Medical Humanities

About the program

Medical Humanities is a growing interdisciplinary field that brings the perspectives of the humanities, arts and social sciences to the study and practice of health care.

The College of Arts and Sciences offers a major and minor in Medical Humanities providing students opportunities to pursue diverse paths in both the humanities and sciences in careers such as medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and other health care fields, as well as careers in health care policy, law, public health, management, patient advocacy, health journalism, bioethics, and health care consulting.

Academic careers in teaching, writing and researching in universities in narrative medicine, literature and health, or history and medicine can also be pursued through this major.

The 33-hour major allows students to include a second major or one or more minors in their particular area of interest. The 18-hour minor can be combined with various majors to meet the needs of the individual student.

Degree Requirements

Both a major (B.A. or B.S. degree) and minor in Medical Humanities are offered by the College of Arts and Sciences. The requirements for each of these degrees can be found below.

Requirements
Liberal Arts: 53 Hours
Major: 33 Hours
• BDOC 3040 - Christian Bioethics Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 3300 - Studies in English and the Medical Humanities Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 3158 – History of Medicine Credit Hours: 3
• PPHS 2100 - Introduction to Medical Humanities Credit Hours: 1
• HUM 4600 - Directed Senior Project in Humanities 31
or PPHS 4510 - Preprofessional Health Science Capstone Credit Hours 1



Choose courses from the elective menu below to make a total of 33 hours.
No more than three courses in this menu with the same prefix can count toward the major.
• ANTH 2500 - Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
• ART 1030 - Drawing and Composition Credit Hours: 3
• ART 1050 - Human Anatomy and Design Credit Hours: 3
• BHIS 3030 - Living World Religions Credit Hours: 3
• BMIS 3020 - Development Ministry Credit Hours: 3
• CJ 3260 - Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime Credit Hours: 3
• COMM 3610 - Nonverbal and Cross Cultural Communication Credit Hours: 3
• COMM 3630 - Argumentation and Persuasion Credit Hours: 3
• COMM 3650 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 3100 - Business and Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 3910 - Writing Nonfiction Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 4030 - Study in Literature or Composition Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3300 - Medical Terminology Credit Hours: 1
• FCS 4260 - Human Sexuality Credit Hours: 3
• FR 3000 - French Conversation Credit Hours: 1
• FR 3271 - Selected Readings in Culture and Literature Credit Hours: 3
• FR 3130 - Advanced Conversation Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 4100-4104 - Special Topics in U.S. History Credit Hours: 31
or HIST 4130-4134 Special Topics in World History Credit Hours: 31
• NURS 3050 - Culture of Poverty Credit Hours: 3
• NURS 4130 - Health Care Missions Credit Hours: 3
• PHIL 3010 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 4288 - Public Policy Credit Hours: 3
• PPHS 3970 - Topics in Health Sciences Credit Hours: 1
• PSY 2400 - Developmental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 4250 - Neurophysiology Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 3800 - Psychology of Personality Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 3820 - Abnormal Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 4300 - Cognitive Neuroscience Credit Hours: 3
• SOC 3450 - Gerontology Credit Hours: 3
• SOC 4100 - Human Diversity Credit Hours: 3
• SPAN 3271 - Selected Readings in Culture and Literature Credit Hours: 3
• SPAN 3283 - Medical Spanish Credit Hours: 3
• SPAN 3130 - Advanced Conversation Credit Hours: 3
• SPAN 4020 - Survey of Peninsular Spanish Literature II Credit Hours: 3
• SWK 3950 - Child Abuse and Neglect Credit Hours: 3
• SWK 4020 - Death, Loss, and Grief Credit Hours: 3
• THEA 1900 – Acting I Credit Hours: 3 1 Course topic must be related to the medical field.



Minor: 18 Hours
Remaining Bible/Electives: 27 Hours
• BDOC 3040 is counted above in the hours required for the major.
Total Hours: 128

Requirements
18 hours from the Medical Humanities Menu, including:















































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