Medical Humanities Minor

Core:

• HST 120 - Medical Humanities Credit Hours: 1
• ANT 346 - Medical Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
• PAR 215 - Medical Ethics: Life and Death Decisions in Health Care Credit Hours: 3

Electives:

Students are required to take at least 3 credits from each of the following three designations: 1) Historical and Literary Perspectives 2) Diversity and Bio-cultural Perspectives, and 3) Psychosocial Dimensions of Health and Caregiving. An additional 3 credits must be chosen from any of the categories. Other courses that have relevant themes, particularly rotating or special topics courses such as HON 210 and department seminars, can be counted with approval from the director of the minor. At least 6 hours need to come from 300/400 level classes.

Historical and Literary Perspectives

Choose at least one course from the following:

• ENG 234 - Literature and Medicine Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 313 - Writing About Science, Medicine, and the Environment Credit Hours: 3
• HST 111 - History of Science I: Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution Credit Hours: 3
• HST 112 - History of Science II: Modern Science Credit Hours: 3
• HST 119 - History of Medicine Credit Hours: 3

Diversity and Bio-cultural Perspectives

Choose at least one course from the following:

• ANT 303 - Culture and Gender Credit Hours: 3
• ANT 324 - Human Biological Variation Credit Hours: 3
• ANT 325 - Human Growth and Development Credit Hours: 3
• ANT 329 - Environmental Justice Ethnography Credit Hours: 3
• ANT 460 - Poverty and Health: Critical Medical Anthropology Perspectives Credit Hours: 3
• PAR 364 - Religious Views of Death and Dying Credit Hours: 3
• PBH 105 - Explorations in Public Health Credit Hours: 3
• PBH 290 - Foundations of Public Health Credit Hours: 3
• WGS 212 - Sexuality and Gender Credit Hours: 3

Psychosocial Dimensions of Health and Caregiving

Choose at least one course from the following:

• ECN 327 - Health Economics Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 257 - Evolutionary Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 271 - Psychology of Human Diversity Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 352 - Health Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• SOC 220 - Sociology of Death and Dying Credit Hours: 3
• SOC 337 - Medical Sociology Credit Hours: 3
• COM 226 - Health Communication Credit Hours: 3

Total: 19 Hours