Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2014
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FWIS 163 001 (CRN: 13136)
MEDICAL HUMANITIES
Long Title: MEDICAL HUMANITIES
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Nixon, Burke
Meeting: 1:00PM - 1:50PM MWF (25-AUG-2014 - 5-DEC-2014)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 14
Enrollment data as of: 3-MAY-2024 8:02AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This course will consider how literature and art such as fiction, poetry, film, painting, and sculpture critique and expand the boundaries of contemporary medicine. Topics of particular concern may include medical uncertainty, definitions of health and normality, the communication of illness, and the relationship between technology and the body.