Minor Requirements for students outside the BA/MD Program
(21 Hours)
Students who complete 12 hours of Health, Medicine, and Human Values (HMHV) seminars may receive a minor in Health, Medicine, and Human Values by completing another 9 hours of distribution requirements from the list of courses below. Students must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above in all 21 hours submitted for the HMHV minor. 15 of the 21 hours for the minor must be upper division (300/400-level courses).
21 Hours as follows:
12 Hours hours of the following HMHV seminars:
HMHV 1110 | Social Contours of Health | 3 |
HMHV 2110 | Literature, Fine Arts, and Medicine | 3 |
HMHV 301 | Health Economics, Politics, and Policy | 3 |
HMHV 310 | Health and Cultural Diversity | 3 |
HMHV 401 | Ethics, Medicine, and Health | 3 |
In addition to the HMHV courses above, nine hours from the list of distribution requirements below must be completed. At least three hours of the distribution requirements must be from a 400-level course. All courses must be upper division (300/400 level). Note: No substitutions will be allowed, except in the case of a 400-level special topics course with a clear emphasis in health/medicine. Consult the HMHV academic advisor. Some the of the courses below require pre-requisites, and students need to plan accordingly.
CJ 314 | Intercultural Communication |
CJ 450 | Health Communication |
ECON 335 | Health Economics |
ECON 410 | Topics in Health Economics |
ENGL 413 | Scientific, Environmental, and Medical Writing |
HIST 414 | Women and Health in American History |
HIST 415 | The History of Reproduction |
HIST 416 | History and Disease in the Southwest |
HIST 417 | History of Modern Medicine |
PHIL 368 | Biomedical Ethics |
PSYC 324 | Infant Development |
PSYC 329 | Adolescent Psychology |
PSYC 421 | Advanced Development Psychology |
PSYC 374 | Cultural Psychology |
POLS 376 | Health Policy and Politics |
SIGN 352 | Language and culture in the Deaf Community Part 1 |
SOCI 310 | Sociology of Aging and the Aged |
SOCI 340 | Sociology of Medical Practice |
SOCI 346 | Health and Social Inequalities I |
SOCI 347 | Health and Social Inequalities II |
SPAN 301 | Topics in Hispanic Culture and Language – allowed when health/medical content is appropriate and approved by a BA/MD advisor |