Current Course Offerings
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.
Past Course Offerings (archive)
Fall 2023
Spring 2023
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
Spring 2021
Fall 2020
Spring 2020
Fall 2019
*Note: 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.
