Major in Medical Humanities
About the Medical Humanities Major
Medical humanities uses ideas and methods from many different subjects like, theater, history, communication, philosophy, poetry, literature, dance and ethnic studies to explore how people experience health, sickness, and healing.
It combines different fields to teach students interested in health and healthcare to be creative thinkers, good team workers, skilled communicators, eager to learn, focused on patients, ethically smart, and open to various perspectives and knowledge about health and disease.
Who is Medical Humanities For?
- Students hoping to attend medical or dentistry school wanting to supplement their Biology major with attention to the humanistic side of medical/dental practice.
- Students who are excited to bring an appreciation for history and civil rights to a career in public health.
- Students majoring in Communication who are particularly interested in medical journalism.
- Students who hope to work in a healthcare/healthcare-focused fields after graduation.
The degree requirements in Medical humanities allow students to tailor their course of study.
Required Courses
- PHIL 2250: Intro to Medical Humanities, 3 credits
- Choose 2 courses in each Core Area, 24 Credits
- Breadth & Depth requirement: 21 credit, please talk to advisors for details.
- Capstone Course: 3 credits
- FILM 2240 Diversity in Film & Media
- FILM 2250 Popular Film & Television: Gender & Sexuality
- GAMES 1010 Survey of Games
- PHIL 3011 Ethics in Videogames
- THEA 1033 Acting for Non-majors
- THEA 4630 Theatre for Social Action
- DANC 1010 Dance in Culture
- DANC 4510 Anatomy for Dance
- ENGL 2250/3530 Creative Writing
- ENGL 3060 Literature, Medicine & Society
- ENGL 5820 Disability in Literature & Film
- WRTG 3010 Critical Thinking and Writing
- WRTG 3011 Writing in the Arts & Humanities
- WRTG 3014 Writing in the Sciences
- WRTG 3019 Writing about War
- WRTG 4010 Writing Across Borders
- Honor 3200 Writing in a Research University
- COMM 3115 Communicating Science, Health, Environment
- COMM 5115 Health Communication
- COMM 5116 Health, Communication, Culture
- COMM 5117 Health Campaigns & Media
- COMM 5118 Health Literacy
- COMM 5119 Grief Communication
- COMM 5140 Communication and Aging
- LING 1069 Bad Words & Taboo Terms
- LING 2300 Computers & Language
- LING 2600 Cross Cultural Communication
- LING 5024 Child Language Acquisition
- HIST 4080 History of Medicine & the Human Condition
- HIST 4095 Governing Bodies
- CLCS 3720 Empathy, Medicine & the Human Condition
- JAPAN 4420 Asian Medicine: Tradition, Contexts & Modernity
- PHIL 2510 Genetics and Society
- PHIL 3520 Bioethics
- PHIL 3570 Research Ethics
- PHIL 3310 Science & Society
- PHIL 3440 Cognitive Science
- PHIL 3740 Drugs & Justice
- PHIL 3870 Philosophy of Race
- PHIL 3350 History & Philosophy of Science
- PHIL 3370/5370 Philosophy of Biology
- PHIL 3380 Feminist Philosophy of Science
- HPSCI 3950 History of Women in Science, Technology & Medicine
- PHIL 5510 Applied Ethics
- PHIL 5520 Advanced Bioethics
- ETHNC 3590 Pacific Islander Health Dynamics
- ETHNC 3640 Reproductive Justice
- ETHNC 4450 Race Gender & Sexuality in Caribbean Culture
- ETHNC 5420 Environmental Racism & Resistance
- ETHNC 5960 Black Americans & the Politics of Health
- DISAB 3000 Introduction to Disability Studies
- DISAB 5420 Race Disability Illness
- DISAB 5880 Bad Bodies: Gender & Disability
- GNDR 3040 Psychology of Gender
- GNDR 3337 Sociology of Gender & Sexuality
- GNDR 3380 Social Inequality Disadvantage in the Land of Opportunity
- GNDR 3640 Race, Gender & Incarceration
- GNDR 3660 Sex & Sexuality Education
- GNDR 5770 Sexual & Gender Diversity
- H EDU 4180 Community Health & Social Justice
- H EDU 5060 Global Health Promotion
- H EDU 5300 Diversity and Health
Where can medical humanities students go after graduation?
- Medical school
- Nursing school
- Dentistry school
- Pharmacy school
- Graduate school
- Genetic counseling program
- Journalism
- Social Work
- Law school
- Health administration
- Theater
- Education
- Medical Illustration
- Medical librarian
- Clinical research
- Clinical ethnics