Course Offerings and Requirements
For the most up-to-date listing of current courses counting towards the Medicine & Society minor, refer to the Honors Coursebook.
A minor in Medicine & Society requires 15 hours of approved coursework: the foundation course “Readings in Medicine & Society” (HON 3301H) as well as four elective courses chosen from the list of courses approved for the minor. At least two of these four electives must be taken at the advanced level; in some cases, other related coursework or internships may be applied toward the minor, with prior approval from the direct and associate director. Students must earn a 3.0 or higher in all coursework for the minor.
In addition, students must complete at least 12 hours in residence, 9 hours of which must be at the advanced level. A maximum of 6 hours of approved transfer credits may be accepted toward the minor upon the approval of the program coordinator. No more than 6 hours of a student’s major may be applied toward the minor.
So remember: everyone must take HON 3301H: Readings in Medicine & Society, and then here is a sampling of the elective courses applicable to the Medicine & Society minor:
Courses listed in Bold are currently offered for Fall 2017. Asterisks indicate Honors Colloquia.
Upper Level Courses
COMM 3300H: Health Communication
COMM 3301H: Doctor-Patient Interaction
CLAS 4353: Dreaming Culture
ENGL 4371H: Literature and Medicine
HIST 3303H: Disease, Health, and Medicine in American History*
HIST 3316H: Race & Racism in American Science and Medicine
HIST 3318H: History of American Healthcare Policy
HIST 3394H: History of Madness
HIST 4361H: 20th Century Genocides
HON 3300H: Introduction to Social Medicine
HON 3302H: Readings in Public Health and Community Medicine
HON 3303H: Readings in Mental Health and Society
HON 3305H: Medicine in Performance
HON 3306H: Health and Human Rights
HON 3307H: Narrative Medicine
HON 3308H: Lyric Medicine
HON 3397H: Immersion Journalism (health focus)†
HON 4198H: Meditation and Mindfulness
HON 4302H: Holocaust and Medical Ethics
HON 4397H: The Anatomical Theater
IDNS 4391H: Ethics in Science
IDNS 4392H: History of 20th Century Science
PHIL 3354H: Medical Ethics
RELS 3355: Yoga and Philosophy
SOC 3380: Introduction to the Sociology of Health Care
SPAN 3339H: Spanish for the Global Professions
SPAN 4343H: Health & Society in the Hispanic World
Lower Level Courses
ANTH 2302H: Cultural Anthropology (health focus)†
OPTO 1300H: Introduction to the Health Professions
Those classes marked with an † are taught in multiple sections and for the class to be eligible for inclusion in the Medicine & Society minor, students must complete a section with a health focus. Further details on this are available from the program director.
Students may petition appropriate special topics classes for up to 6 hours of credit, or 2 courses, toward the minor. The request must be approved by the Honors Dean and the Medicine & Society coordinator.
Note: Courses may be added to the approved list between editions of the catalog. Please check the most recent Honors Coursebook.