Medical and Health Humanities Major (BA)

Medical and Health Humanities Minor Curriculum (15 Credit Hours)

Courses must come from at least 3 of the Humanities disciplines (Classics & Modern Languages [ASLN & SPAN], ENGL, GDST, HIST, PHIL, THEO). Students must attain a 2.000 average in the course work of the minor.

Introductory Course (3 Credit Hours)

Chose one of the following courses: 

  • ENGL 134 Intro to Medical and Health Humanities
  • ENGL 135 Literature & Medicine

Electives (12 Credit Hours)

Take FOUR 3-CH Electives (12 CH). At least 3 courses (9 CH) must be taken at the 200-level or above:

  • ASLN 291 Deafness Culture & Community§
  • HIST 199: History of Native American Health*
  • HIST 199: Disability History*
  • HIST 199: Who Gets Health Care? *
  • HIST 199: Death & Mourning*
  • ENGL 134 Intro to Medical and Health Humanities
  • ENGL 135 Literature & Medicine
  • ENGL 205 Lit & Moral Imagination: Early American Medicine*
  • ENGL 205 Lit & Moral: Disability in Literature*
  • ENGL 205 Lit & Moral: Apocalypses and Revelations*
  • ENGL 205 Lit & Moral: Health, Activism, Community*
  • ENGL 312 Technical & Scientific Writing
  • ENGL 316 Writing Illness & Health
  • ENGL 335 Doctors in Lit & Culture
  • ENGL 350 The Weird Nineteenth Century
  • GDST 208 Introduction to Disability Studies
  • GDST 258/THEO 258 Race, Religion and Healing
  • GDST 350/HIST 305 Medical Racism
  • HIST 237 Epidemics in America
  • HIST 319 Health and Medicine in Britain
  • PHIL 200 Philosophical Perspectives: Humans, Animals, Machines*
  • PHIL 316 Philosophy & Psychology
  • PHIL 329 Bioethics
  • SOCI 170 Comparative Healthcare Systems
  • SPAN 332 Spanish in Community Health Settings§
  • SPAN 3XX Latino Food, Identity & Health§
  • THEO 312 Christian Health Care Ethics
  • THEO 316 Disability and Theology
  • THEO 340 Health, Religions, Ethics
  • THEO 327 Religion and Bioethics
  • THEO 372 Disability, Ethics, and Theology
  • THEO 404 Religion, Ethics and Professional Practice
  • THEO 416 Theology and Trauma 

Notes:

  • Courses may double-count for the major and core curriculum requirements as appropriate.
  • *ENGL 205 and PHIL 200 may only be taken once, regardless of focus.
  • †Generally, only one section of HIST 199 may be taken, but students may petition the program director to upgrade ONE additional section of HIST 199 to an elective for the major.
  • §This course has a pre-requisite or pre-requisites beyond the core curriculum and the requirements for the Medical and Health Humanities major. Consult the course schedule or catalog for details. Students interested in the 300-level Spanish courses must complete Spanish 202 and Spanish 300 beyond the core curriculum language requirement.