The entrance exam for medical school (MCAT) includes two sections that test your critical analysis and reading skills along with your knowledge of the psychological and social foundations of behavior. If you are majoring in science or a health field, this minor can help you prepare for the MCAT exam and a possible career in medicine, nursing, public health, global health, health policy, health promotion, law, journalism, psychology or patient advocacy.
Requirements
The minor in Medical Humanities and Culture consists of 18 credit hours or six classes.
- Two, three or four courses (6-12 credit hours) must be chosen from offerings in the humanities (Group A). If two humanities courses (six hours) are chosen, then 12 hours must be chosen from the social sciences to comprise the requisite 18 hours.
- Two, three or four courses (6-12 credit hours) must be chosen from offerings in the social sciences (Group B); if two social sciences courses (six hours) are chosen, then four courses (12 hours) must be chosen in the humanities to comprise the requisite 18 hours.
- Departmental or Honors College special topics courses related to medicine may satisfy the minor requirements in either the humanities (Group A) or social sciences (Group B) if pre-approved by the office of the Dean of Undergraduate Student Affairs and Advising in Flinn Hall.
Group A: Humanities (2-4 courses: 6-12 hours)
ARTH 333 Art, Anatomy, and Medicine
CLAS 230 Medical and Scientific Terminology
CLAS 360 [=PHIL 312] Classical Origins of Western Medical Ethics
ENGL 341 Literature and Medicine Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent
HIST 393 Making Modern Science: The Life Sciences
HIST 451 The History of American Medicine
HIST 452 The History of Science in America
JOUR 562 Communicating Science, Health, and the Environment
PHIL 312 [=CLAS 360] Classical Origins of Western Medical Ethics
PHIL 321 Medical Ethics Strongly recommended for those interested in becoming medical or health practitioners
PHIL 323 Ethics of Science and Technology
PHIL 360 History and Philosophy of Science
PHIL 362 Philosophy of Research Design in Science and Medicine
PHIL 512 Philosophy of Science Prerequisites: 3 hours in philosophy beyond the 100-level or consent of instructor
PHIL 550 Health Care Ethics Prerequisites: 3 hours in philosophy beyond the 100-level or consent of instructor
PHIL 598 The Ethics of Killing Prerequisites: 3 hours in philosophy beyond the 100-level or consent of instructor
RELG 473 Religions, Medicines, and Healing
SPAN 360 Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Prerequisites: SPAN 309, or equivalent course at the college level, or consent of the instructor
THEA 554 Performing Arts Safety
Group B: Social Sciences (2-4 courses: 6-12 hours)
AFAM 365 [=ANTH 263] Medical Experimentation and the Black Body
AFAM 366 [=ANTH 366] Medicine, Disease, and Slavery
ANTH 204 Plagues Past and Present
ANTH 208 Anthropology of Globalization and Development
ANTH 212 Food and Culture
ANTH 221 Forensics of Sherlock Holmes
ANTH 262 Basic Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 263 [=AFAM 365] Medical Experimentation and the Black Body
ANTH 366 [=AFAM 366] Medicine, Disease, and Slavery
ANTH 388 [WGST 388] Cultures, Pregnancy, and Birth
ANTH 551 [=HPEB 551] Medical Anthropology: Fieldwork
ANTH 552 [=HPEB 552] Medical Anthropology
ANTH 557 Psychological Anthropology
ANTH 565 Health and Disease in the Past
ECON 531 Health Economics Prerequisites: ECON 221 and 222, or ECON 224
ENHS 323 [=ENVR 323] Global Environmental Health
ENHS 324 Environment and Obesity
ENHS 660 Concepts of Environmental Health Science
ENVR 323 [=ENHS 323] Global Environmental Health
HPEB 511 Health Problems in a Changing Society
HPEB 512 Southern Discomfort: Public Health in the American South
HPEB 513 Race, Ethnicity, and Health: Examining Health Disparities
HPEB 547 Consumer Health in Contemporary Society
HPEB 551 [=ANTH 551] Medical Anthropology: Fieldwork
HPEB 552 [=ANTH 552] Medical Anthropology
HPEB 560 Cooking Up a Storm: Food, Globalization, Localization, and Health in
the South
HPEB 621 [=WGST 621] Maternal and Child Health
HSPM 412 Health Economics
MGMT 371 Principles of Management
MGMT 374 Management of Human Resources Prerequisites: MGMT 371
PSYC 465 Health Psychology Prerequisites: PSYC 101 or SCHC 130
PSYC 503 Psychology of Drug Use and Effects Prerequisites: PSYC 450 or PSYC 455 or PSYC 460 or consent of instructor
SLIS 315 Information Policy
SLIS 415 Social Informatics
SOCY 310 Social Demography
SOCY 315 Global Population Issues
SOCY 360 Sociology of Medicine and Health
SOCY 510 Life Course Demographics Prerequisites: SOCY 310 or consent of instructor
WGST 113 Women’s Health
WGST 388 [=ANTH 388] Cultures, Pregnancy, and Birth
WGST 621 [=HPEB 621] Maternal and Child Health
Please refer to the academic bulletin for updated information.