2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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Medicine and Society (MSOC) Minor

Required Minor Courses
Select one of the following:3
The Life Sciences and Society
History of Modern Biology
History of Science
History of Science
Literature, Medicine, and Culture
Select one of the following:3
Technology and Disability
Sexual Medicine
Medical Sociology
Drugs and Society
Select one of the following:3
Medical Dilemmas and Human Experience
Societal Health in North America
Biomedical Ethics
Medical Geography of Infectious Diseases
Subtotal9
Elective Courses
Select 9 credit hours of the following: 9
Literature and the Environment 1
Literature, Medicine, and Culture
Human Development I: Childhood and Adolescence
Adulthood and Aging
Human Sexuality
Issues in Aging
Advanced Family Relationships
History of Science (if not taken as requirement)
History of Science
War and Medicine
History of Disease, Medicine, and Health (if not taken as requirement)
History of Modern Biology (if not taken as requirement)
Multicultural Communication 1
Morality and Justice
Ethical Theory 1
Philosophy of Biology 1
Introduction to Public Health
Health Psychology 1
Religious Ethics
Sociology of Aging (if not taken as requirement) 1
Drugs and Society (if not taken as requirement) 1
Medical Sociology (if not taken as requirement) 1
Sociology of Mental Illness (if not taken as requirement) 1
Introduction to Technology and Race
The Life Sciences and Society
Introduction to Displacement Studies
Science and Technology in Modern Society
Societal Health in North America
Technology and Disability (if not taken as requirement)
Contemporary Issues in Science, Technology, and Society
Sexual Medicine
Internship (max. 3hrs for the minor credit)
Undergraduate Research (max. 3hrs for the minor credit)
Gender and Science 1
Subtotal9
Total Credits18

Graduation Requirements

The minor in Medicine and Society consists of 18 credit hours distributed as below. A minimum of 12 hours must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

  • A GPA of 2.0 in all courses taken from the minor checksheet is required.
  • Courses must be taken for a grade.
  • Students will be enrolled as participants when they formally enroll in the minor.