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: Biology and Geography of Nicaragua (4 credits)
• CDM 2400/WMG 200R 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)
• POL/WMG 3030 Women of Africa (4 credits)
• POL 3450/WMG 3500 Global Poverty (4 credits)
• REL 2200 Faith, Love and Ethics (4 credits)
• REL 2300 Issues of Living and Dying (4 credits)
• REL 3350 Religion and Society (4 credits)
• SOC 2010 Social Problems (4 credits)
• SOC 2020 Cultural Anthropology (4 credits)
• SOC 2530 Race and Racisms (4 credits)
• SOC 2770 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in a Diverse World (4 credits)
• SWK 2700 Trauma Across Social Contexts (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.