Medical Humanities and Culture Minor
Minor Requirements
The minor in Medical Humanities and Culture consists of 18 credit hours or 6 classes.
- Two-four courses (6-12 credit hours) must be chosen from offerings in the humanities (Group A); if two humanities courses (6 hours) are chosen, then 12 hours must be chosen from the social sciences, so that the student takes the requisite 18 hours total.
- Two-four courses (6-12 credit hours) must be chosen from offerings in the social sciences (Group B); if two social sciences courses (6 hours) are chosen, then four courses (12 hours) must be chosen in the humanities, so that the student takes the requisite 18 hours total.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Group A: Humanities | ||
| Select two-four of the following: | 6-12 | |
| Art, Anatomy, and Medicine, 1700-Present | ||
| Medical and Scientific Terminology | ||
| Classical Origins of Western Medical Ethics | ||
| Literature and Medicine | ||
| Making Modern Science: The Life Sciences | ||
| The History of American Medicine | ||
| The History of Science in America | ||
| Communicating Science, Health and the Environment | ||
| Classical Origins of Western Medical Ethics | ||
| Medical Ethics | ||
| Ethics of Science and Technology | ||
| History and Philosophy of Science | ||
| Philosophy of Research Design in Science and Medicine | ||
| Philosophy of Science | ||
| Health Care Ethics | ||
| Readings in Philosophy | ||
| Religions, Medicines, and Healing | ||
| Spanish for Healthcare Professionals | ||
| Performing Arts Safety | ||
| Group B: Social Sciences | ||
| Select two-four of the following: | 6-12 | |
| Plagues Past and Present | ||
| Anthropology of Globalization and Development | ||
| Food and Culture | ||
| Forensics of Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Basic Forensic Anthropology | ||
| Medical Experimentation and the Black Body | ||
| Medicine, Disease, and Slavery | ||
| Cultures, Pregnancy, and Birth | ||
| Medical Anthropology: Fieldwork | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Psychological Anthropology | ||
| Health and Disease in the Past | ||
| Health Economics | ||
| Global Environmental Health | ||
| Environment and Obesity | ||
| Concepts of Environmental Health Science | ||
| Global Environmental Health | ||
| Health Problems in a Changing Society | ||
| Southern Discomfort: Public Health in the American South | ||
| Race, Ethnicity, and Health: Examining Health Inequalities | ||
| Consumer Health in Contemporary Society | ||
| Medical Anthropology: Field Work | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Cooking Up a Storm: Food, Globalization, Localization, and Health in the South | ||
| Maternal and Child Health | ||
| Health Economics | ||
| Principles of Management | ||
| Strategic Human Resource Management | ||
| Health Psychology | ||
| Psychology of Drug Use and Effects | ||
| Social Informatics | ||
| Social Demography | ||
| Global Population Issues | ||
| Sociology of Medicine and Health | ||
| Life Course Demographics | ||
| Women's Health | ||
| Cultures, Pregnancy, and Birth | ||
| Maternal and Child Health | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12-24 | |
Note: Departmental or Honors College special topics courses related to medicine may satisfy the minor requirements in either the humanities (Group A) or social sciences (Group B), provided that the course substitutions are pre-approved by the office of the Dean of Undergraduate Student Affairs and Advising in Flinn Hall in consultation with faculty content experts; bring a syllabus to Flinn Hall for the course you want pre-approved. Appeals to register in pre-approved honors college courses should be directed to the Honors College.