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Health Humanities Minor

Program Overview:

The Health Humanities minor emphasizes critical thinking and ethical development alongside professional and career-oriented skills for students pursuing (or considering) careers in health, medicine, other caring professions, and/or administrative positions in those fields. This minor is complimentary to an array of majors and programs.

 

Program Contacts:

Dr. Emma Bedor Hiland

Assistant Professor of Communications

Email: bedore@strose.edu

 

Minor Requirements (20 credits):

Required Courses:

SOC 272Medical Sociology

3

COM 280Topics in Communications

1 to 4

PBH 370Global Health

3

PHI 381Medical Ethics

3

COM 494Internship

1 to 12

*COM 280 must be taken under the topic "Health Communication" for 4 credits.

*COM 494 must be taken for at least 1 credit as a capstone for the minor.

Choose one:

HIS 209Century of Genocide

4

POS 281Global Health Inequalities

4

POS 332Us Public Policy

4

PSY 352Health Psychology

3

Students can choose the course they are most interested in based upon their career goals, personal interests, and/or topics they are most interested in learning about.

Choose one:

BIO 127Human Biology

3

and

BIO 127LHuman Biology Lab

1

or

PBH 111Intro to Public Health

3

Students can choose the course that fits their goals, whether they are interested in hands-on labs (the biology course option) or more theory and context-driven approaches (the public health option).