Undergraduate
Minors
Medical Humanities and Health Studies
The minor entails successful completion of a minimum of 15 credit hours, distributed as follows:
Required Core Course
MHHS M301 - Perspectives on Health, Disease, and Healing (3 cr.) The course utilizes the perspectives of the humanities and social science disciplines to provide students with a broader understanding of the many facets of health and disease, suffering and dying, as well as the art and science of healing.
Required Exit Course
MHHS M495 - Independent Project Seminar in the Medical Humanities and Health Studies (3 cr.) Each student pursuing a minor degree in the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Program who has completed at least 9 credit hours toward the degree will take a seminar or be given the opportunity to develop a research or applied project related to the interests of the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Committee. This seminar or project will allow the student to apply the knowledge gained from the course work taken in the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Program, serving to tie together the humanistic and social scientific bases of health care in a directed endeavor of interest to the student. The student should contact the chairperson to arrange the details of this independent project.
Electives (3 courses/9 credit hours)
At least 3 credits from each of both
- Humanistic perspectives
- Social Science perspectives
An additional 3 credits chosen from the above categories or from
Other electives
NOTE: No more than two courses from any one discipline can count toward this interdisciplinary minor.
Humanistic Perspectives on Health Care
Communication Studies (COMM)
COMM C392 Health Communication (3 cr.) COMM C410 Health Provider–Consumer Communication (3 cr.)English (ENG)
ENG L431 Illness Narrative (3 cr.)History (HIST)
HIST H364 History of Medicine and Public Health (3 cr.) HIST H374 History of Science and Technology II (3 cr.) HIST H425 Topics in History: Humanitarian Assistance (3 cr.)Medical Humanities & Health Studies (MHHS)
MHHS M420 Topics in MHHS: Culture of Mental Illness (3 cr.) MHHS M492 Topics in MHHS: Perspectives on Medicine in Film (3 cr.) MHHS M492 Topics in MHHS: Literature of Addiction (3 cr.)Philosophy (PHIL)
PHIL P393 Biomedical Ethics (3 cr.)Religious Studies (REL)
REL R368: Religion and Healing (3 cr.) REL R384 Religion, Ethics and Health (3 cr.)Sociology (SOC)
SOC R327 Sociology of Death and Dying (3 cr.)
Social Scientific Perspectives on Health Care
Anthropology (ANTH)
ANTH A460 Bioarchaeology (3 cr.) ANTH A460 Forensic Anthropology (3 cr.) ANTH B370 Human Growth and Development (3 cr.) ANTH B480 Human Variation (3 cr.) ANTH E421 The Anthropology of Aging (3 cr.) ANTH E445 Medical Anthropology (3 cr.)Economics (ECON)
ECON E307 Current Economic Issues: Health Economic Issues (3 cr.) ECON E387 Health Economics (3 cr.)Geography (GEOG)
GEOG G410 Medical Geography (3 cr.)Sociology (SOC)
SOC R321 Women and Health (3 cr.) SOC R381 Social Factors in Health and Illness (3 cr.) SOC R382 Social Organization of Health Care (3 cr.) SOC R385 AIDS and Society (3 cr.) SOC R410 Alcohol, Drugs, and Society (3 cr.) SOC R415 Sociology of Disability (3 cr.) SOC R485 Sociology of Mental Illness (3 cr.)Other Electives
The remaining 3 credit hours of electives may come from the courses above or the following courses:
Medical Humanities and Health Studies (MHHS)
MHHS M420 Culture of Mental Illness MHHS M492 Topics in Medical Humanities and Health Studies (3 cr.) MHHS M498 Readings in Medical Humanities and Health Studies (1-3 cr.)Nursing (NURS)
NURS S474 Applied Health Care Ethics (3 cr.)Public Health (PBHL)
PBHL H316 Environmental Science & Health (3 cr.) PBHL H320 Health Systems (3 cr.) PBHL H322 Principles of Epidemiology (3 cr.) PBHL H354 Health Economics (3 cr.) PBHL H420 Health Policy (3 cr.)Note: Other courses may be accepted upon approval of the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Committee. See the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Committee Chairperson or Lead Advisor for information.