2025-2026 Undergraduate General Catalog

Medical Humanities and Society Minor

18 credit hours

Required Courses

MDHS 2010Introduction to Medical Humanities

3

SOCI 2400Medical Sociology

3

 

MDHS 4000Medical Humanities Capstone

2

 

MDHS 4920Directed Research

1

OR

MDHS 4950Internship

1

Elective Courses

Choose 9 credit hours. Courses may not be from the same prefix.
AGES 2100Social Gerontology

3

ANTH 1130Anthropology of Health and Disease

3

ANTH 2320Cultural Anthropology

3

ANTH 2630Ethics in Human Remains

3

BIOL 2062Neuroscience and Society

3

BIOL 2860Medieval Medicine: The Art and Science of Healing

3

BIOL 3612Pharmacology

4

CHEM 4500Medicinal Chemistry

4

ENGL 1100The Literary Experience

3

ENGL 1150Literary Bodies: Symptoms and Prescriptions

3

ENGL 3260Advanced Writing

3

EXSC 4600Exercise in Health and Disease

3

JOUR 2250In Pursuit of an Ethic of Empathy

3

MDHS 2600Life Cycles: Birth, Death and the History of Medicine

3

MRKT 4170Healthcare Marketing

3

NURS 2220Pathophysiology

3

PHIL 2110Ethical Perspectives

3

PHIL 2330History and Philosophy of Science

3

PHIL 2340Philosophy of Medicine

3

PSYC 2555Sports Psychology

3

PSYC 3130Counseling and Psychotherapy

4

PSYC 3970Topics:

3

RELI 2440Religion, Medicine, and Ethics

3

SOCI 3450Race and Gender in Medicine and Health

3

SPAN 2510Spanish for Health Care Professionals

3

NOTE: ENGL 1100: Trauma Literature section only