Health & Medical Humanities

Like literature and visual art, health care is rife with symbolism and deeply invested in the human. This interdisciplinary option encourages students to make connections between how we imagine health, illness, and disabilities and how we live and/or work with them. Students from across the university can draw on methods and insights from History, English Literature, Philosophy, Gender & Social Justice, and Canadian Studies to investigate these connections, situate themselves as future health professionals who want meaningful careers, and discover new pathways to caring professions outside traditional medical fields. 

An option is a "mini-minor"—a set of courses in one discipline that can be completed in conjunction with any undergraduate degree program, allowing you to focus on an addition subject of interest. 

Courses & Requirements

Students who have fulfilled the requirements for an Honours or General degree in any subject may graduate with an Option in Health & Medical Humanities if they successfully completed the following 4.0 credits:

—0.5 GESO credits from GESO2002H

—3.5 credits from:

• CAST-SOCI-GESO 4511H
• CUST 2560H
• ENGL 2609H
• ENGL-GESO 3609H
• GESO-NURS 2121H
• GESO-CAST-ERST 3141H
• GESO-PHIL-SOCI 3400H
• GESO-PSYC 3796H
• GESO-ANTH 4932H
• HIST 2091H
• HIST-SOCI 2601H
• HIST-CAST-SAFS 2821H
• HIST 4550Y/4551H
• HIST 4800Y
• PHIL 2030H
• PHIL 2390H
• PHIL 4390H