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Certificate in Humanities, Health Sciences and Society
19.0 credits

About the program
Designed for students majoring in any of the humanities, social sciences, biological sciences, health professions, or nursing, the Certificate in Humanities, Health Sciences and Society aims to promote dialogue and mutual appreciation for various approaches to health related issues.

The primary goal of the program is to provide students with an interdisciplinary framework for systematically studying the multiple dimensions of illness, healing, and mortality from both personal and cultural perspectives. This format allows students to explore the limitations of exclusively scientific, quantitative approaches to illness and healing.

The choice of courses within designated disciplines fosters the kind of focused variety useful in developing a rich perspective on the connections among humanities, health sciences and society in understanding conceptions of the body and care giving. A one-credit seminar specifically designed for students in this program (to be taken once during each academic year for a total of three credits) further provides intellectual cohesiveness and a sense of community leading up to the capstone Seminar in "Humanities, Health Sciences and Society." Advisors to the program will help students choose courses best suited for their personal and professional interests. Applicable courses may change as new courses are offered by various departments.

Opportunities
Those students who successfully complete the program will receive a certificate in Humanities, Health Sciences and Society. This certificate highlights the student's proficiency in an interdisciplinary approach to health related issues not easily visible through a list of courses on a transcript.

This distinction should enhance students' professional opportunities, whether in employment, graduate studies—including medical school—and research. The training acquired through the requirements for the certificate will also deepen student's experiences in these arenas once they embark on the next stage of their careers.

Additional information
For additional information, contact the program directors:

Emilie. S. Passow, Ph.D.
Department of English and Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University
ep43@drexel.edu

David H. Flood, Ph.D.
Health and Society Program, Drexel University
david.flood@drexel.edu

Requirements			Credits
HUM 315	Perspectives in Humanities, Health Sciences, and Society*		(1.0)
ENGL 470	Capstone Seminar in Humanities, Health Sciences, and Society		4.0
* To be repeated three times, for 3.0 credits total.
Students select one of the following literature courses:
ENGL 370	Topics in Literature and Medicine: Illness and Healing in Literature		3.0
ENGL 370	Special Studies in Literature: The Physician in Literature and Film		3.0
ENGL 209S	Images of Aging in Literature and the Other Arts		3.0
ENGL 210S	Mortality in Literature		3.0
ENGL 325S	Literature and Psychology		3.0
Students select one of the following philosophy courses:
PHIL 321	Biomedical Ethics		3.0
PHIL 361	Philosophy of Science		3.0
PHIL 107S	Ethics and Medicine		3.0
Students select two courses from from the following list. Students must choose their courses from two different disciplines:
Anthropology
ANTH 101	Cultural Diversity: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology		3.0
ANTH 210	Worldview: Science, Religion, Magic		3.0
ANTH 220	Aging in the Cross-Cultural Perspective		3.0
ANTH 330S	Cultural Anthropology		3.0
Art History
ARTH 102	History of Art II: Renaissance to 18th Century		3.0
ARTH 103	History of Art III: Early to Late Modern Art		3.0
ARTH 320	Art in the Age of Technology		3.0
ARTH 465	Special Topics in Art History		3.0
Biology
BIO 212	Biotechnology		3.0
Biomedical Engineering
BMES 338	Biomedical Ethics and Law		3.0
Environmental Science and Policy
ENVR 321	Environmental Health		3.0
History
HIST 280	History of Science I		3.0
HIST 281	History of Science II		3.0
HIST 285	Technology in Historical Perspective		3.0
HIST 203S	History of Science		3.0
HIST 330S	Global History of Health Care Medicine		3.0
Humanities
HUMN 314S	Medicine and the Arts		3.0
Nursing
NURS 100 WI	Nursing in Society		3.0
NURS 325	Critical Issues in Nursing		3.0
Psychology
PSY 240	Abnormal Psychology		3.0
PSY 244	Culture and Personality		3.0
PSY 252	Death and Dying		3.0
Sociology
SOC 120	Sociology of the Family		3.0
SOC 125	Sociology of the Aging		3.0
SOC 235	Sociology of Health		3.0
SOC 205S	The Contemporary Family		3.0
SOC 310S	Sociology of Aging		3.0
SOC 320S	Social History of Health Care in America		3.0
SOC 325S	Health, Disease and Healing		3.0
SOC 241S	Women and Health Professions		3.0