Health and Medical Humanities, Minor

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Kate McCarthy-Gilmore, Ph.D., Associate Dean

The undergraduate minor in the Health and Medical Humanities at Loras College is committed to the liberal arts and Catholic Social Teaching. Specifically, it prepares students to prioritize compassionate and holistic care for patients and families; advocate for the rights of the poor and vulnerable; communicate the principles of a more just and equitable healthcare system; and engage in their health vocations as lifelong learners, committed to the values of Catholic Social Teaching.

Requirements for the Minor in Health and Medical Humanities:

A total of 18 credits are required to complete the Health and Medical Humanities minor. In addition to the cornerstone and capstone courses, students must complete 12 credits. Participants take at least one course from Expression/Communication, Stories, and Contexts & Systems and one additional course from one of the three categories. No more than 6 credits from any one discipline [prefix] may be counted toward the minor.

L.HMH 101 - Intro to Health & Medical Studies-EI Credits: 3
L.HMH 350 or L.ETH 350 - Narrative Medical Ethics: Health & Healing in the Humanities-VX Credits: 3

Expression/Communication

Take 1 course from the following list

L.COM 100 - Creative & Expressive Arts-EC Credits: 3
L.COM 110 - Oral Communication as Critical Inquiry Credits: 3
L.COM 115 - Oral Communication as Performance Credits: 3
L.COM XXX - Communicating Science, Health & Personal Experience
L.SPA 235 - Intermediate Spanish for the Professions Credits: 1-3

Stories

Take 1 course from the following list

L.ENG 267 - Gender, Disability, and War-EI Credits: 3
L.ENG 320 - Interdisciplinary Connections Credits: 3
L.ENG 326 - American Literature: 1861-1900 Credits: 3
L.ENG 330 - American Literature: Modern Prose, 1900-1945 Credits: 3
L.ENG 344 - British Fiction 1900-Present Credits: 3
L.ENG XXX - Literature and Medicine
L.ENG XXX - Health and Precarity in the Climate Crisis
L.ENG XXX - Narrative Medicine
L.HIS 125 - The Forgotten Burial Ground: Understanding Dubuque through the Third Street Cemetery Credits: 3
L.SPA 460 - Voices of the Spanish-Speaking World Credits: 3

Contexts and Systems

Take 1 course from the following list

L.HIS 122 - United States Since 1865 Credits: 3
L.HIS 231 - History of U.S. Sexuality-VX Credits: 3
L.HIS 341 - The Age of Love & Reason: Medieval Europe, 1075-1530 Credits: 3
L.EDU 265 - Multicultural Education-EI Credits: 3
L.EDU 280 - Childhood Studies-EI Credits: 3
L.SOC 350 - Health and Society Credits: 3
L.RST 201 - World Religions Credits: 3
L.POL 308 - American Public Policy Credits: 3
L.POL 314 - Politics in the Developing World Credits: 3
L.CRJ XXX - Health Care of Inmates
L.PHI 318 - Theory and Practice of Bioethics
L.RST XXX - Sacraments of Healing

Additional Elective

Take 1 course from the following list (excluding courses used to fulfill the requirements above)

L.COM 100 - Creative & Expressive Arts-EC Credits: 3
L.COM 110 - Oral Communication as Critical Inquiry Credits: 3
L.COM 115 - Oral Communication as Performance Credits: 3
L.COM XXX - Communicating Science, Health & Personal Experience
L.CRJ XXX - Health Care of Inmates
L.EDU 265 - Multicultural Education-EI Credits: 3
L.EDU 280 - Childhood Studies-EI Credits: 3
L.ENG 267 - Gender, Disability, and War-EI Credits: 3
L.ENG 320 - Interdisciplinary Connections Credits: 3
L.ENG 326 - American Literature: 1861-1900 Credits: 3
L.ENG 330 - American Literature: Modern Prose, 1900-1945 Credits: 3
L.ENG 344 - British Fiction 1900-Present Credits: 3
L.ENG XXX - Literature and Medicine
L.ENG XXX - Health and Precarity in the Climate Crisis
L.ENG XXX - Narrative Medicine
L.HIS 122 - United States Since 1865 Credits: 3
L.HIS 125 - The Forgotten Burial Ground: Understanding Dubuque through the Third Street Cemetery Credits: 3
L.HIS 231 - History of U.S. Sexuality-VX Credits: 3
L.HIS 341 - The Age of Love & Reason: Medieval Europe, 1075-1530 Credits: 3
L.PHI 318 - Theory and Practice of Bioethics
L.POL 308 - American Public Policy Credits: 3
L.POL 314 - Politics in the Developing World Credits: 3
L.RST 201 - World Religions Credits: 3
L.RST XXX - Sacraments of Healing
L.SOC 350 - Health and Society Credits: 3
L.SPA 235 - Intermediate Spanish for the Professions Credits: 1-3
L.SPA 460 - Voices of the Spanish-Speaking World Credits: 3