2010-2011 University of Richmond Undergraduate Catalog

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Medical Humanities

John Vaughan, Coordinator (Biology)

The medical humanities minor complements the science-intensive pre-health curriculum by providing future healthcare practitioners with a solid foundation in the interpersonal, cultural, bioethical, legal, economic, business, and political facets of medicine. In physician-led courses, particular emphasis will be placed on the physician-patient relationship. By combining a mastery of the sciences with the development of medical humanity skills, students will be well-equipped to become effective healthcare providers.

The Medical Humanities Minor

IDST 200 The Medical Humanities or IDST 201 Doctors Becoming Doctors

LDST 377 Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare

PLSC 365 U.S. Healthcare Policy and Politics

Two courses, chosen from

ANTH 379 Medicine and Health In Global Perspective

CLSC 210 A History of Early Medicine

HIST 100 Health In American History

IDST 200 The Medical Humanities (if taken in addition to IDST 201 Doctors Becoming Doctors)

IDST 201 Doctors Becoming Doctors (if taken in addition to IDST 200 The Medical Humanities)

IDST 240 Law and Medicine

IDST 397 Law and Medicine

PHIL 220 Contemporary Moral Issues

PLSC 363 Global Health, Infectious Disease, and Human Rights

PLSC 364/PSYC 353 Mental Health and Policy

PSYC 331 Behavioral Neuroscience

PSYC 341 Cognitive Neuroscience

PSYC 444 Clinical Case Studies (Foundations of Neuropsychology)

RHCS 102 Interpersonal Communication

or another approved elective

Students are expected to fulfill all prerequisites necessary for courses within the minor. Prerequisites do not count toward the minor unless otherwise noted.

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