Health Humanities Minor
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| For the minor, students should complete either of the following: | 3 | |
| Disability Culture | ||
or WGST 3600 | Feminist Health Humanities | |
| To complete the minor, select 15 credits from the list below with no more than 6 credits selected from a single department or discipline | 15 | |
| Food, Health, Society | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Art and Disease - WAC | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Disability and Chronic Illness | ||
| U.S. Disability History | ||
| Disability in American Literature | ||
| Special Topics in Disability Studies | ||
| Disability and Sexuality | ||
| Crip Arts, Crip Culture | ||
| Gender and Disability | ||
| Special Topics in Disability Studies 1 | ||
| Autism and Culture | ||
| Intercultural Communication: Principles And Practice | ||
| Women in Medieval Europe | ||
| U.S. Disability History | ||
| Medical Ethics | ||
| Science And Society | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Data Science Ethics | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Philosophy Of Psychology | ||
| Philosophy Of Mind | ||
| Health Psychology | ||
| World Religions | ||
| Medical Sociology | ||
| Intermediate Spanish II 2 | ||
| Special Topics In Women's And Gender Studies 1 | ||
| Disability and Sexuality | ||
| Health And Gender | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
- 1
Special topics should pertain to issues in Health Humanities and must be approved by advisor for use in the minor.
- 2
Only sections of SPAN 2150 identified as for Health Professions are eligible for use in minor.
- 3
Learners may take a total of 2 classes from social science disciplines (i.e. Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology)
- Cultivate skills for cross-disciplinary analysis of the ways that power and privilege relate to health inequalities (racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism) that have led to disparities in health outcomes and delivery in contemporary and historical contexts.
- Identify and engage with multiple discourses about health and medicine (institutional, historical, political, juridical, artistic, social, cultural, etc.).
- Integrate health literacy with humanistic methods to interpret, contextualize and critique health-related discourses and to consider new ways of interpreting embodiment.
- Apply close reading and listening strategies, contemporary theory, critical analysis, and ethical evaluation to field work experience in health-related professional settings.