Medical Humanities Minor

Requirements:

• Declared major in any of the sciences, health sciences, and health professional programs.
• Complete 15 hours chosen from the options listed below, followed by a final Capstone course.
  • 3 credit hours drawn from the following:
    • Any 1000 or 2000-level Core course from ARI; HS I; LT I; or
    • GS 1000 Introduction to Global Studies
        (SRI); or
    • WGS 1000 Women in Culture  (SRI); or
    • Successful completion of two semesters of the same non-English language
  • 12 credit hours of upper-division (3000-4000) course electives chosen from the following courses, from at least 3 different disciplines or programs and including:
    • A minimum of 3 credit hours in Communication category
    • A minimum of 3 credit hours in Cultural Competence category

• CA 3000 - Catholic Social Teaching (3) (cultural)
• CT 3700 - Health Communication (3) (communication)
• CT 3000 - Listening for Personal and Professional Success (3) (communication)
• EN 3200 - Exploring the Self in Reading and Writing (3) (communication)
• EN 3820 - American Literature and the Environment (3) (cultural, communication)
• FR 3871 - Immigration Literature and Culture in Contemporary France (in English) (3) (cultural, communication)
• FR 3872 - Immigration Literature and Culture in Contemporary France (3) (cultural, communication)
• HS 3400 - Science, Religion and Magic in Modern Europe (3) (cultural)
• HS 3710 - Protest Movements in 1960s United States (3) (cultural)
• HS 3800 - The Immigrants’ Experiences in America (3) (cultural)
• HS 3840 - Race and Identity in America (3)
• HS 3930 - Beyond the Horizon: Global Exploration (3) (cultural)
• HU 3300 - Jesuit Accompaniment in Literature and Culture (3) (cultural, communication)
• PL 3300 - Philosophy of Death and Dying (3) (cultural)
• PL 3850 - Philosophy of Science (3) (cultural)
• SP 3070 - Medical Spanish II (3) (communication)
• SP 4060 - Spanish for the Health Care Professional (3) (cultural, communication)
• TH 4450 - World Religions (3) (cultural)

Capstone: Students will complete one of two Capstone options:

• TA 3210 - Training of Standardized Patient (1)
• MH 4000 - Medical Humanities Capstone (1)
• Students who choose MH 4000 will serve at a health-care related organization for 30 service hours. The plan of service and study will be approved by the Director of Service Learning and the Director of Medical Humanities.

Additional Information:

A maximum of 3 credit hours of Level 1 and 3 credit hours of Level II from the Medical Humanities electives that count toward the Core may be counted toward the Medical Humanities minor.

Additional courses may be added to the list of approved Catholic Studies electives.

For descriptions of the upper-division courses listed above, see the Catalog sections of the various departments that sponsor and schedule them.

A grade of C or better is required in each upper-division course of the minor. (A grade of C- will not satisfy the requirement.)