Course Catalog - 2014-2015

     

HEAL 200 - INTRO TO MEDICAL HUMANITIES

Long Title: INTRODUCTORY/FOUNDATIONS OF MEDICINE, POLICY, AND THE MEDICAL HUMANITIES
Department: Kinesiology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
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: HUMA 200, HURC 200.