2024-2025 Course Catalog
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Subtotal | 9 | |
| 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 | ||
| Subtotal | 9 | |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
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.
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