Health & Medical Humanities

Learn about arts-based approaches to health, what it takes to make good ethical decisions in a medical context, and how the arts influence and are influenced by cultural views on health and wellness. This option encourages students to make connections between how we imagine health, illness, and disabilities and our lived experiences of them. Complete this option and be prepared for a wide range of health-related and caring professions in public health, bioethics, arts-based therapies, pharmaceutical sales, medical insurance, health communication, health administration, and health law.

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