Courses: A Unique Opportunity
Although many universities and medical schools have programs in medical humanities and/or bioethics, Davidson College is one of the first liberal arts colleges to offer such a program. In order to complete the requirements for the Medical Humanities Concentration, students must take six courses, including two core requirements and four electives. Students are strongly encouraged to take one class that offers an applied experience in a health care setting. Students are invited to suggest courses for their concentration and their major that are not included in this list. Permissions must be obtained by the Director or Associate Director of Medical Humanities.
Core Philosophy 130 Medical Ethics CIS 391 Research Ethics Applied Experience CIS 380 Issues in Medicine CIS 390 Health Care Ethics Considerations for PreMed BIO 361 Issues in Reproductive Medicine CIS 303 History of Medicine CIS 381 Health, Law and Public Policy CIS 392 Epidemiology CIS 397 Future of American Health Care ECO 122 Introduction to Health Economics (non-majors) ECO 222 Health Economics (majors) REL 256 Religion, Ethics, and Medicine Considerations for Population Health ANT 340 Medical Anthropology BIO 103 The AIDS Pandemic CIS 392 Epidemiology CIS 470 Global Health Ethics HIS 472 Law, Justice, and Human Rights in China SOC 360 Medical Sociology SOU 385 Public Health in India
Additional Electives BIO 310 Bioinformatics ENG 110 Literature and Medicine ENG 494 Disability in Literature PHIL 230 Philosophy of Medicine PSY 245 Psychology of Aging PSY 303 Behavioral Neuroscience REL 155 Issue in Religion and Science REL 257 Death, Dying, and the Afterlife
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