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The medical humanities minor is designed to give students an overview of the ways that the medical arts and sciences intersect and interact with various disciplines in the humanities, in such ways as art and medicine, bioethics, the history of medicine, literature and medicine, music and medicine, medicine in the performing arts, medicine and philosophy, and medicine and law.

Medical Humanities Minor Requirements (15 credits)
Students must complete 15 credits from the following list, nine credits of which must be at the 3000/4000 level:

HUMN 2200 Introduction to Medical Humanities (3 credits)
HUMN 4100 Death and Dying (3 credits)
LITR 3500 Literature and Medicine (3 credits)
PHIL 3180 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits)
PHIL 3220 Philosophy of Science (3 credits)
PSYC 2470 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement (3 credits)