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Health Humanities (Minor)

The Health Humanities minor adds humanistic perspectives to the understanding of wellness and healthcare through interdisciplinary scholarship and research.

The Health Humanities minor focuses on ethical leadership practice, sensitivity to cultural impacts on health and wellness, and communication skills, helping future practitioners bridge the gap between patients and providers.

This minor includes a Capstone for independent research, and students will be encouraged to take optional internship experiences that explore the intersection of health and culture.

Minor Requirements

The courses below have been identified as core courses for the health humanities minor. To fulfill the Health Humanities minor course requirements, students must take 5 courses, 4 credits per course or a total of 20 credits. For more information, consult Diane Grossman (diane.grossman@simmons.edu).

Required Courses

HUM 345 Healthcare Humanities (Taught at MCPHS)

3
PHIL 131 Biomedical Ethics (Taught at Simmons)

4

Global Health Elective Courses

Choose one

ECON 145Economics of Sustainability and Resource Use

4
ECON 214Gender, Globalization, and Development

4
ECON 247Environmental Economics

4
SOCI 245Global Health

4
WGST 200Women, Nation, Culture

4
CHEM 221MCultural Ecology and Sustainability: Lessons From Iceland

4
CHEM 227Energy & Global Warming

4
NUTR 150International Nutrition Issues

4
PHIL 139Environmental Ethics

4

Social and Cultural Elective Courses

Choose one
AST 232/SOCI 232/WGST 232Race, Gender & Health

4
SOCI 241Health, Illness & Society

4
PHIL 232Theories of Justice

4
SOCI 275Birth and Death

4
SOCI 345Health Systems & Policy

4
SW 251Human Behavior in the Social Environment I

4

Narrative Health

LTWR 124Narrative & Medicine

4
HIST 211Medicine and the African American Experience

4
HIST 255Pathogens and Peoples: A Cultural History of Disease

4