Medical Humanities Minor Requirements

Carthage offers an interdisciplinary minor in medical humanities. Students must complete the Carthage Core, Distribution Requirements, their major requirements, and the medical humanities minor requirements listed below.

Medical Humanities Minor (24 credits)

Required Courses (8 credits)

• CDM 2100 Health Communication (4 credits)
• PHL 1400 Bio-Medical Ethics (4 credits)

Choose Four (16 credits) 

• BIO/GEO 675: Nicaragua: Tropical Medicine, History, and Ecology (4 credits)
• CDM 2400 Gender Communication (4 credits)
• CDM 3600 Intercultural Communication (4 credits)
• ENG 1160 Introduction to Literary Studies: Literature, Illness, Medicine (4 credits)
• ENG 3090 Literature of Diversity (4 credits)
• ENG 3100 Literature and Gender (4 credits)
• PHL 1100 Contemporary Ethical Issues (4 credits)
• POL/WMG 3030 Women of Africa (4 credits)
• POL 3450 Global Poverty (4 credits)
• REL 2280 Faith, Love and Ethics (4 credits)
• REL 2300 Issues of Living and Dying (4 credits)
• REL 3250 Religion and Society (4 credits)
• SOC 1020 Cultural Anthropology (4 credits)
• SOC 2010 Social Problems (4 credits)
• SOC 2530 Racial and Cultural Minorities (4 credits)
• SOC 2770 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in a Diverse World (4 credits)
• WMG 1100 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies (4 credits)
• WMG 3110 Women’s and Gender Studies Theory (4 credits)

Current students: You should follow the official College Catalog from the year you entered Carthage and work with your advisors to ensure all requirements are met.