Undergraduate
Bachelor's Degree Programs
Medical Humanities and Health Studies
BA degree with a major in Medical Humanities and Health Studies (MHHS)
requires satisfactory completion of:
- general education and distribution requirements for the IU School of Liberal Arts
- completion of a total of 30 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course, through one of the following tracks: Medical Humanities, Health Social Science, or Health Topics
Required Major Core Courses (for all tracks):
MHHS M301 Perspectives on Health, Disease, and Healing (3 credit hours) MHHS M495 Independent Project/ Seminar in Medical Humanities and Health Studies (3 credit hours)Two Medical Humanities Core Courses (6 credit hours), chosen from the following:
Two Health Social Science Core Courses (6 credit hours), chosen from the following:
ANTH E445 Medical Anthropology ECON E307 Current Economic Issues: Health Economic Issues GEOG G410 Medical Geography SOC R381 Social Factors in Health and Illness
Medical Humanities Track Core plus four courses (12 credit hours) of Humanities Electives:
COMM C392 Health Communication COMM C400 Health Provider-Consumer Communication ENG L431 Topics in Literary Study: Illness Narrative ENG W390 Topics in Writing: Medical Writing HIST H364 History of Medicine and Public Health HIST H374 History of Science & Technology 2* HIST H418 History of International Humanitarian Assistance MHHS M420 Culture of Mental Illness – Literary Representations MHHS M492 Topics in Medical Humanities and Health Studies: Perspectives on Medicine in Film MHHS M492 Topics in Medical Humanities and Health Studies: Literature of Addiction MHHS M492 Topics in Medical Humanities and Health Studies: Medical Writing PHIL P331 Philosophy of Science PHIL P393 Biomedical Ethics PHIL P414 Philosophy & Culture - VT: Death, Value Judgments & Bioethics PHIL P493 Topics in Biomedical Ethics REL R368 Religion and Healing REL R384 Religion, Ethics, and Health REL R393 Comparative Religious Ethics ** Work in these courses must include a relevant health/medicine component. Please see an advisor prior to selecting this course for an elective.
Health Social Science Track Core plus one 3-credit hour Methods course plus three courses (9 credit hours) of Social Science Electives
Methods Courses: (one course)
ANTH E404 Field Methods in Ethnography ANTH A460 Topics in Anthropology: Anthropological Statistics COMM G310 Introduction to Communication Research ECON E270 Introduction to Statistical Theory in Economics GEOG G311 Introduction to Research Methods in Geography GEOG G338 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems HIST H217 The Nature of History SOC R351 Social Science Research Methods SOC R359 Introduction to Sociological Statistics SOC R493 Practicum in Sociological Fieldwork
Health Social Science Electives (three courses)
ANTH A460 Topics in Anthropology: Bio Archaeology ANTH A460 Topics in Anthropology: Forensic Anthropology ANTH B370 Human Variation ANTH B480 Human Growth and Development ANTH E411 Wealth, Exchange, and Power in Anthropological Perspective * ANTH E421 The Anthropology of Aging ANTH E445 Medical Anthropology ECON E307 Current Economic Issues: Health Economics Issues ECON E387 Health Economics GEOG G410 Medical Geography MHHS M492 Topics in Medical Humanities and Health Studies: African Health- Historical and Cultural Contexts MHHS M492 Topics in Medical Humanities and Health Studies: China- US Healthcare: Cross-Cultural Competency SOC R320 Sexuality and Society SOC R321 Women and Health SOC R327 Sociology of Death and Dying SOC R381 Social Factors in Health and Illness SOC R382 Social Organization of Health Care SOC R385 AIDS in Society SOC R410 Alcohol, Drugs and Society SOC R415 Sociology of Disability SOC R485 Sociology of Mental Illness* Work in these courses must include a relevant health/medicine component. Please see an advisor prior to selecting this course for an elective.
Health Topics Track- Core plus four courses (12 credit hours) chosen in consultation with an academic advisor. Health related topics may include areas such as “Global Health”, “Women’s’ Health, etc.