC*2310 Social Psychology
Disease, Complexity and Health – 3.00 credits
This area of emphasis allows students to examine the role of interactions between the environment, animals and humans on disease prevalence and dynamics, host response to disease, and strategies for achieving positive and sustainable health outcomes.
- MICR*2420 [0.50] Introduction to Microbiology
- 1.00 credits from:
FOOD*2420 [0.50] Food Microbiology
ENVS*3210 [0.50] Plant Pathology
MICR*3230 [0.50] Immunology
PATH*3610 [0.50] Principles of Disease
PSYC*2020 [0.50] Abnormal Psychology - 0.50 credits from:
FRHD*2060 [0.50] Adult Development and Aging
POPM*4040 [0.50] Epidemiology of Food-borne Diseases
POPM*4230 [0.50] Animal Health - Additional 1.00 credits from:
BIOM*4050 [0.50] Biomedical Aspects of Aging (need HK*3810)
ENVS*3230 [0.50] Forest Health and Disease
ENVS*3290 [0.50] Waterborne Disease Ecology
MICR*3330 [0.50] World of Viruses (need MCB*2050)
MICR*4430 [0.50] Medical Virology
MICR*4530 [0.50] Immunology II
PATH*3040 [0.50] Principles of Parasitology
PATH*4100 [0.50] Diseases of Aquatic Animals
Environment, Food and Health – 3.00 credits
This area of emphasis allows students to examine factors affecting the function of managed and unmanaged (natural) ecosystems, and explore how interactions between the environment, biodiversity and human activities can affect ecosystem services, specifically related to food security and climate change and conservation.
Course requirements:
- One of:
BIOL*3060 [0.50] Populations, Communities and Ecosystems**
SOAN3380 [0.50] Topics in Culture, Nature and Health** - Managed and Unmanaged environments. 0.50 credits from:
ENVS*2060 [0.50] Soil Science
ENVS*2080 [0.50] Environmental Microbiology
ENVS*3010 [0.50] Climate Change Biology**
ENVS*3020 [0.50] Pesticides and the Environment
ENVS*3040 [0.50] Natural Chemicals in the Environment
TOX*3360 [0.50] Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology - Environment, biodiversity and ecosystem function. 0.50 credits from:
ENVS*2330 [0.50] Current issues in Ecosystem Science and Biodiversity
GEOG*2210 [0.50] Environment and Resources
ENVS*3270 [0.50] Forest Biodiversity
ENVS*3310 [0.50] Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
BIOL*4410 [0.75] Field Ecology
BIOL*4610 [0.75] Arctic Ecology
BIOL*4700 [0.50] Field Biology
ENVS*4350 [0.50] Forest Ecology
ZOO*4300 [0.75] Marine Biology and Oceanography - Environment and food production systems. 0.50 credits from:
AGR*2470 [0.50] Introduction to Plant Agriculture
BOT*3310 [0.50] Plant Growth and Development
ENVS*2040 [0.50] Plant Health and Environment
ENVS*3230 [0.50] Agroforestry Systems
FOOD*2420 [0.50] Food Microbiology
GEOG*3320 [0.50] Food Systems: Issues in Security and Sustainability
MICR*2420 [0.50] Introduction to Microbiology - Management strategies for ecosystem health. 1.00 credits from:
AGR*4600 [1.00] Agriculture and Food Issues Problem Solving
BIOL*3130 [0.50] Conservation Biology
BIOL*3670 DE [0.50] Intro to Wildlife rehabilitation
BIOL*3680 DE [0.50] Wildlife Rehabilitation: Caring for Sick, Injured and Orphaned Wildlife
BIOL*4150 [0.50] Wildlife Conservation and Management
BIOL*4410 [0.75] Field Ecology
BIOL*4500 [0.50] Natural Resource Policy Analysis
BIOL*4610 [0.75] Arctic Ecology
BIOL*4700 [0.50] Field Biology
BIOL*4800 [0.50] Field Biology
BIOL*4900 [0.50] Field Biology
GEOG*3110 [0.50] Biotic and Natural Resources
ZOO*4070 [0.50] Animal Behaviour
ZOO*4300 [0.75] Marine Biology and Oceanography
Policy, Economics and Health – 3.00 credits
This area of emphasis allows students to develop their knowledge in policy development and analysis, including the political and economic underpinnings, and the role of policy development in areas at the intersection of environment, human and animal health.
Course Requirements
- POLS*3670 [0.50] Comparative Public Policy
- Economic behavior and implications at the individual, environmental or global scale. 0.50 credits from:
ECON*2100 [0.50] Economic Growth and Environmental Quality
ECON*2310 [0.50] Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON*2650 [0.50] Introductory Development Economics - Political context of social and global issues. 0.50 credits from:
FARE*1300 [0.50] Poverty, Food and Hunger
IDEV*2200 [0.50] Policy, Economy and Society
PHIL*2280 [0.50] Key Concepts in Political Philosophy
PHIL*2060 [0.50] Business and Professional Ethics
POLS*2150 [0.50] Gender and Politics
POLS*2200 [0.50] International Relations
POLS*2300 [0.50] Canadian Government and Politics - Decision Analysis. 0.50 credits from:
FARE*3170 [0.50] Cost-Benefit Analysis
MGMT*3140 [0.50] Business Analytics - Application of economic and policy decisions. 0.50 credits from:
GEOG*2210 [0.50] Environment and Resources
POLS*2250 [0.50] Public Administration and Governance
ECON*3300 [0.50] Economics of Health and the Workplace
FARE*3000 [0.50] International Food Sector and Policy Analysis
NUTR*3110 [0.50] Food Security
POLS*3370 [0.50] Environmental Politics and Governance - Advanced Elective. 0.50 credits from:
AGR*4600 [1.00] Agriculture and Food Issues Problem Solving
EDRD*4020 [0.50] Rural Extension in Change and Development
FARE*3250 [0.50] Food and International Development
UNIV*3140 [0.50] Flexible Internship in Agri-Food
GEOG*3210 [0.50] Indigenous-Settler Relationships in Environmental Governance
GEOG*3320 [0.50] Food Systems: Issues in Security and Sustainability
IDEV*4600 [0.50] Advocating and Effecting Change in Development Policy and Practice
Culture, Society and Health – 3.00 credits
This area of emphasis draws upon social, cultural as well as biological aspects of human populations to better understand perceptions of health and factors influencing health, including the distribution of illness and access care, food systems, and interactions with environment and other species on wellbeing.
Course Requirements:
- Cultural Diversity: 0.50 credits from:
ANTH*2230 [0.50] Regional Ethnography
ANTH*2660 [0.50] Contemporary Indigenous Peoples in Canada
ANTH*3770 [0.50] Kinship, Family, and Power
IDEV*1000 [0.50] Understanding Development and Global Inequalities
SOAN*2290 [0.50] Identities and Cultural Diversity - Philosophy and ways of knowing/thinking. 0.50 credits from:
PHIL*2030 [0.50] Philosophy of Medicine
PHIL*2070 [0.50] Philosophy of the Environment
PHIL*2080 [0.50] Animals in Philosophy - Socio-cultural impacts on food and environmental sustainability. 0.50 credits from:
HIST*2250 [0.50] Environment and History
GEOG*3020 [0.50] Global Environmental Change
GEOG*3090 [0.50] Gender and the Environment
GEOG*3320 [0.50] Food Systems: Issues in Security and Sustainability
HIST*3240 [0.50] Food History
HIST*3460 [0.50] Natural Disasters in Global History
HIST*3690 [0.50] Darwin, Culture, and Society - Socio-cultural aspects of disease and health. 0.50 credits from:
ANTH*3550 [0.50] Medical Anthropology
FRHD*3090 [0.50] Poverty and Health
HIST*3310 [0.50] Disease and History
PSYC*3110 [0.50] Topics in Health Psychology - Advanced Electives in society, culture and health. 1.00 credits from:
ANTH*4440 [0.50] Culture Rights and Development
ANTH*4550 [0.50] Topics in Anthropology of Health
IDEV*3100 [0.50] Achieving Sustainable Development
IDEV*3400 [0.50] Managing and Evaluating Change in Development
PHIL*3450 [0.50] Ethics in the Life Science
POPM*4040 [0.50] Epidemiology of Food-borne Diseases
SOC*4420 [0.50] Sociology of Food
SOAN*4500 [0.50] Community Development
Credits Summary:
Core courses 13.00 credits (semesters 1 – 8)
Area of Emphasis – 3.00 credits
Free electives – 4.00 credits
Of the total credits required, students are required to complete a minimum of 2.00 credits at the 4000 level and an additional 4.00 credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level. A maximum of 7.00 credits at the 1000 level may be counted towards the degree requirements.
