Medical Humanities Certificate
Also available via Ecampus.
This certificate is available as a standalone program.
The undergraduate certificate in Medical Humanities offers OSU students a multi-disciplinary integrated program to study health, medicine, and the healing professions. The certificate relies on key courses in medical anthropology, literature and medicine, medical history, and biomedical ethics for its core content foundations. Courses from additional different disciplines—biology; ethnic studies; human development; kinesiology; philosophy; psychology; public health; religious studies; sociology; and women, gender, and sexuality studies—can fulfill complementary elective courses. The certificate program emphasizes skills in professional identity, reflective writing, cultural competency, and diversity as a complement to the scientific features of the healing professions. The certificate prepares students to empathize with the sufferings of others, reflect critically on medical knowledge and discourse, create new understandings of the medical experience, and confront moral, psychological, and ethical dilemmas.
For further information, please contact Courtney Campbell, 541-737-5651, ccampbell@oregonstate.edu
Current students in the Medical Humanities Certificate program should contact David Bishop, 541-737-8918, david.bishop@oregonstate.edu
Certificate Code: C868
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core 1 | ||
| Select a minimum of 10-12 credits from the following: | 10-12 | |
| *BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RACE | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| WRITING, LITERATURE AND MEDICINE | ||
| *HISTORY OF MEDICINE PRE-1800 | ||
| *HISTORY OF MEDICINE | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES | ||
| *BIOMEDICAL ETHICS | ||
| DEATH AND DYING | ||
| Electives 1,2 | ||
| Select a minimum of 15-17 credits from the following: | 15-17 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| *BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RACE | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL HEALTH | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE | ||
| NEUROANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| CROSS-CULTURAL HEALTH AND HEALING | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | ||
| *MOLECULAR MEDICINE | ||
| ONE HEALTH IN PRACTICE | ||
| *GENOMES, IDENTITIES AND SOCIETIES | ||
| *HUMAN IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| *HUMAN ECOLOGY | ||
| *VIRUSES IN MODERN SOCIETY | ||
| HEALTH COMMUNICATION | ||
| WRITING, LITERATURE AND MEDICINE | ||
| *PLAGUES, PESTS, AND POLITICS | ||
| *HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | ||
| MIGRANT HEALTH | ||
| *NATIVE AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ||
| *FOOD JUSTICE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM | ||
| *SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH DETERMINANTS | ||
| *HIV/AIDS AND STIS IN MODERN SOCIETY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN DISEASE | ||
| *GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH | ||
| FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | ||
| *FAMILIES AND POVERTY | ||
| *ENGINEERING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS | ||
| *THEORY OF EVOLUTION AND FOUNDATION OF MODERN BIOLOGY | ||
| *HISTORY OF MEDICINE PRE-1800 | ||
| *HISTORY OF MEDICINE | ||
| *STUDIES IN SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSY: METHODS AND PRACTICES | ||
| *SCIENCE AND RELIGION | ||
| ^HISTORY OF ANIMALS IN SCIENCE | ||
| *HISTORY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY | ||
| *SOCIOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY | ||
| *POWER AND PRIVILEGE IN SPORT | ||
| *DISEASE AND SOCIETY | ||
| *ISSUES IN NUTRITION AND HEALTH | ||
| TERMINOLOGY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES | ||
| *BIOMEDICAL ETHICS | ||
| DEATH AND DYING | ||
| *PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY | ||
| *PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER | ||
| PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITY | ||
| *FAT STUDIES | ||
| PSYCHOTHERAPY | ||
| ^PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTION | ||
| YOGA AND MENTAL HEALTH | ||
| INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| HEALTH, ILLNESS AND SOCIETY | ||
| DEATH AND DYING | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF AGING | ||
| *NATURE AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE | ||
| *GENDER AND SCIENCE | ||
| GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN'S HEALTH | ||
| RACE, GENDER, AND HEALTH JUSTICE | ||
| *DEAF CULTURE | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- 1
A minimum of 12 credits for the Certificate must be taken at the upper-division (300/400) level
- 2
Courses taken as required 10 credits cannot also be counted as electives
Certificate Code: C868