Health Humanities Course List

There are two different versions of the Health Humanities major, a B.A. and a B.S. (for details see the university bulletin listing for B.A. and B.S.)

Requirements for B.A. and B.S. in Health Humanities

All students must complete the Prescribed Courses (9 credits):

BIOET 110N: Health, Illness, and the Human Condition: Introduction to Health Humanities
PHIL 132/BIOET 100: Bioethics
BMH 490: Capstone/Research Seminar

Choose one of these Additional Courses (3 credits):

CAS/ENGL/SOC 162N: Communicating Care
AFAM/BBH 302: Diversity and Health
ASIA 106N: Asian Traditions of Health, Medicine, and the Body
HIST/STS 124: History of Western Medicine

Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts Requirement:

For B.A. choose 6 credits from the list below
For B.S. choose 3 credits from the list below

Supporting Courses and Related Areas (24 credits total for all students):

Choose 12 credits from the Culture, Society and Health Communication list below
Choose 12 credits from the Social Sciences and Health Care list below

Diversity requirement: At least 3 credits in Additional or Supporting Courses must be for a course related to race, gender, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, and/or postcolonial issues. (Marked * in course lists below.)

Global/Transnational requirement: At least 3 credits in Additional or Supporting Courses must be for a course that has a focus that is transnational or outside the United States. (Marked # in course lists below.)

400-level requirement: At least 12 credits in Additional or Supporting Courses must be at the 400-level

A single course may not be used to meet both the Diversity and Global/Transnational requirements.

None of the required courses for the major may be counted toward General Education requirements, EXCEPT STAT 200 or STAT 250 (BS only).

Extra requirement for B.S. only

Choose 7-8 credits from the following options:

STAT 200: Elementary Statistics OR STAT 250: Introduction to Biostatistics
BIOL 110: Basic Concepts and Biodiversity OR BIOL 161/162: Human Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab
BIOL 220W: Biology: Populations and Communities

NOTE: In consultation with the departmental advisor/program chair, courses not currently on the list may be used to meet one of the requirements if they focus on a topic or theme within the health humanities, including Special Topics courses with content that varies by instructor. For additional information, please contact the Program Chair for Health Humanities, Dr. Pierce Salguero ([email protected]).

Approved courses in the Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts

AA 122: Introduction to Graphic Storytelling
AA 193N: The Craft of Comics
ART 110: Ideas as Visual Images
ART 111: Ideas as Objects
ART 144Z: Climate Change: Arts, Agency and Activism
ART 220: Figure Drawing
ART 230: Beginning Sculpture
ART 240: Beginning Printmaking
ART 250: Beginning Oil Painting
ART 280: Beginning Ceramics
ART 320: Advanced Drawing
ART 330: Intermediate Sculpture
ART 340: Printmaking
ART 350: Intermediate Painting
ART 380: Intermediate Throwing
ART 381: Intermediate Handbuilding
ART 404: Art And Life And Where They Intersect
ART 422: Advanced Figure Drawing
ART 438: The Body: Issues and Objects
CAS 280W: Storytelling and Speaking
COMM 242: Basic Video/Filmmaking
DANCE 260: Introduction to Modern Dance
DANCE 261: Beginning Modern Dance I
DART 202: 3D Digital Art and & Computer Graphics
ENGL 050: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 212: Introduction to Fiction Writing
ENGL 213: Introduction to Poetry Writing
ENGL 214: Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 215: Introduction to Article Writing
ENGL 412: Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 413: Advanced Poetry Writing
ENGL 415: Advanced Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 416: Science Writing
KEYBD 100: Piano
PHOTO 100: Introduction to Photography
PHOTO 200: Photo Studio 1
PHOTO 300: Photo Studio 2
STRNG 100: Violin
THEA 100: The Art of Theatre
THEA 101N: Performance and Society
THEA 102: Fundamentals of Acting
THEA 105: Introduction to Theatre
THEA 120: Acting I
THEA 121: Fundamentals of Acting II
THEA 222: Acting Laboratory
VOICE 100: Voice
WWNDS 100: Flute

Approved courses in Culture, Society and Health Communication

AFAM/ BBH 302: Diversity and Health
# ASIA 106N: Asian Traditions of Health, Medicine, and the Body
# ASIA 405Y: Seminar in Asian Studies (when instructor is Dr. Salguero or topic is relevant)
BIOET 220N: Ethics, Society, and Science Fiction
CAS/ENGL/SOC 162N: Communicating Care
CAS 453: Health Communication Theory and Research
* ENGL 228: Introduction to Disability Studies in the Humanities
HIST/STS 124: History of Western Medicine
HIST 455: The History of Epidemics
# HIST 497: Special Topics (when instructor is Dr. Salguero or topic is relevant)
HUM 100N: Foundations in the Humanities: Understanding the Human Experience
PHIL/RLST 132: Bioethics
PHIL 242N: Happiness and Well-Being
PHIL 432: Medical and Healthcare Ethics
# RLST 497: Special Topics (when instructor is Dr. Salguero or topic is relevant)

Approved courses in Social Sciences and Health Care

BBH 119: Behavior, Health, and Disease
BBH 143: Drugs, Behavior, and Health
BBH 146: Introduction to Health and Human Sexuality
BBH/CRIMJ 150N: Safe and Sound: The Intersection of Criminal Justice and Public Health
BBH 201N: Health and the Media
BIOL 155: Introduction to the Biology of Aging
HDFS 301: Values and Ethics in Health and Human Development Professions
HDFS 445: Development through Adulthood
H P A 57: Consumer Choices in Health Care
KINES 100: The Cultural and Behavioral Foundations of Kinesiology
NUTR 251: Introductory Principles of Nutrition
PSYCH 243: Introduction to Well-being and Positive Psychology
PSYCH 416: Development through Adulthood
PSYCH 422: Human Sexuality
* RHS 100: Introduction to Disability Culture
RHS 300: Introduction to Rehabilitation and Human Services
* RHS 401: Community Mental Health Practice and Services
* RHS 403: Medical Aspects of Disability
* SOC 110: Sociology of Gender
SOC 451: Health, Disease & Society