Health and Medical Humanities Minor

The Health and Medical Humanities Minor is earned through an interdisciplinary series of courses and teaches students how to use the skills and interpretive methods of the humanities, social sciences, and arts to consider topics related to human health and medicine. The Health and Medical Humanities minor can allow future medical professionals to gain new insight into their profession; can allow those in the humanities and social sciences to develop interdisciplinary skills to enhance their coursework and help them envision new career paths; and can allow all students to gain insight into their own experiences as people who will inevitably experience their own and loved ones’ illnesses, disabilities, and medical treatment.

Academic Policies and Requirements for Minors:

See University Academic Policies for Minors

Hours to Minor: 18 hours

Course Requirements (18 hours)

Select 1 course:

PHI 356 - Ethics 3 hrs.
PHI 452 - Health Care Ethics 3 hrs.

Select 6 hours:

IDS 371 and IDS 471 are repeatable; either may be taken twice with different topics to fulfill this requirement. If more than 6 hours are earned, the additional hours will count towards elective hours.

Select 3 courses:

Select no more than two classes from any one prefix.

ANT 442 - Medical Anthropology 3 hrs.
CMS 440 - Health Communication 3 hrs.
ENG 221 - Fiction Writing I 3 hrs.
ENG 222 - Poetry Writing I 3 hrs.
ENG 223 - Creative Writing I: Mixed Genre 3 hrs.
ENG 321 - Fiction Writing II 3 hrs.
ENG 322 - Poetry Writing II 3 hrs.
ENG 421 - Fiction Writing III 3 hrs.
ENG 422 - Poetry Writing III 3 hrs.
HIS 422 - History of Medicine 3 hrs.
IDS 352 - Topics in Disability Studies 3 hrs.
IDS 370 - Introduction to Health & Medical Humanities 3 hrs. *
IDS 371 - Topics in Health & Medical Humanities 3 hrs. *
IDS 471 - Seminar in Health & Medical Humanities 3 hrs. *
PHI 316 - Philosophy of Science 3 hrs.
PHI 356 - Ethics 3 hrs. **
PHI 452 - Health Care Ethics 3 hrs. **
REL 424 - Religion and Healing 3 hrs.
SOC 312 - Sociology of Mental Health and Illness 3 hrs.
SOC 423 - Sociology of Health 3 hrs.

Note:

* IDS 370, 371, and 471 can count towards a student’s minor elective hours only after the student has already fulfilled the “Health & Medical Humanities courses” requirement (6 hrs.) in “Required Courses.”

** PHI 356 and PHI 452 can only count as electives if they are not used above.

Several upper-level survey and special topics courses, as well as Honors thesis hours, may also count towards the minor if their content in the given semester is based on topics related to the Health and Medical Humanities. These courses may be cross-listed with IDS 371 or IDS 471. Please consult the Health and Medical Humanities program director to see about anticipated future course offerings.