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Bioethics and Health Humanities - Minor

The Bioethics and Health Humanities minor engages students with interests and talents in humanities fields who are also interested in various careers in health care. The minor gives students opportunities to explore bioethical questions, including understanding the challenges of various communities in accessing health, as well as health humanities, focusing on expressions of health care concerns in humanities fields.

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Program Information for Bioethics and Health Humanities - Minor

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Describe historical, literary and philosophical domains of bioethics and/or medical humanities scholarship.
  2. Analyze and evaluate complex texts relating to the ethical, social and cultural aspects of medicine through close reading and critical interpretation of argument, history and narrative.
  3. Explain how justice and injustice, inclusion and exclusion, shape both cultural values and health trajectory of diverse groups.
  4. Research and communicate their own arguments about bioethics and health care humanities.

Admissions for Bioethics and Health Humanities - Minor

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Coursework

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Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
PHIL 21001INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS (KHUM) 3
PHIL 40005HEALTH CARE ETHICS 3
Minor Electives, choose from the following: 112
AFS 33130
GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
BSCI 30050
HUMAN GENETICS
or BSCI 30156
 ELEMENTS OF GENETICS
ENG 21003
INTRODUCTION TO LGBT LITERATURE
GEOG 42052
HEALTH GEOGRAPHY
GERO 14029
INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY (KSS)
GERO 40656
PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING
GERO 44030
RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSS ADULTHOOD (WIC)
HIST 31077
HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES
HIST 31543
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
HIST 31550
MEDICINE IN THE MODERN WORLD SINCE 1500
LGBT 20020
INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER STUDIES
PH 32005
EMERGING ISSUES IN COMMUNITY HEALTH
PHIL 30015
MEDICINE AND MORALITY
PHIL 41030
ETHICAL THEORY
PHIL 41035
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
PHIL 41036
PHILOSOPHY OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
POL 40450
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL POLICY
SOC 42010
DEATH AND DYING
SOC 42560
SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD
SOC 42562
SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS
SOC 42563
SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
SOC 42879
AGING IN SOCIETY
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18
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Special topic courses in BSCI, ENG, HIST, PHIL or SOC may be accepted with the approval of the program coordinator. Students interested in health humanities are encouraged, but not required, to choose the following elective courses: AFS 33130, ENG 21003, GERO 40656, HIST 31077, HIST 31550, LGBT 20020, PHIL 41035, PHIL 41036, SOC 42560.

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

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