Health, Medicine & Society
Dr. Samuel A, McReynolds
Mission
The mission of the Department of Society, Culture and Languages is to offer a vigorous and exciting broad-based liberal arts education with an emphasis on cultural, global, and political dynamics. The department provides a combination of theoretical, scientific, practical and experiential approaches to understanding and solving human problems. Issues of gender, race, class, and culture as well as hands on learning are emphasized throughout the curriculum. Our goal is to graduate students with marketable skills that prepare them for careers in a variety of public and social services and/or for graduate study in related areas.
Minor Description
A minor in Health, Medicine, & Society is an interdisciplinary, social scientific study of health and medicine. It encompasses anthropological, sociological, psychological, and political science investigations of health and illness. This minor prepares students for a myriad of careers that directly or indirectly relate to a variety of fields in the medical professions.
Curricular Requirements
To complete the Minor in Health, Medicine & Society students must complete six (6) three (3) credit courses in Anthropology, Sociology, and related social science or medically related disciplines. Also, four of the total courses must be completed in Anthropology or Sociology. The electives may come from a variety of fields depending on the specific course. Students may count courses taken in the Core Curriculum as part of the minor, however, two additional courses must be taken in addition to the Core courses to complete the minor. Students in Sociology or Applied Social and Cultural Studies may not count courses toward the major and the HMS minor. One course must be taken at the 300 or 400 level.
| Credits | |
| Must take one (1) of the following: | |
|
ANT 102- Cultural Anthropology OR SOC 150- Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
|
Must take 5 electives, including at least one (1) at the 300 level or above: (Courses should be chosen from the list below. Other courses can be substituted with the permission of the Department Chair) |
15 |
| ANT 118- Applied Anthropology | 3 |
| ANT 211- Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANT 425- Sex, Gender, Sexuality | 3 |
| HWOS 432- Disability Studies & Inclusive Communities | 3 |
| PHI 201- Biomedical Ethics | 3 |
| PSY 250- Human Life Span Development | 3 |
| PSY 325- Psychology of Aging | 3 |
| PSY 370- Drugs, Society & Behavior | 3 |
| PSC 325- Politics and Public Health | 3 |
| PUB 200- Foundations in Public Health | 3 |
| SOC 224- Family, Health & Social Change | 3 |
| SOC 228- Sociology of Aging | 3 |
| SOC 275- Sociology of Food & Health | 3 |
| SOC 355- Medical Sociology | 3 |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Learning Outcomes
- Expand the awareness and application of the sociological imagination and how it is applied in the anthropology field.
​Students will be able to:- describe how sociology and anthropology are distinct from other social sciences;
- apply the sociological imagination to social phenomena;
- apply anthropology to social phenomena.
- Emphasize the role of sociological and anthropological theory in social perspectives.
​Students will be able to:- describe the role of theory in building sociological and anthropological knowledge;
- compare and c