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Undergraduate Certificate

Medical Humanities Certificate

Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts 59 courses 27 total credits

About This Program

The undergraduate certificate in Medical Humanities offers OSU students a multi-disciplinary integrated program to study health, medicine, and the healing professions. The certificate relies on key courses in medical anthropology, literature and medicine, medical history, and biomedical ethics for its core content foundations. Courses from additional different disciplines - biology; ethnic studies; human development; kinesiology; philosophy; psychology; public health; religious studies; sociology; and women, gender, and sexuality studies - can fulfill complementary elective courses. The certificate program emphasizes skills in professional identity, reflective writing, cultural competency, and diversity as a complement to the scientific features of the healing professions. The certificate prepares students to empathize with the sufferings of others, reflect critically on medical knowledge and discourse, create new understandings of the medical experience, and confront moral, psychological, and ethical dilemmas.

Degree Requirements

Total Credits 27 credits

Electives

Code Course Title Credits
ANTH 240 +Introduction to Biological Anthropology 4
ANTH 245 +*Biological and Cultural Constructions of Race 3
ANTH 352 +*Anthropology, Health, and Environment 4
ANTH 374 +*Biosocial Approaches to Global Health Inequity 4
ANTH 383 *Introduction to Medical Anthropology 3
ANTH 461 Neuroanthropology 4
BB 220 *Cancer: Society's Malignant Shadow 3
BB 331 *Introduction to Molecular Biology 3
BB 332 +*Molecular Medicine 3
BHS 415 One Health in Practice 3
BOT 301 *Human Impacts on Ecosystems 3
COMM 437 Health Communication 3
ENT 300 +*Pests, Plagues and Politics 3
ES 445 *Native American Science and Technology 4
FCSJ 361 +*Food Justice 4
GEOG 332 *Climate and Health 3
H 100 Introduction to Public Health 4
H 119 +Unpacking Life Expectancy in the U.s 3
H 210 *Introduction to the Health Care System 3
H 225 +*Social Determinants of Health 4
H 244 +Science of Human & Planetary Health 4
H 256 +Silence Equals Death: Hiv Stigma to Global Social Movement 3
H 312 *Hiv/Aids and Stis in Modern Society 3
H 320 Introduction to Human Disease 3
H 333 *Global Public Health 3
H 344 *Foundations of Environmental Health 3
H 470 +Public Health Equity & Social Justice in the U.s 4
HDFS 447 +Families and Poverty 4
HEST 320 *Engineering for Global Health Solutions 3
HHS 120 +Disease Detectives 4
HST 419 *Theory of Evolution and Foundation of Modern Biology 4
HST 420 *History of Medicine Pre-1800 4
HST 423 *History of Medicine 4
HST 437 *Studies in Scientific Controversy: Methods and Practices 4
HST 440 History of Psychotherapy 4
KIN 212 +*Sociocultural Dimensions of Physical Activity 4
PHL 275 *Introduction to Disability Studies 4
KIN 470 Mental Skills Training 4
KIN 475 +*Power and Privilege in Sport 3
PHL 444 *Biomedical Ethics 4
PHL 455 Death and Dying 3
PHL 474 *Philosophy of Biology 4
PHL 475 *Human Technological Enhancement 4
PSY 426 +*Psychology of Gender 4
PSY 433 Psychopharmacology 4
PSY 462 +Psychology of Disability 4
PSY 482 Psychotherapy 4
PSY 484 ^Psychology of Addiction 4
PSY 486 Yoga and Mental Health 4
PSY 498 Health Psychology 4
SOC 350 Health, Illness and Society 4
SOC 355 Death and Dying 4
SOC 432 Sociology of Aging 4
TRAL 479 *Nature and the Human Experience 3
WGSS 340 *Gender and Science 3
WGSS 482 Global Perspectives on Women's Health 4
WGSS 483 Race, Gender, and Health Justice 4
Total Electives 27 credits

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