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(Appendix A)
ANTHROPOLOGY
240, Medical Anthropology; 250, Anthropology and Healing; 260, Medicine, Culture, and the Body (same as History 283); 267, Life, Death, and the Human Body; 274, Health and Disease in Ancient Populations.
Note that only ONE of the following courses may be counted: 270, Human Osteology; or 271, Human Evolution; or 272, Human Variation.
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
105, Human Biology; 239, Behavioral Ecology; 243, Genetics of Disease; 245, Biology of Cancer; 273, Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Toxins.
BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES OPTION
Up to SIX HOURS from the following list may be counted for the major.
BSCI 110a–b, Introduction to Biological Sciences; BSCI 220, Biochemistry I; CHEM 220a–b, Organic Chemistry; NURS 210a–b, Anatomy and Physiology; NURS 231a, Introduction to Nutrition, and 231b, Nutrition and Health.
CLASSICS
171, Ancient Greek Medicine and Its Legacy.
ECONOMICS
268, Economics of Health.
ENGLISH
243, Literature, Science, and Technology (as appropriate).
Note: Topics vary; the director of the MHS program will approve versions with sufficient MHS content for credit toward the major or minor.
FRENCH
Medical French in Intercultural Contexts.
HISTORY
149, The Modern Human Sciences; 183, Sexuality and Gender in the Western Tradition to 1700; 184, Sexuality and Gender in the Western Tradition since 1700; 280, Modern Medicine; 281, Women, Health, and Sexuality; 282, Chinese Medicine; 283, Medicine, Culture, and the Body (same as Anthropology 260).
HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Peabody)
2510, Health Service Delivery to Diverse Populations; 2525, Introduction to Health Services; 2530, Introduction to Health Promotion; 2535, Introduction to Health Policy; 2550, Managing Health Care Organizations.
MEDICINE, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY
115F, Medicine, Health and the Body; 201, Fundamental Issues in Medicine, Health, and Society; MHS 202, Perspectives on Global Public Health; MHS 203, U.S. Public Health Ethics and Policy; 205, 205W, Medicine and Literature; 220, Narrative Medicine; 221, Controversies in Modern Medicine; 225, Death and Dying; 230, Early Medicine and Culture; 290, Special Topics; 293a–b, Internship; 294a-b, Service Learning; 295, Undergraduate Seminar in MHS; 296, Independent Study; 297, Honors Research; 298, Honors Thesis.
Note: 293a, Internship Training, must be taken Pass/Fail and concurrently with 293b, Internship Research
and Readings; these hours may not be included in the minimum hours required for the MHS major or minor.
Note: 294a, Service Learning, must be taken Pass/Fail and concurrently with 294b, Service Learning Readings and Research and/or an MHS-designated course. These hours may not be included in the minimum hours required for the MHS major or minor.
NEUROSCIENCE
235, Biological Basis of Mental Disorders.
PHILOSOPHY
108, 108W, Introduction to Medical Ethics; 239, Moral Problems; 256, Philosophy of Mind; 270, Ethics and Medicine.
PSYCHOLOGY
Note: (P) before a course number indicates that the course is offered at Peabody.
215, Abnormal Psychology; 232, Mind and Brain; 243,Feminist Approaches to Clinical Practice; 244, Introduction to Clinical Psychology or(P)2700, Introduction to Clinical Psychology; 245, Emotion; 246, Schizophrenia; 247,Depression; 252, Human Sexuality; 268, Health Psychology or (P)2560, Health Psychology;277, Brain Damage and Cognition; (P)1200, Minds, Brains, Cultures, and Contexts;(P)1500, Cognitive Aspects of Human Development; (P)1630, Developmental Psychology;(P)1700, Social and Emotional Context of Cognition; (P)1750, Social and Personality Development;(P)2250, Infancy; (P)2320, Adolescent Development.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
202, Natural Science and the Religious Life; 234, Post-Freudian Theories and Religion; 236, The Religious Self According to Jung.
SOCIOLOGY
220, Population and Society; 223, Disability and Society; 237, Society and Medicine; 257, Gender, Sexuality, and the Body; 264, Social Dynamics of Mental Health; 268, Race, Gender, and Health.
SPANISH
211, Spanish for the Medical Profession; 274, Literature and Medicine.
WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES
212, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; 240, Introduction to Women’s Health; 244, Feminist Approaches to Clinical Practice; 264, Sex, Power, and Politics; 265, Cultural Politics of Reproduction; 267, Seminar on Gender and Violence; 268, Gender, Race, Justice, and the Environment; 269, Gender, Race, and Science.
For more information about undergraduate studies in MHS, please visit the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society website.