Medical Humanities, B.A.

First Year Seminar

• FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours
• FYS 102 Common Hour 0 credit hours

Foundations Requirements

Disciplinary Perspectives Requirements

Constellation Requirement

The Constellation requirement is met when a student completes four courses from a minimum of three disciplines within the Constellation requirements. Students who transfer in 60 credits or more at the time of admission to the college will be waived from the Constellation requirement, except for Education majors. The waiver applies to the requirement for graduation but does not waive the credits to graduate; students need to meet the overall bachelor’s degree credit requirement.

Required Major Courses

Students must receive a grade of 2.0 or higher in each course within the major.

• BIO 142 Molecules, Genes and Cells 4 credit hours
• BIO 150 Introduction to Molecular Biology 4 credit hours
• BIO 151 Introduction to Molecular Biology Lab 0 credit hours
• BIO 290 Biostatistics 3 credit hours
• BIO 350 Biochemistry I 4 credit hours
• BIO 351 Biochemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
• CHM 134 General Chemistry I 4 credit hours
• CHM 135 General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
• CHM 136 General Chemistry II 4 credit hours
• CHM 137 General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
• CHM 234 Organic Chemistry I 4 credit hours
• CHM 235 Organic Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
• CHM 236 Organic Chemistry II 4 credit hours
• CHM 237 Organic Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
• HUM 310 Medical Humanities 3 credit hours
• HUM 350 Research Methods in the Humanities 3 credit hours
• HUM 402 Humanities Seminar 3 credit hours
• PHL 220 Principles of Scientific Reasoning 3 credit hours
• PHL 221 Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit hours
• PHL 231 Logic 3 credit hours
• PHL 346 Bioethics 3 credit hours
• PHY 110 General Physics I 4 credit hours
• PHY 111 General Physics I Lab 0 credit hours
• PHY 112 General Physics II 4 credit hours
• PHY 113 General Physics II Lab 0 credit hours
• PS 110 Introduction to Political Science 3 credit hours
• PS 357 Health Law and Policy 3 credit hours
• PSY 100 General Psychology 3 credit hours

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• MAT 120 Applied Calculus 3 credit hours  *

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• MAT 171 Calculus I 4 credit hours  **

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  * Students who take MAT 120 will have to take an additional elective to meet the 120-credit hour minimum for the degree.

   ** Those intending to attend medical school are encouraged to take MAT 171.

Medical Humanities Elective

Students must complete 3 credits of the following:

• PSY 221 Child and Adolescent Development 3 credit hours
• SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology 3 credit hours
• SOC 302 Sociology of Health and Illness 3 credit hours

Medical Humanities Electives

Students must complete 9-12 credits of the following:

• BIO 201 Medical Terminology 3 credit hours
• BIO 220 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4 credit hours
• BIO 221 Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab 0 credit hours
• BIO 222 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4 credit hours
• BIO 223 Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab 0 credit hours
• BIO 240 Genetics 4 credit hours
• BIO 241 Genetics Lab 0 credit hours
• BIO 352 Biochemistry II 4 credit hours
• HIS 364 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 3 credit hours
• HIS 370 History of Alcohol and Drugs in American Life 3 credit hours
• HIS 371 American Constitutionalism (I): Structures of Government 3 credit hours
• HIS 372 American Constitutionalism (II): Civil Rights and Liberties 3 credit hours
• HIS 402 The Black Death 3 credit hours
• HUM 242 Science and Religion 3 credit hours
• HUM 300 Science Fiction 3 credit hours
• HUM 319 Medicine and Literature 3 credit hours
• LIT 344 Love and Sex in Literature 3 credit hours
• LIT 346 Literature and Society 3 credit hours
• LIT 347 Literature and Psychology 3 credit hours
• LIT 378 Queer Literature and Theory 3 credit hours
• LIT 391 Literature of Terror 3 credit hours

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• NUR 200 Women’s Health 3 credit hours

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• WGS 210 Women’s Health 3 credit hours

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• PHL 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours

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• WGS 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours

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• PHL 225 Philosophy of Medicine 3 credit hours
• PHL 390 Philosophy of Technology 3 credit hours
• PSY 210 Fundamentals of Biopsychology 3 credit hours
• PSY 230 Understanding Psychological Diagnosis and Recovery 3 credit hours
• REL 265 World Religions 3 credit hours
• SOC 225 Family Diversity and Society 3 credit hours
• WRT 352 Rhetoric of Science 3 credit hours

Foreign Language Requirement

Student must complete 6 credits of the same foreign language.

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