Medical Humanities Minor

Grounding:

One of the following:

• BISC 103 - Principles of Biology (3cr.)

• or

• BISC 104 - Principles of Biology with Laboratory (4cr.)

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• BISC 106 - Elementary Human Physiology (3cr.)
• BISC 276 - Human Physiology (4cr.)
• BISC 306 - General Physiology (3cr.)
• KAAP 220 - Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology I (3cr.)

Humanistic Approaches:

One three-credit course from each of the following three disciplinary groups (nine credits total), plus one additional course from any one of the groups (three credits):

Capstone:

• One-credit Independent Study (pass/fail)
  • A short (1000 word) discussion of how humanistic studies can inform and improve the practice of healthcare, with specific reference to the content of one or more classes taken (must include specific reference to any classes substituted for a listed class).
    • Restriction: must be in senior year or have completed 12 units of the minor to enroll

Note:

Class substitutions: relevant alternative classes, or three-credit independent study, may be substituted within each group if approved by the minor’s faculty advisor.