Current Course Offerings
The list of course offerings for the Medical Humanities Certificate is not exhaustive. If you believe a course you are currently teaching, or taking, would meet the requirements of the certificate but is not listed here, please contact Wendy Kline (wkline@purdue.edu) or Adrienne Albrecht (amalbrec@purdue.edu) to inquire further.
Click here for past and current plans of study and an archived course catalog.
Fall 2024
A. Required Courses (15 credits)
- Other electives may be considered with a medical humanities focus with the permission of the program director.
Category 1: Humanities (6+ credits)
- AD 21300 - Life Drawing I
- CDIS 23900 - Introduction To Disability Studies
- ENGL 22600 - Narrative Medicine
- ENGL 42201 - Writing For The Health And Human Sciences
- ENGL 43900 - Topics In Disability Studies
- PHIL 22100 - Introduction To Philosophy Of Science
- PHIL 27000 - Biomedical Ethics
- SPAN 32200 - Spanish For The Health Professions
Category 2: Social Sciences (6+ credits)
- ANTH 20300 - Biological Bases Of Human Social Behavior
- ANTH 20400 - Human Origins
- ANTH 21200 - Culture, Food And Health
- ANTH 23000 - Gender Across Cultures
- ANTH 31000 - Mortuary Practices Across Cultures
- ANTH 34000 - Global Perspectives On Health
- ANTH 34100 - Culture And Personality
- ANTH 39200 - Selected Topics In Anthropology *
- ANTH 53400 - Human Osteology
- ANTH 53500 - Foundations Of Biological Anthropology
- COM 37800 - Introduction To Health Communication
- HDFS 21000 - Introduction To Human Development
- HDFS 32500 - Health And Health Care For Children And Families
- HDFS 33000 - Sexuality And Family Life
- HK 13500 - Introduction To Health And Kinesiology
- HK 36800 - Exercise Physiology I
- HSCI 20200 - Essentials Of Environmental, Occupational, And Radiological Health Sciences
- NUR 22201 - Population Health
- PUBH 20500 - Basic Public Health Studies
- PUBH 22500 - Contemporary Women’s Health
- PUBH 40000 - Human Diseases And Disorders
- PSY 35000 - Abnormal Psychology
- SOC 35200 - Drugs, Culture, And Society
- SOC 37400 - Medical Sociology
B. Interdisciplinary Capstone Course (3 credits)
- Select one 40000-50000 level class from Category I or Category II.
Notes
- Courses marked with (*) are variable title and/or variable credit courses. These courses may be applied to the Medical Humanities Certificate only in cases where the content is extensively relevant to Medical Humanities.
- Students must earn a “C-” or better. The P/NP option is not available.
- At least 50% of credits for the CLA certificate must be from Purdue University.
- The list of course offerings for the Medical Humanities Certificate is not exhaustive. If you believe a course you are currently teaching, or taking, would meet the requirements of the certificate but is not listed here, please contact Wendy Kline (wkline@purdue.edu) or Adrienne Albrecht (amalbrec@purdue.edu) to inquire further.
- Click here for past and current plans of study and an archived course catalog.