Health Care Studies Minor
The minor in Health Care Studies is designed for students with a strong interest in the many health care-related fields. Students learn basic biological and medical principles related to human health and disease, as well as gaining an understanding of the ethical, social and business issues associated with working in the health care system. The minor is well suited for traditional pre-med and pre-health professional students, as well as those interested in other health care fields, such as careers in allied health, public health, clinical psychology, and counseling.
The minor requires 24 semester hours.
Four-semester-hour courses in
HLCR-301 Human Anatomy
HLCR-302 Human Physiology
HLCR-370 Human Health and Disease
PHIL-221 Medical Ethics
Plus one two-semester-hour course
HLCR-080 The Business of Health Care.
A four-semester-hour elective course to be chosen from one of the following-
BIOL-157 Biology of Women
BIOL-320 Exercise and Extreme Physiology
PSYC-242 Health Psychology
ANTH-320 Cultures of Science and Technology
HIST-390-W3 History of Medicine
RELI-321 Current Topics in Religion, with End of Life Issues as the topic
HIST-323 History of American Medicine
CHEM-300 Medicinal Chemistry
* Other four-semester-hour courses may also be counted towards this requirement with prior approval of the Health Care Studies advisor.