Minor in Science, Health, and Society
NOTE: NO NEW STUDENTS WILL BE SIGNED INTO THE MINOR AFTER FALL OF 2009. ALL STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE THE CAPSTONE COURSE BY SPRING OF 2010. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE THIS MINOR.
There are several options for completing the minor:
Option A
Open to those majoring in Humanities and Social Science
- Take 2 of the following introductory science course sequences
- Biology 220 and 221
- Chemistry 110 and 112
- Physics 101 and 102 (or Physics 110 and 120)
- Take one upper-level elective listed below
- Communication Arts 365 Media and Cultural Theory (Pre-req, Comm Arts 120)
- History 380: Disease and Medicine in Modern History (Social Foundations)
- History 584 Doctors and Deviants (pre-requisite: Permission of Instructor)
- INTDS 315 History of Neuroscience INTDS [Has not been offered since Spring 2005]
- INTDS 306 Cultural Construction of Sexuality (Pre-req INTDS 207 or permission of instructor)
- Philosophy 310 Global Justice (Philosophy 140 or 210 or permission of instructor)
- Philosophy 395 Medical Ethics (Ethical Foundations)
- 84 hours of shadowing/service in a health related field
- Submission of Science, Health, and Society portfolio
- LS 550 NOTE: The last time this course will be offered is Spring 2010
Option B
Open to all students
- Take four courses from the following three areas. You must take at least one course from each area:
- Health and Science Foundations
- Chemistry 115 The Science of Chemistry
- Biology 070 Human Heredity
- Environmental Science 110
- INTDS 310 Neuroscience of Music Comprehension
- INTDS 312 Neuroscience of Dance/Movement
- Psychology 172: Health Psychology
- Social Foundation
- Com Arts 120 Media and Society
- Economics 250 Issues in Financing Health Care (Pre-requisite: One micro- and one macro-based introduction to economics)
- INTDS 207: Human Sexual Identities
- Political Science 221 Law and Society
- Political Science 236 Health Policy in the US
- Psychology 103 Drugs and Society
- Psychology 105 Foundations of Psychology
- Psychology 160 Life Span and Development Psychology
- Women’s Studies 100
- Ethics Foundations
- Philosophy 130: Values and Knowledge
- Philosophy 140: Ethics and Community
- Philosophy 270 Early Modern Philosophy: Science and Knowledge
- Philosophy 230: Science in its Cultural setting (Pre-requisite: One course in natural science or permission of the instructor)
- Religious Studies 200: Christian Ethics
- One upper-level elective (listed above)
- 84 hours of shadowing/service in a health related field
- Submission of Science, Health, and Society Portfolio
- LS 550 NOTE: The last time this course will be offered is Spring 2010
