Medical Humanities, Minor
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Credit Hours: 18
Program Code: N678
Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Honors College.
- The Medical Humanities Minor is available to all Honors-eligible (GPA 3.4 or higher) students at OU.
Required Courses
Students minoring in Medical Humanities will complete 18 hours of coursework in anthropology, psychology, communication, history, history of science, medicine & technology, philosophy, cultural studies, women's & gender studies, ethnic studies, religious studies, ethics, music, art, classics, sociology, and foreign language. Courses are chosen in consultation with the Honors College to develop students' cultural competence through the study of cultural variation within any humanistic, social scientific, or scientific context.
Three of the 18 hours will be devoted to the study of a foreign language beyond the College of Arts & Sciences minimum 13-hour requirement.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Interdisciplinary Course Distribution 1 | ||
| Lower Division Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| Choose 6 hours | 6 | |
| Upper Division Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| Choose 6 hours | 6 | |
| World Culture Course | ||
| Choose 3 hours | 3 | |
| Foreign Spoken Language | ||
| Choose any intermediate foreign language course, including ASL, beyond the College of Arts and Sciences first semester intermediate language requirement 2 | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
- 1
Note: at least two courses (6 hours) must devote a significant portion of the semester to health-related issues.
- 2
This requirement is waived for students completing a major or minor in a modern foreign language.
INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE DISTRIBUTION
Lower DIVISION HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Acceptable courses include (but are not limited to):
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 2203 | Global Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| ANTH 2613 | Native Peoples of North America | 3 |
| Any 2000-level CL C course | ||
| COMM 2003 | Communication in Non-Western Culture | 3 |
| COMM 2213 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| Any 2000-level ENGL course | ||
| Any 2000- level HIST course | ||
| Any 2000-level HSCI course | ||
| HON 2973 | Perspectives on the American Experience (some topics) | 3 |
| LING 2303 | General Linguistics | 3 |
| MUNM 2313 | History of Jazz | 3 |
| PSY 2403 | Introduction to Personality | 3 |
| S WK 2113 | Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
| WGS 1003 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
UPPER DIVISION HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Acceptable courses include (but are not limited to):
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 3453 | Contemporary Native American Issues | 3 |
| ANTH 4623 | Approaches to Cross-Cultural Human Problems | 3 |
| ANTH 4823 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| A HI 3343 | Northern Renaissance Art | 3 |
| A HI 3503 | Art of the 18th Century: The Age of Enlightenment | 3 |
| Any 3000 or 4000-level CL C course | ||
| COMM 4153 | Nonverbal Communication | 3 |
| ECON 4983 | Economics as Social Science | 3 |
| ENGL 3173 | Histories of Writing, Rhetoric and Technology | 3 |
| HES 4543 | Comprehensive Stress Management | 3 |
| Any 3000 or 4000-level HIST course | ||
| Any 3000 or 4000-level HSCI course | ||
| HON 3970 | Honors Seminar (some topics) | 1-3 |
| HON 3993 | Honors Colloquium (some topics) | 3 |
| LING 4313 | Techniques of Historical Linguistics | 3 |
| MLLL 3043 | Mythology and Folklore | 3 |
| MLLL 3123 | Russian Culture and Civilization | 3 |
| MUNM 3113 | World Music | 3 |
| MUNM 3213 | Native American Music | 3 |
| NAS 3113 | Native American Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 3293 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 4623 | Philosophy of The Social Sciences | 3 |
| S WK 3313 | Social Welfare Policy: Analysis and Practice | 3 |
| S WK 3323 | Human Diversity and Social Justice | 3 |
| SOC 3543 | Sociology of Deviance | 3 |
| SOC 3623 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SOC 3723 | Sociology of Family | 3 |
| SOC 3733 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| SOC 3813 | Individual and Society | 3 |
| WGS 4003 | Women's and Gender Studies Senior Capstone | 3 |
| WGS 4123 | Contemporary Feminist Thought | 3 |