COURSES
Our students choose from a variety of introductory and advanced courses, each designed to provide students with an understanding of the social sciences and humanities on health care and related topics.
Below, you’ll find a sampling of some of our most popular classes.
PHIL 156 Biomedical Ethics
Examine ethical issues that arise in the practice of medicine, in the delivery of health care, and in biomedical research. Ethical issues arise in all areas of human activity, but they arise in medicine with special urgency. Discover the reasons for this urgency while delving into several other issues, such as informed consent and genetic intervention.
SOC 224 Social Deviance
Explore the social etiology of deviant behavior, the functions of deviance, and societal reactions to deviance. Take an interdisciplinary approach to the internalization of norms, guilt, shame, punishment, and conformity as they relate to deviance.
HIST 325 Medicine and Public Health in Modern Europe
Learn about the “medicalization” of Europe—the conquest of infectious disease and consequently increasing life spans, as well as the impact of medicalization on European culture and mentality by examining literary and artistic representations of disease and medicine.