Minor in Health Humanities

Health Humanities examines health and related issues through history, literature, philosophy, and other humanistic disciplines. Students who take this Minor will learn about a range of topics such as disability, death, disease, fitness, and wellness. Emphasis will be on the human experience of these matters, their variability across cultures, the ethical issues involved, and representations of them in literature or other media. Students will complete a capstone or thesis project in addition to an introductory course and three electives.

15 credits

Required Courses, 6 credits

HHUM 200	Introduction to Health Humanities	3
HHUM 400	Health Humanities Capstone	3

Electives, 9 credits from

Select three courses from the list of electives. A maximum of two electives may be from your major.

ENG 495	Disability Studies	3
HHUM 300	Special Topics in Health Humanities	3
HHUM 350	Rhetoric of Health and Medicine	3
HSC 220	Population, Race, and Culture in Public Health	3
HSC 371	Death and Dying	3
HSC 372	Women and Health	3
PHIL 235	Bioethics	3
PHIL 415	Topics in Neurophilosophy	3
SOC 341	Sociology of Health and Illness	3
CC 102	Latin and Greek Based Bio-scientific Terminology	3
COMM 335	Communication and Health	3
ANTH 207	Introduction to Medical Anthropology	3
ANTH 402	Anthropology of Drug Use	3
SP 338	Spanish for Professions	3-6

Total Credit Hours: 15