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For the most current HMS course lists, please contact the Department of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.
Major Categories
Health, Medicine, & Society Core
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| HSTM 3423 | Modern Medicine - A Historical Introduction | 3 |
| HSTM 3243 | Women and Medicine | 3 |
| HSTM 3263 | History of Public Health | 3 |
| HSTM 3273 | Of Acupuncture, Medicine Men & Ayurveda: Indigenous & Non-Western Medicine in Perspective | 3 |
| HSTM 3293 | Environment and Health | 3 |
| HSTM 4430 | History of Science, Technology, & Medicine Internship | 1-4 |
Humanistic & Social Scientific Perspectives
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| ENGL 1913 | Writing for the Health Professions | 3 |
| ENGL 3113 | Nature/Environment/Science Writing | 3 |
| HIST 1303 | The History of Disease | 3 |
| HSTM 1113 | Science, Nature and Society: Historical Perspectives | 3 |
| HSTM 2423 | Social and Ethical Issues in Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine | 3 |
| HSTM 3013 | History of Science to the Age of Newton | 3 |
| HSTM 3023 | History of Science Since the Seventeenth Century | 3 |
| HSTM 3213 | The Darwinian Revolution | 3 |
| HSTM 3243 | Women and Medicine | 3 |
| HSTM 3253 | Race and Science | 3 |
| HSTM 3263 | History of Public Health | 3 |
| HSTM 3273 | Of Acupuncture, Medicine Men & Ayurveda: Indigenous & Non-Western Medicine in Perspective | 3 |
| HSTM 3313 | Science and Technology in Asian History | 3 |
| HSTM 3353 | Science and Empire | 3 |
| HSTM 3453 | Science and Civilization in Islam | 3 |
| HON 2973 | Perspectives on the American Experience (health and medicine related topics only)) | 3 |
| IAS 3093 | Global Health Perspectives | 3 |
| IAS 3193 | Environment and Disease Crises in China | 3 |
| AFAM 4423 | African American Health Issues | 3 |
| AFAM 4443 | African American Mental Health | 3 |
| ANTH 1913 | Plagues and People: Health and Disease in Human Society | 3 |
| ANTH 3203 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 3243 | Anthropological Approaches to Health, Illness and Healing | 3 |
| ANTH 4093 | Bodies and Materialities | 3 |
| ANTH 4593 | Anthropology of Human Reproduction | 3 |
| COMM 2323 | Survey of Health Communication | 3 |
| COMM 3313 | Communication and Public Health | 3 |
| COMM 4413 | Issues in Health Communication | 3 |
| ECON 3523 | Health Economics | 3 |
| HES 3553 | Wellness in Native Communities | 3 |
| HES 3583 | Sociocultural Aspects of Health | 3 |
| SOC 3713 | Medical Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 3843 | Sociology of Aging | 3 |
Major Support
The department intends that the science courses required for any of the pre-med/health-related programs can be counted toward the 9 hours of coursework in the "life or natural sciences" category under Major Support Requirements for the HMS BA degree. Besides the general education courses required for pre-degree programs, the following courses are acceptable as science major support electives:
