2019-2020 Undergraduate General Catalog

Medical Humanities and Societies Minor

18 credit hours

Required Gateway Courses

MDHS 200Introduction to Medical Humanities

3

SOCI 230Medical Sociology

3

Humanities Course 3 credit hours

RELI 210/PHIL 210Ethical Perspectives (RT)

3

RELI 254Theology, Medicine and Ethics (RT)

3

SPAN 250Spanish for Health Care Professionals

3

ENGL 260/JOUR 260In Pursuit of an Ethic of Empathy (WB)

3

ENGL 200The Literary Experience (W) & (LT)

3

Note: ENGL 200 - Trauma Literature Section only

Social Science course 3 credit hours

BSAD 417Healthcare Marketing

3

SOCI 330Race and Gender in Medicine and Health

3

HIST 205/BIOL 205Life Cycles: Birth, Death and the History of Medicine (SI)

4

Note: HIST/BIOL 205 may be used for EITHER the Natural Science or the Social Science requirement but not both.

Required Capstone courses 3 credit hours

MDHS 395/399: Experience in Context (1 credit hour). Each student will register for a one credit course that corresponds to an internship (395) or directed research (399). The experience will be tailored to the interest of the student, mentored by a faculty member, and approved by the current Medical Humanities and Society (MDHS) Program Coordinator. The paperwork for these is available on line through the Registrar’s Office website. Ideally, the student will take this 1 credit as a co-requisite to MDHS 400.
MDHS 395Internship

1

OR

MDHS 399Independent Research

1

 

MDHS 400Vocation and Designing your Life

2

Natural Science Course 3-4 credit hours

BIOL 205/HIST 205Life Cycles: Birth, Death and the History of Medicine (SI)

4

BIOL 212Genetics and Society (SI)

3

BIOL 215Neuroscience and Society (SI)

3

BIOL 219/COSC 219Big Data in Medicine (SI)

3

BIOL 364Pharmacology (W)

4

CHEM 330Medicinal Chemistry (W)

4

EXSC 370Exercise in Health and Disease (SI)

3

NURS 228Pathophysiology

3

Note: HIST/BIOL 205 may be used for EITHER the Natural Science or the Social Science requirement but not both.