Medicine's human element
Health care comes with ethical questions and cultural issues: death, life experiences, cost, diversity and more.
Use select courses in the humanities, arts and social sciences to find answers and develop skills. Increase your insight into the patient-caregiver link or prepare for non-medical careers.
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Program Requirements
Four Courses From the Following
but no more than two with the same course code:
- ANT 317 - Medical Anthropology
- ECO 504 - Health Care Economics
- ENG 563 - Literature and Medicine
- ENG 570 - Writing in the Health Professions
- GER 309 - Identity and Aging in Literature and Film
- OR
- PSY 309 - Identity and Aging in Literature and Film
- GER 363 - Death and Human Behavior
- OR
- PSY 363 - Death and Human Behavior
- GER 370 - Mental Health and Aging
- OR
- PSY 370 - Mental Health and Aging
- HST 529 - Plagues and Pandemics
- IPE 376 - Cultural Competence in Health Care
- IPE 377 - Global Issues in Health Services
- LLT 321 - Comparative Mythology
- PHI 313 - Bioethics
- PSY 533 - Psychological Issues in Religion
- REL 338 - Death, Dying, and Afterlife
- REL 347 - Suffering and Meaning
- REL 348 - Religion, Spirituality, and Health
- REL 358 - Yoga and Meditation
- REL 368 - Body and Health in American Religions
- REL 378 - Religion and Healing in Modern America
- SOC 340 - Global Health and Social Justice
- SOC 341 - Medical Sociology
- SOC 375 - Social Forces and Aging
- SPN 317 - Medical Spanish
All Candidates Must Satisfy the General University Certificate Requirements.
Total Credit Hours: 12
Completion Requirement
Attain a GPA of at least 2.50 or higher in courses used to complete the certificate requirements.
Why earn a certificate in medical humanities?
- Enhance your résumé for medical school or the health care profession. Increase your ability to deal with key issues like empathy, ethics and well-being.
- Apply your knowledge to other fields like the social sciences and humanities. Become better equipped to pursue non-medical roles in health care and health insurance.
- Gain a greater understanding of how the human experience affects health care, social barriers and wellness.
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