Health Humanities (Minor)
Health Humanities is an interdisciplinary minor that builds bridges between health, humanities, literature, the arts, and psychology. Its mission is to provide students with opportunities for holistic insight into the multiple dimensions of healing. Courses allow students to pursue the minor in consort with their chosen major. The 1-unit Health Humanities Seminar brings students together to explore connections between science, the arts, and humanities in the context of health and well-being.
Program Learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate:
- How the arts and humanities inform our understanding of illness and health,
- The role that psychology and ethics plays in health,
- Apply creative thinking and artistic practice in understanding illness and health in communities and in oneself.
Requirements
Required:
HCS 3455 | Health Humanities Seminar | 1.00 unit |
Select one of the following courses:
GPH 1000 | Introduction to Public Health | 4.00 units |
GPH 2600 | Principles of Global Health | 4.00 units |
GPH 3500 | Global Environmental Health | 4.00 units |
GPH 4150 | Global Health Issues in Violence and Social Justice | 4.00 units |
Select two of the following courses:
Select three of the following 1-unit Psychology courses:
Total Credit Hours: 16