Medicine and Society Program

Medicine & Society Program

Director: William Monroe

Associate Director: W. Andrew Achenbaum

Coordinator: Helen Valier

A minor in Medicine & Society requires 15-18 semester hours of approved course work, including HON 3301 “Readings in Medicine & Society” (note that this class is open to all University of Houston students; it is not restricted to those students enrolled in the Honors College); four additional courses chosen from a list approved for the minor; plus one of the following options: a special project of original research; an internship/externship (as arranged by the Program Coordinator); or an additional 3 hour course chosen from the approved list of electives. Students must complete at least 12 hours in residence, 9 hours of which must be at the advanced level. A maximum of 6 hours of approved transfer credits may be accepted toward the minor upon the approval of the Program Coordinator. No more than 6 hours of a student's major may apply toward the minor. A minimum 3.0 grade point average for all courses applied to the minor is required.

The academic requirements are as follows:

•  HONS 3301 ‘ Readings in Medicine & Society'

•  A selection of four elective course taken from the list of approved courses:

ANTH 3350 Women and Health

ANTH 3364 Disease in Antiquity

ANTH 4331 Medical Anthropology

ANTH 4337 Anthropology of the Life Cycle

ANTH 4352 Biomedical Anthropology

ANTH 4384 Anthropology of HIV

ANTH 4394 Anthropology of the Body

BIOE 1440 Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering

BIOL 1309 Human Genetics and Society

COMD 4301 Deaf Culture

COMM 4333 Health Communication

COMM 4397 Health Literacy

COMM 4397 Doctor-Patient Communication

ECON 6397 Economics in Health

ENGL 4371 Literature and Medicine

HIST 3303 Disease, Health, and Medicine

HIST 4395 Science, Technology and Empire

INDE 4337 Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Safety

OPTO 1300 Introduction to the Health Professions

PHIL 3354 Medical Ethics

SOC 3382 Sociology of Drug Use and Recovery

SOCW 3397 Spirituality and Aging

Note: Courses are added to the approved list between editions of the catalog. Students may obtain a complete list of courses approved for this minor in the office of the Program in Medicine & Society, 212 M.D. Anderson Library, Room 204B etx 3-9021

3) Approved research, field-based service, internship/externship, or an additional 3-hour course from the list of approved elective courses.

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