The University offers many health humanities courses in the range of disciplines that contribute to the field. Courses regularly taught by Center and Center-affiliated faculty are in bold. The Center also hosts lectures in relation to courses being taught during a particular term. See Health Humanities Lecture Series and Healthcare and Religion Lecture Series, as well as lectures of the C. F. Reynolds History of Medicine Society.
(Image: August Wilson Tribute Mural, by Kyle Holbrook and the MLK Community Murals Project)
Lower-level Undergraduate Courses
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ANTH 0717 |
Magic, Witchcraft, and the Supernatural Body |
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CLASS 0618 or HAA 0018 |
Death in the Ancient World |
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CLASS 0650 |
Archaeology of the Body |
| CLASS 1810 | Ancient Medicine |
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ECON 0220 |
Intro to Health Economics |
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ENGCMP 0535 |
Writing in the Health Science Professions |
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ENGFLM 0585 or FMST 0790 |
Technologies of the Body |
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ENGLIT 0541 |
Literature and Medicine |
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ENGLIT 0612 |
Literature and Science |
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ENGLIT 0630 |
Sexuality and Representation |
| ENGLIT 0648 | Narrative and Graphic Perspectives in Health Humanities |
| ENGLIT 0670 | Queer and Transgender Literature |
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ENGWT 0610 |
Intro to Journalism and Nonfiction |
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FR 0088 |
Ailing Bodies: Narratives of Health and Illness |
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GSWS 0100 |
Intro to Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies |
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GSWS 0400 |
Gender and Science |
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GSWS 0550 |
Sex and Sexualities |
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HIST 0709 |
History of Global Health |
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HPS 0427 |
Myth and Science |
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HPS 0515 |
Magic, Medicine, and Science |
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HPS 0612 |
Mind and Medicine |
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HPS 0613 |
Morality and Medicine |
| HPS 0623 | Explanations of Humans and Society |
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NROSCI 0080 |
Brain and Behavior |
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NROSCI 0081 |
Drugs and Behavior |
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PHIL 0360 |
Introduction to Biomedical Ethics |
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PSY 0505 |
Introduction to Biopsychology |
| PUBHLT 0500 | Ethical Issues in Public and Community Health |
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RELGST 0770 |
Science and Religion |
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SOC 0007 |
Social Problems |
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SOC 0436 |
Social Aspects of Sexuality |
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SOC 0444 |
Urban Sociology |
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SOC 0471 |
Deviance and Social Control |
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SOC 0473 |
Globalization and Health |
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SOC 0477 |
Medical Sociology |
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STAT 0800 |
Statistics in the Modern World |
Upper-level Undergraduate Courses
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AFRCNA 1710 |
African American Health Issues |
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AFRCNA 1903 |
Directed Reading |
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ANTH 1725 |
Social Health Issues in East Africa |
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ANTH 1761 |
Patients and Healers |
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ANTH 1793 |
Asian Medical Systems |
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BIOETH 1001 |
Ethics and Aging |
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BIOETH 1660 |
Philosophy of Medicine |
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BIOETH 1664 |
Bioethics |
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CLASS 1090/ HIST 1714/RELGST 1151 |
Death in the Mediterranean World |
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CLASS 1436 or RELGST 1150 |
Body and Society in Late Antiquity |
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COMMRC 1101 |
Evidence |
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COMMRC 1123 |
Rhetorical Criticism |
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COMMRC 1143 |
Knowledge, Power & Desire |
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ENGCMP 1102 |
The Language of Medicine |
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ENGCMP 1250 |
Public and Professional Writing: The Language of Medicine |
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ENGFLM 1671 |
Making the Documentary |
| ENGLIT 1015 | Unruly Bodies |
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ENGLIT 1180 |
Humans, Animals, Machines in Victorian Literature |
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ENGWRT 1330 |
Intermediate Nonfiction |
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ENGWRT 1390 |
Readings in Contemporary Non-fiction |
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GSWS 1130 |
Gendered Bodies |
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GSWS 1140 |
Gender, Trauma, and Disability Studies |
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GSWS 1230 |
Gender and Medicine |
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HIST 1026 |
Sex in the Americas |
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HIST 1090 |
History of Medicine and Public Health |
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HIST 1091 |
Global Health History: Historical Perspective |
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HIST 1197 |
Black Death: Plague and History |
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HIST 1425 |
History of Medicine in China |
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HIST 1484 or RELGST 1554 |
Death and Beyond in the Buddhist Cultures |
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HIST 1725 |
Disease and Health in Modern Africa |
| HPS 1602 | Race: History, Biology, Psychology, Philosophy |
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HPS 1623 or RELGST 1725 |
Death and the Healthcare Professions |
| HPS 1624 | Development of Scientific Medicine |
| HPS 1625 | Philosophy of Medicine |
| NUR 1308 | Ethical & Social Implications of Biotechnology |
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PHIL 1360 |
Biomedical Ethics |
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PSY 1110 |
Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality |
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PSY 1205 |
Abnormal Psychology |
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PSY 1215 |
Health Psychology |
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PSY 1230 |
Psychology of Death and Dying |
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PSY 1357 |
Psychology of Aging |
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PSY 1470 |
Cognition and the Brain |
| RELGST 1171 | Health and Illness in Israeli Society |
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RELGST 1402 |
Health and Religion |
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RELGST 1405 |
Religion and Sexuality |
| RELGST 1521 | Asian Religions’ Perspectives on Bioethics |
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RELGST 1558 |
Buddhism and Psychology |
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RELGST 1575 |
Law and Medicine in Asian Religions |
| RELGST 1725 | Death and Healthcare Professions |
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RELGST 1726 |
Healing and Humanity |
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SOC 1324 |
Social Problems and Moral Crusades |
| SOC 1421 | Body Politics: Technologies, Disability, Difference |
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SOC 1445 |
Society and Environment |
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SOC 1450 |
Health & Illness |
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SPAN 1323 |
Medical Spanish |
Graduate Courses
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BIOETH 2001 |
Ethics and Aging |
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BIOETH 2661 |
Theoretical Foundations of Applied Ethics |
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BIOETH 2658 |
Philosophy of Medicine |
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BIOETH 2664 |
Bioethics |
| HPS 2705 | History of Medicine |
| HPS 2710 | History of Psychiatry |
| HPS 2730 | Philosophy of Medicine |
| HPS 2740 | Philosophy of Psychiatry |
| HPS 2750 | Philosophy of Epidemiology |
| HPS 2245 | Eugenics and Social Darwinism |
| HPS 2725 | History of Pubic Health |
| HPS 2785 | History and Philosophy of Medicine |
| HPS 2790 | Topics in History and Philosophy of Medicine |
| NUR 2308 | Ethical & Social Implications of Biotechnology |
| PHIL 2652 | Philosophy of Psychiatry |