Approved Health Medicine & Society Elective Courses
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For the most current HMS course lists, please contact the Department of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.
Major Categories
HISTORICAL/HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVES
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 1913 | Writing for the Health Professions | 3 |
| ENGL 3693 | Literature and Medicine | 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 3223 | Gender Issues in Science, Technology and Medicine | 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 3283 | Introduction to Disability Studies | 3 |
| HSTM 3293 | Environment and Health | 3 |
| HSTM 3353 | Science and Empire | 3 |
| HSTM 3423 | Modern Medicine - A Historical Introduction | 3 |
| HSTM 3453 | Science and Civilization in Islam | 3 |
| HON 2973 | Perspectives on the American Experience (Topic: Food & Culture) | 3 |
| HON 3993 | Honors Colloquium (with approved medical topic) | 3 |
| IAS 3193 | Environment and Disease Crises in China | 3 |
| WGS 3943 | Women's Health | 3 |
SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 4093 | Bodies and Materialities | 3 |
| ANTH 4323 | The Anthropology of Aging | 3 |
| ANTH 4643 | Psychiatric Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 4723 | Gender and Health | 3 |
| ANTH 4823 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 4943 | Human Osteology and Paleopathology | 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 |
| ENST 3423 | Anthropogenic Contaminants and Environmental Health | 3 |
| HES 3553 | Wellness in Native Communities | 3 |
| HES 4513 | Public Policy Impact on Health Promotion | 3 |
| SOC 3683 | Wealth, Power, and Prestige | 3 |
| SOC 3713 | Medical Sociology | 3 |
| S WK 3233 | Human Behavior: Individuals and Families | 3 |
| S WK 3323 | Human Diversity and Social Justice | 3 |
| WGS 4473 | Women and Mental Health | 3 |
IN-MAJOR ELECTIVE
Students can meet this requirement by taking any of the courses in the lists above
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:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 2124 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| BIOL 2234 | Introduction to Human Anatomy | 4 |
| BIOL 2255 | Human Anatomy | 5 |
| BIOL 3083 | Animal Behavior | 3 |
| BIOL 3103 | Principles of Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 3113 | Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 3201 | Animal Development Lab | 1 |
| BIOL 3203 | Animal Development | 3 |
| BIOL 3214 | Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | 4 |
| BIOL 3333 | Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 3342 | Genetics Laboratory | 2 |
| BIOL 3833 | Introduction to Neurobiology | 3 |
| BIOL 4034 | Mammalogy | 4 |
| BIOL 4233 | Neurobiology of Disease | 3 |
| BIOL 4244 | Animal Histology | 4 |
| BIOL 4843 | Molecular Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 4893 | Behavioral Neurobiology | 3 |
| BIOL 4970 | Special Topics in Biology (Topic: Epigenetic) | 3 |
| MBIO 3812 | Fundamentals of Microbiology Laboratory | 2 |
| MBIO 3813 | Fundamentals of Microbiology | 3 |
| MBIO 4823 | Pathogenic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 3 |
| MBIO 4833 | Basic Immunology | 3 |
| MBIO 4903 | (Topics in Virology) | |
| CHEM 3053 | Organic Chemistry I: Biological Emphasis | 3 |
| CHEM 3152 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory: Biological Emphasis | 2 |
| CHEM 3153 | Organic Chemistry II: Biological Emphasis | 3 |
| CHEM 3064 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM 3164 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHEM 3653 | Introduction to Biochemistry | 3 |
| HES 3523 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| HES 4523 | Human Sexuality II | 3 |
| PHYS 2424 | General Physics for Life Science Oriented Majors | 4 |
| PHYS 2524 | General Physics for Engineering and Science Majors | 4 |