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Explore the vital connections between the medical arts and sciences and the humanities with a Medical Humanities minor. This interdisciplinary program provides a rich overview of how fields like art, bioethics, history, literature, music, philosophy, and law intersect with medicine, revealing the profound human dimensions of healthcare.
This minor can be combined with any major and minor. A minimum of 9 credits must be exclusive to the minor and cannot be counted toward any other majors, minors, or certificate programs.
What are the Medical Humanities?
To study the medical humanities is to examine the intersection of human experience and expression with the practices and technologies of healthcare. We ask how issues of medicine and health inspire artists and thinkers; how culture and philosophy has shaped healthcare policies and practices; and how health affects social, political, and personal identities.
Why minor in the Medical Humanities?
A minor in medical humanities equips students with a multi-disciplinary perspective of healthcare that:
- Fosters independent critical thinking and strong communication skills necessary for an always-changing marketplace and demanding career decisions.
- Equips students to interact with people, empathetically and thoughtfully in ways that start conversations, recognize strengths in diversity, and unify methods and goals.
- Strengthens students’ abilities to appreciate cultural, aesthetic, and professional differences.
- Prepares students to trust themselves and their skills in navigating the challenges of their professional and personal goals.
In medical humanities classes, students will find themselves alongside others from a range of backgrounds, preparing for careers as nurses, doctors, hospital administrators, technicians, pharmaceutical professionals, writers, social workers, lawyers, and clergy. The merit of a medical humanities minor is that it provides rigorous preparation and experiences that are applicable to a wide variety of opportunities.
Program Curriculum
Core Course (3 credits)
Credits
Minor Electives (select 12 credits from the following)
Credits
The academic program and curriculum requirements listed on this page are from the NSU Undergraduate Student Catalog. Students are bound by policies and curricula published in the catalog in effect the semester they enter the university, unless an agreement is made with appropriate NSU administration officials allowing them to abide by policies published in a later catalog.
