Medical Humanities Major
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Medical Humanities Major - Curriculum & Duration
University of the Sciences' BS in Medical Humanities major gives you a thorough grounding in the natural sciences in combination with in-depth study of the various humanities disciplines, including literature, philosophy, ethics, history, classics, the fine arts, and religion.
Create your own areas of study in this highly flexible major. Students can satisfy all requirements for application to medical school, include broad natural science education along with the humanities requirements, or focusing primarily on a specific natural science (biology, chemistry, and physics) for a personalized track appropriate for a professional or graduate program.
Degree Requirements
After satisfying prerequisites, the arrangement and scheduling of courses is highly flexible. A minimum of 121 credits of approved courses required.
General Education Discipline Requirements (41 credits) | Credits |
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Natural Sciences (1 semester of lab) | 7 |
Mathematics | 6 |
Written and Oral Communication | 9 |
Social Sciences | 6 |
Humanities | 6 |
Multidisciplinary Inquiry | 6 |
Physical Education | 1 |
Distribution Requirements, take four of six courses (12 credits) | Credits |
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Ancient Medicine | 3 |
Medicine and Literature | 3 |
History of US Medicine and Public Health | 3 |
Medicine and Hispanics | 3 |
Philosophy of Medicine | 3 |
Religion and Medicine | 3 |
Core Requirements (7 credits) | Credits |
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Orientation to Humanities | 1 |
Pre-Capstone | 3 |
Senior Seminar | 3 |
Foreign Language Requirement (3 credits) | Credits |
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Foreign Language | 3 |
Free Electives (6 credits) | Credits |
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Free Electives | 6 |
Major Concentration (52 credits) | Credits |
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Science Program Electives | 25 |
Humanities Program Electives | 27 |
Sample Curriculum
The following is a sample curriculum for medical humanities students entering University of the Sciences in Fall 2018; other students should refer to their academic advisor for their curricula.
First Year
Orientation to Humanities
Precalculus
General Calculus
Physical Education I, II
Writing and Rhetoric I, II
Foreign Language Requirement
Free Elective
Second Year
General Chemistry I, II
General Chemistry Laboratory I, II
Survey of Physics
Major Distribution Course (English)
General Education Social Science Requirements
Multidisciplinary Inquiry Requirements
Science Program Elective
Third Year
Introduction to Communication
Major Distribution Courses (Fine Arts, History, Philosophy)
General Education Humanities Requirements
Humanities Program Elective
Science Program Electives
General Education Elective
Fourth Year
Senior Seminar
Humanities Program Electives
Science Program Elective
General Education Elective
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Medical Humanities program achieve these learning outcomes:
- Write at a high level of proficiency and construct well-supported arguments
- Interpret texts with critical thinking and insight
- Obtain understanding of the Humanities’ relationship to Healthcare
- Enter graduate, professional school or employment well-prepared
- Obtain research skills demonstrated in a comprehensive major research project
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