Medical Humanities Minor

Program Coordinator: Derek Maher (A-328 Brewster Building; 252-328-5332; maherd@ecu.edu)

The Medical Humanities Minor promotes student learning about medicine and health care from the perspectives of religious, philosophical, ethical, and literary sources. The minor will help students develop empathy and cultivate an awareness of the search for meaning in a medical setting that are regarded as underlying the art of medicine.

The minor requires 18 s.h. as follows:

Core - 9 s.h.

ENGL 3820 - Scientific Writing
PHIL 2277 - Biomedical Ethics
RELI 2360 - Religion and Healthcare

Electives - 9 s.h.

Choose 3 courses from the following:

COMM 3190 - Health Communication
ENGL 3040 - Introduction to Professional Writing
ENGL 3570 - American Folklore
ENGL 3860 - Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing
PHIL 1700 - Philosophy of Death and Dying
PHIL 2261 - Introduction to Philosophy of Science
PHIL 3281 - Introduction to Philosophical Ethics in the Health Care Professions
RELI 2340 - Religion and Science
RELI 2350 - Religion and Sexuality
SPAN 3110 - Spanish for the Health Professions
TEXT 3001 - Transformative Texts and Ideas of Science