Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL HUMANITIES

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Poets, philosophers, artists, and theologians all seek to convey experiences of disease, affliction, and healing this course develops tools for understanding the limits and possibilities of their works, particularly in light of current scientific techniques designed to repair, sustain, and optimize the human body. Readings, films, and short essays. Cross-list: HEAL 200, HUMA 200.