SY322 Sociology of Health and Illness 0.5 The social causes and consequences of illness from the perspective of the three major paradigms in sociology: positivism, definitionism, and activism. Attention will be given to the objective and subjective distribution and causes of illness in comparative cultural perspective. Prerequisite: SY203* or SY280 or SY281 (or permission of the Department). Exclusion: SY323*.