Healing and Humanities Minor
- Faculty Coordinator:
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James K. Spence
Pre-Health Coordinator, (816) 235-5874
The interdisciplinary minor in healing and humanities enables students to explore the complicated nature of health care issues by integrating knowledge from the arts and humanities with the social and natural sciences. The minor is particularly appropriate for students considering health-related professions, complementing other scientific, clinical and professional preparation. Health care careers are projected to be among the fastest-growing fields well into the 21st century. America’s changing health care environment increasingly calls for individuals who understand the complexity of factors affecting healing and who are able to take a humane, holistic approach.
The healing and humanities curriculum enables pre-health and health professions students to develop an interdisciplinary foundation for a future health care career. To earn a minor in healing and humanities, students must earn at least 18 credit hours from the list of approved courses below and other courses as approved by the program adviser. Credits must be earned in at least three departments or curricular designations. At least nine credit hours must be upper-division (i.e., 300 or 400), and at least nine must be earned at UMKC. Students may select from among a wide variety of courses offered by many participating departments. The program adviser is available to provide academic advice on course selections and degree requirements, as well as career guidance. Students interested in the healing and humanities minor should consult with the program adviser to plan a program of study.
Approved Courses:
- American Studies 350 Medical Humanities and American Studies
- Anthropology 328 Anthropology of the Body
- Art 300CA Images of the Human Body in the Renaissance (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Art 300CH Healing and the Arts (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Art 300CM Body Images in Medicine and the Arts (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Arts and Sciences 100 (First Year Seminar, Pre-Health sections only)
- Arts and Sciences 240 Analysis of Medical Terminology
- Arts and Sciences 304CM Body Images in Medicine and the Arts (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Arts and Sciences 365P Introduction of Substance Abuse Counseling: Theory and Practice
- Arts and Sciences 420 Literature: A Healing Art
- Arts and Sciences 492 Field Practicum in Aging
- Chemistry 206 Human Nutrition
- Communication Studies 140 Principles of Communication
- Communications Studies 344 Communication in Organizational Settings
- Communication Studies 377 Interpersonal Communication
- Communications Studies 431 Colloquium in Interpersonal Dynamics: Health Communication
- Communications Studies 444WI Intercultural Communications
- Communication Studies 400CT Healing and Cultural Diversity (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Criminal Justice and Criminology 317 Policies of Drug Use and Control
- Economics 465 The Economics of Health and Medicine
- English 225 (Writing, Healing, and the Humanities sections only)
- English 300CO Issues in Death and Dying (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- English 400CA Images of the Human Body in the Renaissance (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- History 412B The Black Death and Late Medieval Society
- History 428A History of the Body
- History 428B Women Medicine: Patients and Practitioners from Antiquity to Present
- Humanities 408P Images of Aging in Literature
- Humanities 490P Perceptions and Images of Disabilities in Literature and Film
- Interdisciplinary Studies 350P Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Aging: Readings and Film
- Interdisciplinary Studies 401P The Natural Life Cycle
- Interdisciplinary Studies 402P Literature and Life Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Studies 403P Stages of Growth
- Interdisciplinary Studies 420P Brain and Behavior
- Medicine 418R Medicine, Literature and Law (3 credit hours applicable to minor)
- Medicine 494R Medical Humanities Selective (3 credit hours applicable to minor)
- Natural Science 430PC Biological and Ethical Issues in Aging (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Philosophy 300CK Controversy and Choice in Life and Sciences
- Philosophy 315 Logic and Methodology in the Health and Social Sciences
- Philosophy 321 Introductory Ethics
- Philosophy 334 Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy 338 Philosophy of Biology
- Philosophy 360 Current Issues in Bioethics
- Philosophy 400CO Issues in Death and Dying (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Philosophy 401PC Biological and Ethical Issues in Aging (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Psychology 215 Meditation, Self-Hypnosis, and Biofeedback
- Psychology 300CT Healing and Cultural Diversity (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Psychology 320 Ethnic and Minority Perspectives in Psychology
- Psychology 331 An Introduction to Health Psychology
- Psychology 406P Introduction to Developmental Disabilities
- Psychology 410 Abnormal Language
- Psychology 418 Biopsychology I
- Psychology 419 Biopsychology II
- Psychology 430 Introduction to Community Psychology and Community Mental Health
- Psychology 433 Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology 440 The Psychology of Aging
- Psychology 441 Adult Development and Aging
- Religious Studies 494RS Death in History of Religion
- Religious Studies 496RS The Body in the History of Religion
- Social Science 411P Aging in America: Past and Present
- Sociology 211 Social and Psychological Development through the Life Cycle
- Sociology 303CA Perspectives in Science and Healing (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Sociology 303CO Issues in Death and Dying (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Sociology 303CT Healing and Cultural Diversity (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
- Sociology 316 Sociology of Death and Dying
- Sociology 317 Policies of Drug Use and Control
- Sociology 328 Anthropology of the Body
- Sociology 410R Aging in Contemporary Society
- Sociology 416 Aging and Developmental Disabilities
- Sociology 417 Practicum in Aging and Developmental Disabilities
- Sociology 439 Social Meanings of Illness, Suffering and Healing
- Sociology 440R Sociology of Medicine
- Spanish 216 Spanish for the Health Sciences
- Theatre 300CH Healing and the Arts (Interdisciplinary Cluster Course)
