The minor requires 18 hours. No more than three credits counting towards a major and no more than six credits counting towards another minor can also count towards the Bioethics, Humanities and Medicine minor.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BHM 310 | The Art and Science of Health and Healing * | 3 |
| or HMN 370 | Medicine and the Humanities | |
| or HST 339 | Sickness and Health in American History | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Bioethics | ||
| Philosophical Theories in Bioethics | ||
| Ethical Decision-Making in Biology and Medicine | ||
| Select 6 credit hours of Electives from Group A ** | 6 | |
| Select 6 credit hours of Electives from Group B *** | 6 | |
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For HST 339 to fulfill the core requirement, students must obtain the permission of the instructor and complete assignments designed to fulfill the goals of the core requirement.
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Courses in Group A must be taken in two different departments.
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Courses in Group B must be taken in two different departments.
Group A
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BHM 385 | Special Topics in Bioethics, Humanities, and Medicine (with approval of steering committee) | 1-3 |
| BHM 395 | Independent Study in Bioethics, Humanities, and Medicine (with approval of steering committee) | 1-3 |
| ANT 360 | Anthropology of Global Health | 3 |
| ANT 362 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| BIO 386 | Genetics & African Diaspora | 3 |
| COM 345 | Rhetoric of Science and Technology | 3 |
| COM 355 | Survey of Health Communication | 3 |
| COM 356 | Health Communication: Patient-Provider | 3 |
| COM 357 | Health Communication Campaigns | 3 |
| COM 358 | Health Communication and Bioethics | 3 |
| COM 361 | Family Communication and Health across the Lifespan | 3 |
| COM 370 | Special Topics (with permission of the BHM Interdisciplinary Minor Faculty Steering Committee) | 1-3 |
| CNS 334 | Ethics in Health and Human Services | 3 |
| CNS 335 | Health and Human Services in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| ECN 240 | Economics of Health and Medicine | 3 |
| HES 360 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| HPA 150 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| SOC 329 | Health Inequalities | 3 |
| SOC 331 | The Social and Legal Contexts of Medicine | 3 |
| SOC 335 | Sociology of Health and Illness | 3 |
| SOC 336 | Money, Markets and Medicine | 3 |
| SOC 368 | Death and Dying | 1.5 |
| SOC 369 | Social Movements | 3 |
| SOC 383 | Special Topics Seminar in Medicine and Health Care | 3 |
| WGS 330 | Gender and the Politics of Health | 3 |
Group B
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BHM 385 | Special Topics in Bioethics, Humanities, and Medicine (with approval of steering committee) | 1-3 |
| BHM 395 | Independent Study in Bioethics, Humanities, and Medicine (with approval of steering committee) | 1-3 |
| BIO 210 | Ethical Decision-Making in Biology and Medicine * | 3 |
| ENG 175 | Studies in American Literature (when taught as: Race, Heredity, and Genetics) | 3 |
| HMN 365 | Humanity and Nature | 3 |
| HST 113 | Health, Disease and Healing in World History | 3 |
| HST 339 | Sickness and Health in American History (if HST 339 is not used to fulfill core requirement) | 3 |
| PHI 161 | Introduction to Bioethics ** | 3 |
| PHI 163 | Environmental Ethics **** | 3 |
| PHI 359 | Environmental Ethics **** | 3 |
| PHI 360 | Ethics | 3 |
| PHI 367 | Philosophical Theories in Bioethics *** | 3 |
| PHI 368 | Concepts of Health & Disease | 3 |
| PHI 382 | Seminar in Public Philosophy (When taught as Bioethics) | 3 |
| REL 307 | Magic, Science and Religion | 3 |
| REL 329 | Chinese Medicine | 3 |
| REL 330 | Pope, Jefferson and Imam: A Study in Comparative Ethics | 3 |
| REL 362 | Topics in Islam | 3 |
| REL 390 | Special Topics in Religion (Environmental Ethics) **** | 1.5-3 |
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If PHI 367 is used to fulfill core requirement and if PHI 161 is not used as a Group B elective.
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If PHI 367 is used to fulfill core requirement and if BIO 210 is not used as a Group B elective.
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Only one of these courses (PHI 163, PHI 359, or REL 390 Special Topics (Environmental Ethics) may be used as a Group B elective.
Other courses, including Special Topics courses in a number of departments, may be suitable as electives in the minor. These courses can be counted toward the minor with the approval of the interdisciplinary minor in Bioethics, Humanities and Medicine committee.